Founders : Indian/South Asian Community

IDashboards grew an average of nearly 20 percent over each of the last four years. It now has a marketing budget of more than $2 million today, which isn't bad for a boot-strapped firm that built itself up to make a significant-yet-strategic gamble.

"That's the difference between a boot-strapped firm and venture-funded firm," says Shadan Malik, president & CEO of iDashboards. "Venture-funded firms have millions to spend right away."

Questions with Marketing investment moves growth needle for iDashboards

DeNovo Sciences has come a long way in its first five years, but the Plymouth-based startup can point to one critical juncture in its rapid growth: winning the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in 2011. That win is why DeNovo Sciences is one of the Gazelle 100, a year-long exploration of the fastest-growing startups in Metro Detroit as part of SEMichiganStartup's Year of the Gazelle series.

Questions with Accelerate Michigan win sets stage for DeNovo Sciences future success

Bhushan Kulkarni is a serial entrepreneur building his fourth tech startup, InfoReady. He knows what to do and where to turn when launching a startup from scratch.

Questions with Bhushan Kulkarni on what it takes to build a succesful startup

Rene & Matt Greff are the founders of Arbor Brewing Co. The Ann Arbor-based microbrewery has locations in Ypsilanti (Corner Brewery) and India.

Questions with Rene & Matt Greff

Sonali Vijayavargiya is the founder and managing director of Augment Ventures, a early stage venture capital firm based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Sonali Vijayavargiya

Alok Sharma and Matt Dobson are the co-founders of Study Cache, a software start-up based in Detroit.

Questions with Alok Sharma & Matt Dobson

Bobby Ghoshal is the CEO of Flub, an online media start-up with an office in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Bobby Ghoshal

Ramil Elicanal is the CEO of Sports Official Source, a referee-supply company based in Farmington Hills.

Questions with Ramil Elicanal

PK Mishra is the co-founder of @Fingertips, a start-up based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with PK Mishra

Kalyan Handique is the CEO of DeNovo Sciences, a life sciences start-up based in Plymouth.

Questions with Kalyan Handique

Rangarajan Tirumala is the founder of Rolling Edge, a business consultancy based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Rangarajan Tirumala

Sunil Agrawal is the president of NOVA Consultants, an alternative energy engineering firm based in Novi.

Questions with Sunil Agrawal

Amar Anand is the co-founder of Dodact, a start-up run by University of Michigan students.

Questions with Amer Anand

Bhargav Sri Prakash is the CEO of CADcorporation.com, a tech design firm based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Bhargav Sri Prakash

Sajay Rai is the founder of Securely Yours, a IT security firm in Bloomfield Hills.

Questions with Sajay Rai