Founders : Jewish Community

There is a glut of startup accelerators out there, but the guys behind the property management startup Castle got into the most prestigious one around, Y Combinator. The Detroit-based startup's team tells how it shot the moon and got in.

Questions with Castle explains how it got into Y Combinator

"We can't hire on experience because we have a limited budget," says Jason Raznick, CEO of Benzinga. "We're trying to create something from nothing."

Questions with Hiring helps propel Benzinga from startup to financial media staple

Savorfull originally got its start selling healthy boxed meals and moved to providing healthy-eating consulting services. Stacy Goldberg, Savorfull's CEO, explains why that switch made sense.

Questions with Stacy Goldberg on evolving the best path forward for your business

Sandy Kronenberg is a tech entrepreneur who already has a few exits under his belt, and it's a big reason why he is eschewing angel investment for his new startup, Locqus.

Questions with Sandy Kronenberg on growing a startup alone

Ben Chutz is building a startup to help fight autism (Birdhouse for Autism) and he is doing it by focusing on helping the people taking care of those with autism.

Questions with Ben Chutz explains why to focus autism startup on caregivers

Steve Schwartz is the managing member of Alpha Jango, a software firm that specializes in pairing techies with aspiring entrepreneurs.

Questions with Steve Schwartz

Lynne Golodner is the founder of Your People, a public relations agency based in Southfield.

Questions with Lynne Golodner

Greg Schwartz is the co-founder of UpTo, a social media start-up based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Greg Schwartz

Ben Chutz is the co-founder of Birdhouse, a software firm dedicated to helping parents of autistic children better track their kid's disorder.

Questions with Ben Chutz

Ari Doglin is the chief marketing officer of Gamer Saloon, a online gaming startup based in downtown Royal Oak.

Questions with Ari Doglin

Ben Newman is the co-founder of the Detroit Institute of Bagels, a craft food business based in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood.

Questions with Ben Newman

Matt Wise is the CEO of ePrize, an Internet marketing firm based in Pleasant Ridge.

Questions with Matt Wise

Cara Rosaen is the co-founder of Real Time Farms, an Ann Arbor-based startup that specializes in food chain transparency.

Questions with Cara Rosaen

Harvey Ovshinsky is the founder of HKO Media, a screen writing company based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Harvey Ovshinsky

Mike Plesz is the owner of Rochester Mills Beer Company microbrewery and one of the first craft brewers in Michigan.

Questions with Mike Plesz