Interview by Derek Andersen
Founder & CEO, Startup Grind
We are pleased to announce that Derek Andersen will be in Detroit to lead the conversation with Matt on Sept 25th. Derek is the founder and CEO of Startup Grind. The organization currently has a 175 chapters around the world and is quickly growing. Startup Grind is based in 60 countries with over 1,500 volunteers. It focuses in connecting, inspiring and mentoring entrepreneurs. Derek Andersen spent four years in product management at Electronic Arts working on games like the Godfather, Burnout, and Mirror's Edge. He left in 2009 to create Vaporware Labs which launched several failures and a couple of successes like Startup Grind, Commonred (Acquired by Income.com), and Steve Young Football (iOS). He's also a contributing author for Entrepreneur.com and Business Insider and lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife and three children.
This promises to be a great evening that will help to better connect the Detroit ecosystem to both Silicon Valley and the global startup scene.
September 25 – 26, 2015
9:00 PM – 12:00 AM UTC
9:00 PM | Networking and Food |
10:00 PM | Fireside Chat |
11:00 PM | Networking |
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