The first Friday of each month, founders get together to connect, share their challenges, and be resources for each other. This is a casual meetup with no set agenda, just Founders helping Founders. Founders First Fridays is held in multiple cities across the state so all founders have a place to connect with the other great folks building companies here in Michigan. Hope to see you there!
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Founders First Fridays is sponsored by Insperity, who have generously offered to provide attendees with free compensation reports to help founders plan and budget for their hiring needs.
Meetup locations and times:
Ann Arbor
9-10am at Cahoots (206 E Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104)
Hosted by Prashant Salla, founder of GoodHood
Detroit
9-10am at Newlab @ Michigan Central (2050 15th St, Detroit, MI 48216)
Hosted by Achsha Jones, founder of TripSlip
East Lansing
No meetup this month!
Grand Rapids
10-11am at Start Garden (40 Pearl St NW #200, Grand Rapids, MI 49503)
Hosted by Terra Osman, founder of Farmish, and Dre Wallace, founder of Opnr
Marquette
NOTE: January’s FFF in Marquette will be held on 1/12
5-7pm at Zephyr
Hosted by Ryan Iacovacci, founder of Myconaut
Royal Oak
9-10am at Bamboo (220 S Main St, Royal Oak, MI 48067)
Hosted by Christina Fair, founder of Hum
Sterling Heights
10-11am at Velocity (6633 18 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48314)
Hosted by Ryan LaPensee, founder of PanOptic Quality Systems
Traverse City
9-10am at Riley’s Candles (476 US-31, Traverse City, MI 49685)
Hosted by Broc Crandall, founder of Stocked