Dar Caldwell is a founding partner of LaunchHouse, a Cleveland-based business incubator and seed capital investment group that invests money, mentorship, education and business development resources into the Midwest's most promising young entrepreneurs. The young investors of LaunchHouse (almost all are under the age of 30) manage a diverse portfolio of technology, alternative energy, global aid, urban agriculture and medical device ventures. They have converted a vacant car dealership in Shaker Heights into 23,000 sq. ft. affordable and collaborative work space that is home to over 50 exciting startup ventures. Dar Caldwell is a graduate of Cornell University.
So many people are drawn to the romanticized view of entrepreneurship. Maybe we blame this on what we think is the Facebook story. We don't even know a lot of the suffering that even he probably went through in the early stages and probably still continues to go through, but mind you, yeah, peopl...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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