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.
I think one of the most important things to know about entrepreneurial ecosystems is that it is not something you can write a check, here is 10 million, go create an ecosystem. It is very organic. It is really built and created by a couple core building blocks that are just consummate entrepreneur...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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