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 I think entrepreneurship is tied at the core to America even as far as how we got to where we are, the American dream, that whole history of innovation. I think we kind of got a little bit away from that, or we're in a transition phase, and I think, as you say, Cleveland is the poster child for ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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