TechTown plans to get its FastTrac program off on the right foot with its kickoff conference at the end of the month.
The all-day event is geared toward finding people who want to become entrepreneurs. TechTown plans to create 400-500 businesses with the FastTrac program.
"The day is designed to give them a sense of what being an entrepreneur is all about," says Randal Charlton, executive director of
TechTown.
Financing this effort is a $5 million grant from the New Economy Initiative, along with the expertise and resources of the Kauffman Foundation. The idea is to create hundreds of start-ups at TechTown within three years in a program that could be replicated across the country.
"Nothing like this has been done on this scale before," Charlton says.
The kick-off conference is set to take place on June 24 at TechTown’s campus. For information, call (313) 879-4478 or click
here.
Source: Randal Charlton, executive director of TechTown
Writer: Jon Zemke
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