CoFoundersLab aims to connect Metro Detroit entrepreneurs

CoFoundersLab is coming to Metro Detroit, hosting a match party at Grand Circus in downtown Detroit and partnering with the University of Michigan. The Maryland-based firm specializes in making online portals that help entrepreneurs connect with a variety of people that can help them build their startup. Each portal specializes in a specific metropolitan area or a university community. A Metro Detroit version is being launched. "We build an online matching platform," says Michael Hughes, vice president of community development for CoFoundersLab. Think of it as a dating site for entrepreneurs looking for co-founders. The firm has already built one of these portals for the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies in the U-M Ross School of Business. The Michigan Founder Finder helps students, staff and the overall university community connect to help grow new companies coming out of the University of Michigan. The matchup event is set for downtown Detroit at 6:30 p.m. on Mar 19 in the Grand Circus space in Broderick Tower. For information, click here. Source: Michael Hughes, vice president of community development for CoFoundersLab Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.