M2: How To Build An Early Startup Team

Published: Feb. 14, 2018, 10:30 a.m.

b'Ryan Landau is\\xa0a serial entrepreneur, having started his first company at the ripe age of 14 years old, ran it during his high school and college years with his brother before eventually selling it to a competitor. A Michigan State alum who got his professional start post-graduation at IBM in our nation\\u2019s capital, Washington D.C., he felt the call to move back to Michigan and start a tech company of his own. With his brother, he started Chalkfly, an e-commerce platform for janitorial and office supplies. After selling the company in 2014, he worked at Detroit-based Ambassador before heading back to the entrepreneur life to start re:purpose, where he wants to create a world where everyone pursues their passions and is a part of something greater than themselves.\\nre:purpose website: http://bit.ly/repurposeashe\\nre:purpose Twitter: @repurposeHQ\\nRyan\\u2019s Email: ryan@repurpose.co\\n\\nRyan\\u2019s Twitter: @RyanKLandau\\nDetroit Startup Week: http://bit.ly/DetroitStartupWeek18 (http://bit.ly/Detroit'