Ypsilanti biz helps IdeaPaint become reality
When only family and friends believed in IdeaPaint, a promising Massachussetts-based start-up, Ypsilanti’s CAS-MI Laboratories gave them a shot at the big time.Excerpt:The young entrepreneurs refused to believe it. “Our joke was, if we could put a man on the moon, we can make dry-erase paint,” says Newman, 25.Then they found CAS-MI Laboratories in Ypsilanti, Mich., where the scientists were willing to give their plan a shot and even cover some of the development costs.With the help of $1 million from family, friends and a few angel investors, the group spent the next four years fine-tuning their recipe.Read the rest of the story here.
When only family and friends believed in IdeaPaint, a promising Massachussetts-based start-up, Ypsilanti’s CAS-MI Laboratories gave them a shot at the big time.
Excerpt:
The young entrepreneurs refused to believe it. “Our joke was, if we could put a man on the moon, we can make dry-erase paint,” says Newman, 25.
Then they found CAS-MI Laboratories in Ypsilanti, Mich., where the scientists were willing to give their plan a shot and even cover some of the development costs.
With the help of $1 million from family, friends and a few angel investors, the group spent the next four years fine-tuning their recipe.
Read the rest of the story here.
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