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Start-up security firm sold for $2.5 billion dollars

August 20, 2018

Ann Arbor MI Aug 20 2018 This month’s $2.35-billion purchase of Ann Arbor-based Duo Security will do more than create some instant millionaires. It should also remind us how differently we can view business success in Michigan today than in years past. In Michigan’s 20th-century industrial heyday, the most admired companies were those that endured decade […]

Amazon security guard launched his own barbecue sauce business on Amazon

June 6, 2018

Seattle WA June 6 2018 Spencer Lindsay spends three days a week, working 12-hour shifts as a security guard at Amazon’s massive headquarters in Seattle, Washington. For almost five years, he’s worked there. But when he isn’t on Amazon’s campus as a guard, Lindsay is running a business of his own: selling barbecue sauce via Amazon’s […]