Good discussions and insights into the tech startup and acquisition process. Thanks for sharing your experience with us, Ben!

— Mohan Kartha

It was awesome hearing the success story of Mobiata!

— Luke

Ben's presentation was fascinating.

— Brad Smith

This was my first time going and it was awesome. This was a high-quality event & I was impressed at the caliber of people presenting & in the crowd. I wish that this would have existed when I was at Ross!

— Jeff LeBrun

Really pleasantly surprized by not only the good turn out on such a cold night, but the proficiency with which the meeting was run, both on time and to schedule. So many of the times groups lack the structure and discipline to regularly produce an effective time investment for the members, not the case here. Well done! Will definitely be back, but would like to know where the in between events are scheduled to take place? Was glad to learn about Career Fair MPowered is having and will be booking a table for that to find talented interns, thank you DJForman; hope to meet Amy and hear more of what she has to say. Nancy's ACE event sounds very interesting and that a lot of resources will be there over the weekend. Very worthwile, hope to connect with Doug and hear more about the available office space the last presenter bought by Expedia spoke of. thanks for the info, Dawn-Marie http://YourSEOContentWriters.com

— Dawn-Marie

Awesome. One of the best of 2010 in terms of the quality of presenters.

— Doug Drouillard

Seemingly closed/tight community. Meaningful selections of speakers.

— Brian Fu

I would like to send me the invitation to every event that you conduct so that I can learn and enjoy hearing the great talks like I did yesterday.

— Rishu arora

Startup Weekend sounds intriguing... will be interested to see more details as they become available.

— Scott Weber

Good presenter lineup, excellent questions from the crowd, helpful contacts after the meeting. Only drawback was the lack of a fifth presenter - looks like we will see her next month!

— Hannah Clare Gornik

was really looking forward to the presenter from Momentum. Otherwise, good meetup. Great questions.

— eric seidelman

this was an excellent opportunity to learn about new technologies and the business models surrounding their development.

— Bob Dandekar

Interesting as usual...just the time date and microphones are small problems. I wish start time was 7pm. I was out all day and could barely eat dinner and get there. 3rd Tuesday is a busy time. It is hard to hear questions still

— Robert Klingler

Great meetup - loved it when the audience was polled to see how many people were involved with IT or software based startups and most everyone raised their hands! So much for tech being dead in MI!!

— Jason Townsend

Great set of speakers for the September meetup. The VC talks were very encouraging. It is great to witness firsthand how the investor environment in this area is evolving and going more early stage, a crucial stage of economic development. This is very important to tech start-ups and a welcome sign of things to come. I'd like to see more presentations along these lines, even beyond investors. Anything that is supporting the tech community growth in the area. Interspersed with the start-ups themselves, of course! Thanks to all that organized this event.

— Keith Bourne

Was very interesting and educational.

— Jeff Yoder

Good presentations, presenters were kept on time and on target. Great meeting overall.

— Adam Davis

I felt that there were more content than previous meetups. It's something very positive. I liked the diversity as well, like having a VC pitching/sharing their thoughts. And there were not technical hiccups at all, that's a sign of progress as well. Overall very well organized and executed meetup. Kudos to all who contributed.

— Suleyman Yalinbas

this was my first meetup and I really enjoyed it. I though the quality of presentations, ideas and questions was great. I've already RSVP to the next few meetings and look forward to early 2011 when I'm ready to present.

— eric seidelman

I would like to see more technology start-up presentations than venture capitals/seed funding companies presenting themselves.

— Husnu Kaplan

Not all presenters were well prepared. It seems that presenters are having great deal of problem setting up their presentation/computers as well. It is something recurring, for at least two sessions. I had not attended before so I am not sure it was a problem before too. Couldn't it be made easier to them giving a spec before hand so they do not need to struggle in front of audience?

— Suleyman Yalinbas

Great networking, great information.

— Tiffany Risner

More marketing startups than usual, to compensate for LA2M on vacation this month. I was disappointed that only one of the investors I recognized in the audience would identify themselves, but it just means we have more work to do.

— Dug Song