Start-ups are a rush; U-M grad is on his 6th

Michigan not only needs more high-tech buisinesses but the people that create them. The University of Michigan is trying to create the type of environment that fosters both.

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Michiganders starting their first business may want to take some pointers from Vinay Gupta. The University of Michigan MBA graduate spends his days in a small, bare-bones office near Ann Arbor's airport working on his sixth start-up company, Janeeva Inc.

The 46-year-old is one of Michigan's most successful serial entrepreneurs, but few people outside the venture capital community know of him.
That's not surprising. In a state that has traditionally embraced auto barons and car guys, Gupta represents a different kind of future.

"There's nothing more fun than this," Gupta says of launching and growing companies. "It's an adrenaline rush."

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