TechTown sees
faith-based tech firms playing a significant role in the local new
economy, so much so that the WSU biz incubator has a Faith-Based
Business Club. The club's featured speaker for next Wednesday morning's
meeting will be Howard Brown, co-founder and CEO of
CircleBuilder Software.
The start-up helps Christian-based organizations become more efficient
and grow through things like online networking, fundraising and
organizing.
Brown is a veteran of Silicon Valley-based start-ups
during the 1990s and early 2000s. His resume includes serving as vice
president of sales for Liquid Audio and
NaviSite before starting
PlanetJewish in Oak Park in 2001.
PlanetJewish
offers online services for Jewish communities. It proved so successful
leaders of Christian communities courted him to start a similar service
for churches and other Christian-based organizations. That led to the
creation of
CircleBuilder in 2006. Brown has raised $1.5 million in venture capital for it and has begun a second round of fundraising.
Howard will speak at 9 a.m. in TechTown. For information contact Ebony Johnson at
ebony@techtownwsu.org or (313) 879-5251.
Source: Wayne State University
Writer: Jon Zemke
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