TechTown adds 4 more staff to service startups

Thursday, July 30, 2009 | Source: Model D

The start-ups in TechTown aren't the only ones making hires in the Detroit-based business incubator.

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TechTown is growing its staff as it prepares to service hundreds of more start-ups at the business incubator.

The economic development agency recently hired four people to handle everything from communications to facilities management. Randal Charlton, executive director of TechTown, expects to bring on another 15 people within the next 18 months. These hires will allow TechTown to facilitate the creation of another 400 start-ups through the New Economy Initiative.

"This requires us to scale up our programs dramatically," Charlton says.

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