This week, Mark returns after a brief hiatus with Detroit Venture Partners CEO & managing partner Josh Linkner. The two disucss urbanizing Detroit and how to get the non “silicon” world inundated to the tech startup lifestyle. Also, the two go over business news such as the state of Yahoo! and TechCrunch after serious management changes.

Not many know, but Josh is also an accomplished jazz guitarist. Check out an incredible jam session of his here.

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Timecodes:

00:01:21 Introduction to Josh Linkner of Detroit Venture Partners

00:02:02 What is Brand Advertising?

00:03:05 E-Prize campaigns in the digital world

00:04:00 Detroit Venture: handling the technologies for huge campaigns

00:05:00 Raising capital for Detroit Venture

00:06:30 Psychological Boom and Bust

00:08:00 How does Josh spend his free time?

00:11:00 Mark talks about Assistly.com and how you can get 15% off

00:13:00 Mark and Josh sound the same?

00:15:00 Shaping a creative idea in the modern era

00:15:30 Mark does his best Jason Calacanis impression

00:18:00 Shaking things up to come up with new ideas

00:21:12 The biggest mistake in VC’s

00:22:20 Big ideas come from startups, not big companies

00:23:40 Thoughts on the delayed Groupon IPO?

00:27:30 Why are there so many Groupon detractors?

00:30:00 Rebuilding Detroit with a great idea

00:31:20 What sort of firms do you see moving to the Detroit area?

00:32:30 What is Flood?

00:34:00 What specific startup would you most like to see come out of Detroit?

00:36:50 Is DVP similar to JumpStart?

00:38:45 Investing in non-tech or non-digital ideas00:39:30 Josh’s Partners at Detroit Venture Partners

00:40:00 Being a partner with Magic Johnson

00:42:00 The story of urbanization

00:46:00 Difficulty in finding developers and coders in Detroit

00:48:30 The next Groupon will come from Michigan?

00:51:40 What does Josh look for in the mobile market?

00:54:00 Discussing Yahoo!’s management changes

01:00:30 Quoting GE’s Jack Walsh

01:02:45 Arrington out at TechCrunch

01:06:20 All journalists have an axe to grind

01:10:02 Everyone is a journalist in the day of the blog

01:11:02 DVP business profile: HiredMyWay.com

01:13:20 Being the Detroit of Detroit – “”Silicon-Free”"”