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In 2012, Stik.com made man-bites-dog headlines locally as a San Francisco tech company with West Coast funding that was moving to downtown Detroit. The company, which uses Facebook to let people get recommendations from friends on professional service providers such as doctors, lawyers and financial planners, was founded by Jay Gierak and Nathan Labenz, two Michigan natives who wanted to come home and had also drawn the attention of Detroit Venture Partners. Labenz talks with Tom Henderson about the trials of growing a startup.
You raised a Series A round of venture capital of $2.3 million in early 2013, led by Detroit Venture Partners. Time to raise more? We are about to...