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Generation Startup

"Learning to fail. Redefining success."

Generation Startup takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it's an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while delivering a vital call-to-action-with entrepreneurship at a record low, the country's economic future is at stake.

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  • Dextina Booker

    Dextina Booker

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  • Kate Catlin

    Kate Catlin

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  • Avery Hairston

    Avery Hairston

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  • Pamela Lewis

    Pamela Lewis

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  • Max Nussenbaum

    Max Nussenbaum

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  • Labib Rahman

    Labib Rahman

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  • Brian Rudolph

    Brian Rudolph

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  • Andrew Yang

    Andrew Yang

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Overview

Generation Startup takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it's an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while delivering a vital call-to-action-with entrepreneurship at a record low, the country's economic future is at stake.

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