TIL our Detroit startup got a $50,000 grant from the TechTown program

We applied months ago and honestly forgot about it, then the email came through last Tuesday. It's specifically for hiring a local developer, which is a huge boost for our app project. Has anyone else here gone through the TechTown grant process and have tips on the reporting requirements?

4 comments

4 Comments

shane_clark3mo ago

My buddy's grant got held up because they kept asking for the same bank statements twice.

faith_hart203mo ago

TechTown's reporting was a headache, keep good records.

leo_black763mo ago

What specific part of their reporting caused the biggest problem? Was it the forms they used, the data they asked for, or just their whole process? I had a nightmare with them last quarter over expense categories they refused to understand. Tell me it wasn't just me.

felix4141mo ago

Did you guys get a specific contact person assigned to your grant? I had to chase down three different people through their portal before someone finally told me the expense reports need to be in PDF format, not Excel. Turned out my bank statement naming convention was the holdup, took two weeks to straighten out.