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The Shelley Irwin Show

Michigan based tech entrepreneurs from Start Garden are semi finalists for the Pharell Williams' Black Ambition Prize

By Shelley Irwin

Published July 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM EDT

We discuss with co-director Paul Moore.

Michigan based tech entrepreneurs from Start Garden are semi finalists for the Pharell Williams' Black Ambition Prize, each a previous winner of Start Garden's The 100 event. We talk about this and today's deadline for this year's 100 with co-director Paul Moore.

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Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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