DNewTech-Aug 2023

**Hello DNT community!**

Join us for our DNT ONSITE meetup!! (Wednesdays; 7-8:30p EST)
Hope to see you soon! **Please RSVP** – Let’s *get inspired and get going!*

**Special shout out to our sponsors** **[VELN](https://www.velnlegal.com/)** | **[Collider](https://collider.altimetrik.com/)** and our **community supporter** **[1Million Cups Metro Detroit](1millioncups.com/metrodetroit)**!

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***We welcome our featured entrepreneurs for an evening of pitch presentations, community conversation, and networking.***

1. **Joe Murphy, Founder of Augio™**: You may be unfamiliar with new music streaming and discovery platform Augio, but it won’t be long until the platform helps independent artists get discovered. Augio – pronounced Awe-Gee-Oh, like audio but with a G. That G — aka geographic audio — is the fresh perspective Augio brings to music and what separates them from other streaming and discovery platforms — like Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Tidal, and YouTube Music — who cater their algorithms to major labels. > ([www.Augio.io](www.Augio.io)).
2. **Will Juntunen, Independent Writer**: Will Juntunen writes several online publications keeping a finger on the pulse of Detroit innovation. An information technology veteran, Juntunen served as the lead Microsoft Certified System Engineer on the staff of Modis, a nationwide consulting firm in Southfield, Michigan. As a consultant, Juntunen has served in data engineering and analytics roles at Sunkist Oranges, American Electric Power, Michigan Hospitals Association, Seven Eleven, SKf, TI Automotive, Aspen Dental and EDS. In spare time, the consultant pursues acting in community theater and art collecting from artists active in Detroit Michigan. Several of Juntunen’s stage plays have been performed by Michigan theater companies. >([https://detroited.substack.com/archive?sort=new](https://detroited.substack.com/archive?sort=new)).
3. **Aaron Kowalczyk , Owner & Franchisee of Club Z Tutoring™**: In-home or online, Club Z! Michigan offers tutoring in over 50 subjects for students of all ages. Whether you are looking for help in pre-k or advanced college-level courses, from ACT/SAT prep to homework help, we have a qualified tutor available for you. > ([www.clubztutoring.com](www.clubztutoring.com)).
4. **Mazi Maki, Founder / CEO, 5 Star Universal llc™**: Our business aims to promote environmental conservation through activity books that are not only educational, they feature a new cast of superheroes such as ‘Recycle Ben” who are known as the Green Team. This concept is unique in raising awareness because they actually serve communities in several ways, one is performing a musical called the Green Team Experience. (an audio/visual explosion). > ([greenteambooks.com](http://greenteambooks.com/))