DNewTech-Mar 2024

**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. **Carlito Smith, Manager of Hunt Street Station™**: At Hunt Street Station, we believe that entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small businesses are the true catalyst to reviving Detroit’s neighborhoods. We believe change happens when action meets commitment, which is why every day, we make efforts to connect, equip, and serve you. >([www.huntstreetstation.com](https://www.huntstreetstation.com/#Home))
2. **Prerna Tyagi, Director, Global New Product Innovation & Development of Assurant™**: Assurant is a leading global business services company that supports, protects, and connects major consumer purchases. A Fortune 500 company with a presence in 21 countries, Assurant supports the advancement of the connected world by partnering with the world’s leading brands to develop innovative solutions and deliver an enhanced customer experience through mobile device solutions, extended service contracts, vehicle protection services, renters insurance, lender-placed insurance products, and other specialty products.>([www.assurant.com](https://www.assurant.com/))
3. **Sulisay Phonekeo, Co-Founder of R2 Labs™**: At R2 Labs believe robotics should not just be confined to the realm of expert roboticists. Our mission is to bring robots into the real world through open-source motion and machine control solutions. Our goal is to streamline product development and empower innovation for everyone.”> ([https://r2-labs.io/](https://r2-labs.io/))