Kode Labs raises $8M to advance its smart building platform

Kode Labs raises $8M to advance its smart building platform RiverSouth is called the smartest building in North America and features a wild array of technology for tenants, business owners and real estate managers. Kode OS underpins the building’s systems, a real estate platform developed by the Detroit-based startup, Kode Labs. The platform ingests data from […]

2016 Champions of the New Economy

2016 Champions of the New Economy For the seventh straight year, Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan, in partnership with DBusiness magazine and News/Talk 760 WJR, selected six regional executives who are driving growth in highly competitive industries. George Derderian Jr. President and Managing Partner, Ultimate Soccer Arenas, Pontiac Why He’s a Champion of the New […]

Edi Demaj: A high-speed mind in Detroit

Edi Demaj: A high-speed mind in Detroit Born in Prishtina, Mr. Demaj is a hardworking 29 year-old who is the co-developer and partner in several online endeavors and the co-founder of Rocket Fiber, a next generation fiber-optic internet network in Detroit. Like the rest of people from Kosovo, in 1999 his family had to run […]

Edi Demaj

Edi Demaj Fleeing war-torn Kosovo with his family at age 14 taught Edi Demaj not to take opportunity — or even life — for granted. “People say, ‘Life is short’ all the time, but I’ve seen it,” said the 32-year-old co-founder of Detroit-based Rocket Fiber, who came to the United States in 1999. “We lost everything, […]