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Kickstarter advice from someone who’s been there done that

People are backing the project. Euphoria. People have stopped becoming backers. Dry heaves. Welcome to the roller coaster ride that is Kickstarter. Kalamazoo's Eric Schmidt is part of a team that is wrapping up a Kickstarter push right now. Here's how he sees it.

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A Second Round: Sipping the season’s pumpkin ales

To honor the craft brews of the region, especially this season’s batch of pumpkin ales, A Second Round hosted a seasonal beer tasting party. Jeremy Martin gathered a panel of actors whose reactions were anything but scripted.

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Hear Here puts compassion in print in Kalamazoo

How do you get people who don't agree to start listening and talking to one another? The answer for Anne Hensley and Melanie Crow was to start a local magazine to foster compassion that they call Hear Here. Zinta Aistars talks with them about the publication launched this summer.

A Second Round: Homebrew winner hot and hoppy

In his first blog post for Southwest Michigan's Second Wave, Jeremy Martin talks to amatuer brewer Geoff Groff about what it's like to work alongside the big guys at Bell's.

Introducing: A Second Round by Jeremy Martin

How many lists have you seen lately that say Southwest Michigan is the place to be for craft beer? We've lost count. Now to give industry the respect it deserves we've asked Jeremy Martin to keep tabs on it and keep our readers informed of the latest beer news throughout the region.

Game creator is jobs creator: S2 Games clicks in both

Billboards and fireworks are two ways S2 Games is letting the greater Kalamazoo area know that the company has gorilla power when it comes to growing jobs. Kathy Jennings talks with the company's Shawn Tooley about its plans.

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