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Mason Levey relaxes at the Bizdom U dorm with Josh Linkner.
"Bizdom . . . sets
the stage for other
entrepreneurs and
businesses in the
community
something for them
to emulate."
- Josh Linkner
went to Cleveland to see his Cavaliers
basketball team play in Quicken Loans
Arena, called "the Q;' and he even took
two of them to China last fall when
the Cays played an exhibition game
there before the National Basketball
Association season started.
But the students' individual men-
tors have carried the brunt of Bizdom's
requirement to keep them focused
and on the paths to business success.
Levey's mentor has been Jewish entre-
preneur Josh Linkner, 37, of Bloomfield
Hills, the founder and CEO of ePrize
in Pleasant Ridge, one of the world's
largest online promotion companies.
Gilbert is a major investor in ePrize,
which has 400 employees and handles
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online contests and other promotions
for 75 of the top 100 U.S. brands, eye-
ing $150 million in annual sales by the
end of the decade.
"Bizdom is a great idea; it's a phe-
nomenal program for Detroit:' Linkner
said. "It will help build successful com-
panies that will invest in the city, hire
workers and diversify the economy. I
applaud Dan Gilbert for taking the ini-
tiative to get it going; it sets the stage
for other entrepreneurs and businesses
in the community — something for
them to emulate."
Linkner held frequent mentoring
meetings with Levey, many at ePrize
headquarters, which gave Levey ideas
for the marketing portion of his busi-
ness plan. Levey attended ePrize
meetings to gain firsthand knowledge
of how ePrize operates. Linkner gave
Levey advice and shared his personal
work experiences.
"Mason is very motivated and is a
hard worker:' Linkner said. "His busi-
ness plan is in the right area; it just
needs some refining."
Many of the Bizdom mentors and
class lecturers were drawn from Jewish
entrepreneurs involved with various
companies associated with Gilbert, and
others are from the Detroit-area busi-
ness community in general. Included
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