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Grand River Interactive opens in Ann Arbor, plans to add 25-50 over next 3 years
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Retailing on the Internet isn't as simple as putting up a website and buying a few Adwords anymore. That's the mindset of the two friends behind
Grand River Interactive
.
Scott Robertson and Steve Thallman started Grand River, their second Internet venture together, last October with the idea that web-based consumers have matured and now shop at websites whose evolution reflects that maturity.
Grand River specializes in taking e-commerce sites for retailers and manufactures to that next level of Internet consumerism. They do this by pairing companies (
Mercy Health Partners
,
Midwest Wireless
and
Gander Mountain
to name a few) with open-source technology that will help facilitate the online shopping experience.
Right now the company is made up of four people and a stable of contractors that handle the firm's six clients. Robertson wants the company to stick to 10 to 12 projects a year from 8 to 10 clients. But he sees the company's employee base doubling a couple of times until it grows to about 25 to 50 people within the next 2 to 3 years. Those new jobs will all be based in Ann Arbor.
"Ann Arbor just really offers us a great opportunity from a resources perspective," Robertson says. "The people here are wildly talented."
Source: Scott Robertson, partner of Grand River Interactive
Writer: Jon Zemke
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