I continue to be in awe at the caliber of founders moving to Detroit to build their companies. Just had dinner with @itsdannypereira & @justin_kosmides. The resources for reindustrialization are abundant. It is actually happening. This city will not look the same in 5 years.
Brandon Schram
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Co-Founder & GP @640Oxford
- We are throwing a BBQ at Belle Isle for @reindsummit. @zanehengsperger will be cooking up chili dogs and software-for-factories ideas. At least one of the two will be incredible. Come watch the sunset over the beautiful Detroit skyline. Link in bio to RSVP.At @reindsummit? 🇺🇸 Join us on July 16th at 6pm for a BBQ at Belle Isle, just 10 minutes from downtown Detroit. APPLY IN BIO! Thanks to @SchramIAm, @ADoricko, @tfeldmann, @LaFrogman, @JoshuaSteinman and @fleetglue for the support.
- At @640oxford, we often say we’re the bridge back to the Midwest. Founders reindustrializing the country and revitalizing legacy industries need access to the customers and infrastructure they’re building for. Well, talk is cheap. Just arrived in SF for a 2 month stint with my
- Lucas Pacheco @ScrutineerLuca is the Manufacturing Instructor at his alma mater, Hawthorne High School. He’s dedicated his entire life to giving young kids the technical skills and desire to get on the factory floor. And look at that @reindsummit flag hanging in his shop. What a
- Very excited to be working on this @640oxford initiative alongside our partner @zanehengsperger. He has inspired us to keep pushing here and help empower the next generation of builders.WE’VE LAUNCHED INDUSTRION (@JOININDUSTRION). Lowering the barrier of entry to the factory floor. Industrion will start as a job board connecting talent to the factories, but in the future it will be much more. >2.1M skilled workers will retire by 2030. >600,000+ unfilled
00:00 - Why we do it @640oxford… Thank you for the kind words @justinmast @garrettwinther and @annafifelski!
- Nobody loves a good print publication like I do. @arenamagdotcom & @ColossusReview are two of the best in years. @mualphaxi @patrick_oshag 🙏🙏
- Morning tour with the Birdstop drone team around the 23rd St/Beacon Campus that @640oxford is helping to stand up for flexible manufacturing space. Coffee with @justinmast to debrief on how he’s going to build the plant data layer for the world, and the herbivory problem in
- You can also be in Detroit but I love @jakobdiepen and what he’s doing with @DiscipulusVent so I will repost this. He’s building something special.America's the best country in the world. But we need more founders working on real problems. If you're in the early stages of building something that actually matters, you have to be in El Segundo. 🇺🇸 Apply to the Fall Cohort in bio. Deadline August 31st.
00:00 - Under the radar yet the most knowledgeable and connected person I’ve met in everything related to reindustrialization. And supposedly a great chef. We’ll see soon. @BlodgettMFGGreat morning in Detroit with @SchramIAm of @640oxford - what an incredible GP and firm! Detroit is blessed to have you building there. The American Industrial Renaissance - Let’s Build! 🇺🇸🏭🚀🍻🍔
- Started in Detroit. Now we're restarting it in Detroit. REINDUSTRIALIZE.Generational opportunities are rarely so clear and present and possible. We have a chance today to reclaim our future. We can and will rise to the occasion. REINDUSTRIALIZE.
00:00 - Birdstop is moving to DETROIT. Insane team and traction. It’s time to scale up PRODUCTION.













