ROYAL OAK – A clone of A2 New Tech Meetup, a monthly pitch night in Ann Arbor, has sprung up in this northern Michigan resort town. Founder A. Russell Schindler CEO of SampleServe.Com, a water testing company, attended an A2 New Tech meeting and “borrowed” the idea, he admitted.

TC New Tech started in May 2015. It took a little time to catch on, but since January 2016 the group has regularly been attracting more than 100 people to its monthly presentations, Schindler said. The mailing list has grown to 452 names. The group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm in the Ecco Event Space at 121 E. Front Street.

The format is simple: Five entrepreneurs pitch. Five minutes to talk. Five minutes to answer questions.

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