{"id":27296,"date":"2017-06-15T12:49:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=27296"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T01:34:50","slug":"video-detroit-creator-awards-help-entrepreneurs-follow-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/video-detroit-creator-awards-help-entrepreneurs-follow-dreams","title":{"rendered":"Video: Detroit Creator Awards help entrepreneurs follow their dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/221921552\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be a creator means to live out who I am, my potential,\u201d says entrepreneur Jovan Landry.<\/p>\n<p>Landry\u2019s a triple threat: a filmmaker, photographer, and emcee. Her dream is to create an all-woman hip-hop album. She\u2019s not just talking the performers \u2014 every sound technician, graphic designer, and musician will be a woman.<\/p>\n<p>That groundbreaking idea caught the imagination of the judges at the Detroit <a href=\"http:\/\/creatorawards.wework.com\">Creator Awards<\/a>, where she took home $36,000 to help her fund her dream. She\u2019s one of 18 entrepreneurs who won at the event, one of a series sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wework.com\">WeWork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another winner was Grace Hsia, whose company <a href=\"http:\/\/warmilu.com\/\">Warmilu<\/a> created a new kind of wrap to help premature babies maintain their body temperature.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the coworking company will give out $2 million to people launching or scaling a company, as well as those who have a great idea they want to launch.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Katelyn Perry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo be a creator means to live out who I am, my potential,\u201d says entrepreneur Jovan Landry. Landry\u2019s a triple threat: a filmmaker, photographer, and emcee. Her dream is to create an all-woman hip-hop album. She\u2019s not just talking the performers \u2014 every sound technician, graphic designer, and musician will be a woman. 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