While working in the garage two years ago, making the switch from snowblower to lawnmower, I realized how much I didn't like cutting my lawn.  

It's not the mower: it's one of those nice self-propelled ones. I just don't like doing it.

Summer always seems so fleeting, and I just don't want to spend the time doing it. Now snowblowing, on the other hand ... that’s easy: I just happen to have the Hummer-equivilant of a snow machine that was given to me by my father. 

And at that moment it dawned on me: I’d be happy to clear somebody’s driveway if they cut my lawn. 

Fast-forward to today.

A close friend and I have invested countless hours in research, programming and development to build an online community that networks the skills and talents of real-world communities, making them stronger and more self-sufficient.  Karmagora is becoming the most effictive way for neighbors, businesses and nonprofits to find, benefit and prosper from countless opportunities that would otherwise go wasted. 

I’m tired of the phrase “brain-drain” — as if no intelligence remains in Michigan, and Detroit has enough momentum behind it. 

Our start-up is building, launching and keeping Karmagora headquarters right here in city we live in: Rochester. We believe in the city and it’s citizens; it exemplifies the community aspect at the heart of karmagora. 

This will be Rochester's story of how an idea becomes reality, and with your support, proves that Michigan’s brightest days are just ahead.