Accurate Personnel Management is a
TechTown start-up that handles human
resources for other new economy start-ups.
"When you're a genius in one field it makes more sense
to concentrate more of your time in that field," says James Lavender, a
managing member with Accurate Personnel Management.
Lavender and his partner Thor Thorson started Accurate
Personnel Management late last year after realizing their knowledge of human
resources could make them money by letting other companies make money.
Lavender
helped start a new business called Digital
10 Network (the company that put the digital signage on the secretary of
state offices) and knew he made the most money when he could make the most of
his time.
"Essentially what we do is let these small and
mid-sized tech companies to concentrate on their core strategy and leave the
mundane HR work to us," Lavender says.
Even though the company is only six or so months old, it now
has three employees including the Lavender and Thorson. It hopes to add two
more within the not too distant future.
The pair chose TechTown because of its proximity to
tech-based start-ups (big surprise) but also because both of them have lived in
Detroit for
long periods of time and believe in its potential. Lavender had been involved
with Ann Arbor SPARK and sees the
same things that are making it successful are low-hanging fruit in Detroit.
"We want to be in at the ground floor of that
excitement," Lavender says. "We really believe."
Source: James Lavender, a managing member with Accurate
Personnel Management
Writer: Jon Zemke