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There has never been a better time to invest in Detroit. I believe we have hit bottom. Billionaires are investing in the city again and we have competent lead

by jeffepp 16y ago

There has never been a better time to invest in Detroit. I believe we have hit bottom. Billionaires are investing in the city again and we have competent leadership for the first time in decades.... Detroit is within 90 miles of about 6 major Universities, the lack of talent argument is lame.

tjsnyder 16y ago
I'm not sure. There are sparks happening right now in Detroit but it's going to take a lot more entrepreneurs and businesses than Slows to revitalize Detroit. SE Michigan does have one of the highest rates of engineers in the country. It's great for manufacturing but Michigan needs more business sectors. As it stands, Ann Arbor is the only tech hub in the state and even then, plenty of talent is leaving for Silicon Valley.
- jeffepp 16y ago
  There is a lot going on in the West Side of the State. There is an incubator http://momentum-mi.com http://momentum-mi.com and we are having a Lean Startup Conference (http://leanstartupmi.com http://leanstartupmi.com) there as well. In Detroit, I am helping with FutureMidwest (http://FutureMidwest.com http://FutureMidwest.com) and FundedByNight (http://fundedbynight.com http://fundedbynight.com). There are a lot of Michigan ex-pats so to speak, it's a matter of showing them we can create a tech community (that unites AA + Detroit) and get then pool our resources.