As someone that is very active in the tech community here in Ann Arbor, I can verify his claims. Ann Arbor (and south east Michigan as a whole) is not lacking i

As someone that is very active in the tech community here in Ann Arbor, I can verify his claims. Ann Arbor (and south east Michigan as a whole) is not lacking in extremely talented programmers, engineers, researchers, and other potential startup candidates. Many of these people are incredibly passionate and knowledgable about their fields. However-there is almost a complete lack of startup funding. If someone graduates from UofM and wants to launch a biomedical startup there is some money to be had, but if you want to launch the next hot computer startup you're out in the cold. There's next to no VC money and very little support for a just starting company. Ann Arbor SPARK is there to offer some support, but more certainly could be done.