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by tjsnyder 5573 days 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.
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jeffepp 5573 days ago
There is a lot going on in the West Side of the State. There is an incubator http://momentum-mi.com and we are having a Lean Startup Conference (http://leanstartupmi.com) there as well.

In Detroit, I am helping with FutureMidwest (http://FutureMidwest.com) and FundedByNight (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.

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