Startup Detroit: From Cranks to Code; How the Motor City Is Revving a New Engine
Steel-Belt Beginnings & Motown Beats: Why Detroit Built Everything from Ford to Funk Long before it became a symbol of rust a city off track, Detroit was a strategic settlement founded in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac at Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, a riverfront trade nexus between French Canada and the Great Lakes. […]
Regional Collapse We Keep Pretending Isn’t Happening
Something’s gone wrong in the way we structure governance; so wrong that it’s now normalized for elected leaders to turn to govern through coercion rather than consensus So wrong that the people who actually build and sustain the economy (workers, founders, educators, families) are often the last ones consulted about how that economy is governed. […]
Bogotá, Colombia; Latin America’s Next Startup Ascent
Medellín & Bogotá – Two Sides of the Colombian Innovation Coin In the late 20th century, Medellín was, as most of you know, shorthand for chaos. While featuring this reality might be disconcerting to some, entrepreneurship is forged through challenges and a history and culture that is inspiring both in being admirable and in challenges […]