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Hi K, I remember your name from previous threads on this topic. Would love to meet you in Ann Arbor for coffee and learn more about what ya'll are working on.

We hosted Scott Case (Founding CTO of Priceline.com) at an event in Grand Rapids last week, covering the implications that the JOBS act will have on the Entrepreneurial and Investm…

Totally agree with your perspective on enterprise software, and inroads to the auto/suppliers/etc being a tremendous opportunity. I initially thought the same about lack of funding…

There are a few opportunities for student outreach from what I've heard. Contact us and we'll see if we can connect you to someone that can help.

I've heard both sides of the argument.

This is just not correct -- plenty of white collar jobs in Royal Oak. There are an abundance of creative/web design shops within downtown Royal Oak area itself.

From my understanding (which may be a big outdated now), Birmingham's primary function was to service ad sales to the Detroit Autos.

Would love to have you build on this...do you live in the area?

Reconsidered.

Would be great to chat over a coffee. alex@growdetroit.com Here's a nice highlight of the event (and a snapshot of Steve and I): http://www.xconomy.com/detroit/2012/07/18/steve-bla…

Upvoted :) You nailed it, couldn't agree more.

Agreed, but you're missing an important point. An influx of workers who move into the community will ultimately yield an increase in grocery stores and amenities. Companies like Qu…

That's another interesting topic of discussion though! It's funny that national media (and even our local newspapers here in Detroit) tend to write-off the American autos as out of…

One, thanks for reading (and whoever posted, thank you). I agree with you, personally I think it's a combination of needing more local success stories, as well as recognition by th…