A Whole New Groove for the Motor City
Detroit's "Webward Avenue" has become home to a burgeoning cluster of tech start-ups and incubators. Can they save this ailing city? Read more
Welcome to Start-up City, USA
Detroit isn't a blank canvas. Instead, it's a complex scene that has everything an entrepreneur needs to start his dream company, Josh Linkner writes. Read more
Detroit's Education Edge
(Yes, really.) For a start-up boom, a city needs an explosion of tech talent. Nicole Carter breaks down Detroit's entrepreneurial education system. Read more
What Does a Patent Office Mean For Detroit?
The first-ever satellite office for the United States Patent and Trademark Office will open in July. Here's what it means for Detroit. Read more
From Old Pfizer Campus to Start-up Hub
A sprawling campus with 16,000 square feet spread across 174 acres created 11 start-ups last year. Now it's aiming even bigger. Read more
New "Challenge" for Detroit
Can paying recent graduates to work and play in Detroit infuse the city with extra creativity? Challenge Detroit is banking on it. Read more
Inside Detroit's Start-up Culture
This scene is nothing like Silicon Valley, New York or Boston. We asked a few of the Motor City's finest to share the moments that define the way they work. View slideshow
Innovation Lessons From Detroit
Author and Detroit native Josh Linkner shares poignant lessons in spurring change from the unfinished story of Motor City's slump and comeback. Read more
5 Reasons to Start a Business in Detroit
Despite the decline of its vital auto industry, Detroit aims to become a more diversified, sustainable economy for the 21st century. Here are five reasons wh... Read more
Profiting on a Family Tradition
Joe McClure spent his childhood in Detroit buying cucumbers and dill at farmers markets. Now, he pickles professionally. Watch video
7 Steps to a Culture of Innovation
Hyper-growth companies often credit a culture of innovation as their primary driver of success. They deploy creative thinking to attack problems big and smal... Read more
The Business of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Here’s a look at the companies that provide the safety vests, tow bars, belt loaders, and ground surveillance on the tarmac as you dash for your flight. Read more
The Customer Service Governor
The state of Michigan gets a lesson in building a customer service culture. Read more
The Downside of Traditions
It's time to deeply question the traditions of the past and focus on reinventing the future. It's time to question. To imagine. To innovate. Read more
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Detroit's Green Garage: Not Your Average Start-Up Incubator
This incubator aims to cultivate start-ups' business ideas carefully... and for as long as it takes. Read more
Success Stories: Learning on Someone Else's Dime 
Rumia Ambrose-Burbank, president of Vendor Managed Solutions in Troy, MI, which buys maintenance supplies for other companies, recalls how she spun her firm ... Watch video
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