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The Next Idea“We never know where the next big innovation is going to come from.” That’s a common phrase we hear over and over, and it is true. Yet rarely…
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Entrepreneurs can pop up out of anywhere.Take KellyannWargo of Ann Arbor.While she was a student at the University of Michigan, her entrepreneur’s eye saw…
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The Next IdeaMichigan will never be the next Silicon Valley.Michigan can't compete with the allure of the Coasts, or even Chicago, for the nation's best…
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Rick DeVos’ venture capital fund will stop giving away $5,000 each week to people with a good business idea. The fund, known as Start Garden, has given…
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The Next IdeaMichigan’s economy is changing, and our state’s investment culture must change along with it. As we work to diversify by stimulating…
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The Next IdeaIn his essay for The Next Idea, contributor Jamie Shea, who helps finance social enterprises, argues that Michigan has an opportunity to…
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The Next IdeaI think most people would agree that Michigan is on the rebound. In Detroit, where I live, new restaurants are popping up on a weekly basis,…
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Is Michigan just too modest, too Midwestern in the way it treats its prominent entrepreneurs? Jeff DeGraff thinks the answer might be yes.DeGraff is a…
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The Next IdeaYou may have never heard of Joseph Schumpeter, an eccentric Austrian economist who taught at Harvard in the 1930s and '40s. But to those of…
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Today on Stateside: Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr announced his resignation. Rick Pluta and Zoe Clark discuss this and more Michigan…