Detroit's startup scene is booming. As I have commented on here before Ann Arbor instead of seeing Detroit as a rival has partnered with it and that's making Southeast Michigan much stronger. While it's not quite a rival to Chicago yet its getting there and may have the stronger community.
In Southeast Michigan its entrepreneurs themselves who are driving things. Everywhere else in the state its economic development folks running things and the results simply don't compare.
I've worked here nearly 20 years. This city has the worst political CYA culture due to the auto industry. And, that mentality pervades our daily life. It's foolish to think that it will just go away. We are barely an engineering town. We engineer with raw manpower, using 10 engineers to do the job of 2. And, we're abysmal at software. The culture of Detroit is not compatible with startups. Maybe banking. Maybe industrials. Not high-tech. Let's not even talk about how badly the state is run.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 16.8 ms ] threadIn Southeast Michigan its entrepreneurs themselves who are driving things. Everywhere else in the state its economic development folks running things and the results simply don't compare.