For years Tender in Downtown Birmingham Michigan, was a place that my wife spends lots of money. It is a very fashion forward store, that carries the some of the best brands and fashions in Michigan. Again this is what my wife tells me. Well this morning while reading the “The Detroit Blog” they had a [...]
Every year, I try to make a New Years Resolution, that makes my life better. Lose weight, cut down on cuss words, drop other bad habits that I have picked up over the years. This year, I want to make Michigan a better place to live and work. I am born and raised in Michigan, [...]
The bloggers at the Time House in Detroit asked five of the biggest advertising agencies in Detroit this Question. “If I’m young, talented and creative, and open to all kinds of opportunities, why Detroit?” These agencies produced an ad to answer this question. See their work at http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2009/11/15/why-detroit/#ixzz0X1zd4VRk. This question can also be rephrased, why would [...]
I came across this article on the Huffingtonpost.com by Jeff Bocan “Five One-Way Tickets to Michigan, Please“ The kind of forward thought that Jeff Bocan has it what makes great businessman. He has taken the path less taken in this decision to move his family from California to Michigan. He could have stayed in California, [...]
While scanning the Tweets from the weekend, I stumbled a non profit that is working to make the perception of Detroit better. Positive Cities Detroit are looking for people who are sick of waking up in the morning to negative news, and want to do something about it. The donations start at $10, and at different levels have [...]
For Michigan to make its full recovery from the state it is in now, it is going to be on the backs of entrepreneurs, who have the strength and the belief to bring new business to Michigan. In Ypsilanti, with the help of Eastern Michigan, and some other organizations, the B Side of Youth program [...]
While I was out enjoying the wonder of another perfect Michigan weekend, I was pondering what can be done to really get Michigan out of its funk of the last decade or so. Of course everyone knows that if there were more jobs in Michigan, that would bring more money into the state, which would [...]