Tweet As I sat in the Filmore Theater in October 2010 for the 140 Conference Detroit, I had an awaking of sorts. The realization came during Charlie Wolborg’s (@CharlieCurve) presentation “Combating Apathy in an Unsocial Detroit”. Charlie challenged the group to actually do something to make Detroit a better place. In a room with most [...]
Tweet Today on Twitter the Detroit Regional Office of the US Census Bureau ask me what would bring people back to Detroit? We all heard this week that Detroit has dropped to a 100 year low of population living in the city. Detroit has gone from the 11th largest city in the US, to the [...]
Tweet Noah Babcock is the principle owner of NxtGen Marketing along with editor of WonderMichigan. He is the proud father of twin boys, avid Michigan State supporter, and huge Detroit sports fan. My love for Michigan is three fold; I love the Michigan of the past. The memories that I have from growing up in [...]
Tweet Bryan Fenster is a Detroiter living in Chicago. He’s an aspiring blogger and recent addition to the Social Media Club Editorial Team. Bryan, along with Adam Babcock , are organizers in Chicago for Detroit Nation . ‘Respecting the Past and Embracing Tomorrow’s Promise in Detroit’ is nostalgic childhood recollections, coupled with his thoughts on current happenings in Detroit that are [...]
Tweet Josh Linkner is the Founder & Chairman of ePrize, a four-time entrepreneur, a professional-level jazz musician, and author of two books. Josh is also a founding member of Detroit Venture Partners, LLC., a Detroit-based Venture Capital firm whose purpose is to help rebuild the Detroit area through entrepreneurial fire. Here is why Josh believes [...]
Tweet This post was written by Adam Babcock, my partner with NxtGen Marketing. A couple months ago, I posted a piece titled “Michigan…Worth Another Look”. In this post, I talked about how I fell back in love Michigan after getting to spend some time there in between my move from LA to Chicago. Since then, [...]
Tweet David Murray is Director, Social Web Communications for @regroupinc. Speaker. Co-chair for @FutureMidwest. He also eat food with @thehungrydudes. This is David’s story, of why he loves Michigan 2008 was the year it all happened. The great recession. The perfect time to return to Michigan, right? Well, that was when my wife and I decided to pack [...]
Tweet This summer, I got addicted to “The Great Food Truck Race” on the Food Network. It was amazing to me that some much amazing food could come out of a truck. I had always imagined a food truck like the ones in the movies on a construction site, where all the food comes in [...]
Tweet After attending the TEDxDetroit conference on September 29th at the Detroit Institute of Art, I left in a daze. There are so many great things going on in and around Detroit. The mix of established businesses, up and coming companies along with the artist that inhabit the city, left me with a great sense of [...]
Tweet As I watched the premier of Detroit 187 on ABC last night, I had mixed feelings about the show. The writers did a pretty good job of incorporating Detroit and the surrounding areas into the story lines. There were a few goofs also, but only native Michiganders would have noticed. The murder and violence [...]