TechCrunch highlights Metro Detroit’s entrepreneurial work ethic
What Metro Detroit entrepreneurs don’t have in an entrepreneurial ecosystem, they make up for with their work ethic and solutions-based attitude. At least that’s the way one third party observer sees it.Excerpt:I’ve met a lot of engineers and entrepreneurs from Detroit and there’s an underlying vibe that resonates from all of them: a specific attitude or work ethic – possibly left over from the automotive industry – that either causes them to try to work harder than their fathers or go against the grain trying to figure out how they can live life to its fullest.As Jay Adelson takes his first break from work in 20 years, we get to time travel with him go back to the land of Henry Ford (the ultimate Detroit entrepreneur) to see where people like Jay come from.Read the rest of the story here.
What Metro Detroit entrepreneurs don’t have in an entrepreneurial ecosystem, they make up for with their work ethic and solutions-based attitude. At least that’s the way one third party observer sees it.
Excerpt:
I’ve met a lot of engineers and entrepreneurs from Detroit and there’s an underlying vibe that resonates from all of them: a specific attitude or work ethic – possibly left over from the automotive industry – that either causes them to try to work harder than their fathers or go against the grain trying to figure out how they can live life to its fullest.
As Jay Adelson takes his first break from work in 20 years, we get to time travel with him go back to the land of Henry Ford (the ultimate Detroit entrepreneur) to see where people like Jay come from.
Read the rest of the story here.
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