Reinventing Michigan's Economy: A Conversation with Terry Cross
By: Jon Zemke,
11/19/2009
A veteran of both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Terry Cross is WSU's first Entrepreneurial Executive in Residence.
Metromode sits down with him to get his thoughts on economic reinvention and what lessons Michigan can take from the coasts when it comes to investment and transformation.
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The King Of Detroit Comedy
By: Corey Hall,
11/5/2009
When times get tough people start looking for a reason to laugh. No one knows this better than comedy club veteran Mark Ridley, who's been busting the guts of Metro Detroiters for more than 20 years. And even in though credit is tight and the economy tighter, he's decided to renovate his storied Royal Oak Comedy Castle.
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Startups That Stay
By: Terry Parris Jr.,
11/5/2009
In Ann Arbor a buyout doesn't always mean a sellout. Even though innovative startups
like Fry, Healthmedia, and T/J Technologies have been snapped up by larger
out-of-state companies, they have decided to stay in the city that birthed them.
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A Scary Business
By: Tanya Muzumdar,
10/29/2009
Halloween is a $7 billion annual business in the United States. Every October Hauntrepreneurs Ed and Jim Terebus carve out their own bloody slice of the pie by turning downtown Pontiac into one of the nation's top scare destinations.
Metromode brings back last year's look at Metro D's creepiest entrepreneurs.
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Blog/Paul Nielsen
Do we need to run around in a rabbit suit to conjure up our region's lost wealth? Dr. Paul Nielsen, entrepreneurial owner of the Wunderground Magic Shop, amuses us this Halloween's Eve with spirited tales pulled from his hat. Learn to make coin from castoffs and marvel at Houdini's winter freestyle under Detroit River ice caps. (
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Video/B Nektar
Mead, it's not just for renaissance fest geeks anymore. Proof? B. Nektar in hipper-than-thou Ferndale, where honey, apples and all sorts of fermentable goodness are crafted into a damn fine brew.
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