Long known for its manufacturing roots and being home to thousands of General Motors employees, Flint and Genesee County’s economy has greatly diversified over the past several decades – much because of entrepreneurs. The nonprofit Kauffman Foundation, which tracks entrepreneurship activities across the U.S., finds in its research that an entrepreneurial ecosystem has several key […]

Last week, I had an opportunity to participate in a great event that was hosted by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee along with his colleagues U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna of California. The congressmen partnered to bring a delegation of California-based venture capitalists (VCs) to the area, as part of […]