Higher Education :Blogs

How do you turn a twinkle in your mind's eye into a viable business? Here to cross that chasm is Doug Neal, managing director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. This week he introduces some new terms of art: Velocity and entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial distractions.

Back in 2001 Larry Eiler, CEO of Eiler Communications and director of the Small Business Association of Michigan, wrote an essay comparing our entrepreneurial landscape with Silicon Valley. Needless to say Michigan came up lacking. Boy, what a difference 10 years makes. In this week's guest blog Larry updates his assessment and finds more than a few encouraging trends.