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Terry Parris Jr.

Terry Parris Jr.'s Latest Articles

The Golden Touch

The story goes: If you work hard, offer a topnotch service and keep your wits about you, you'll be a success. Well, it took Sean Duval almost a decade but the strategy paid off. The self-made entreprenuer and his wife went from McDonald's to CEO of the fastest growing limousine company in the state.

Internet Deuce

The future is here! Or, at least, it's being developed here in Ann  Arbor. Internet2 will revolutionize the information age, allowing the seamless delivery of information across the globe. Its implications are vast and wide, transforming everything from astronomy to media to medicine. Think the world's small now? It's about to get a whole lot smaller.

Down On The Farm With Zingerman’s

First it was bread. Then butter and cheese. Now it's veggies. Zingerman's lives up to the saying: "If you want to do something right, do it yourself." Case in point: The six acres (expected to grow to 100) at Cornman Farms, where 'authentic' produce is grown to fill the dinner plates of its Roadhouse customers. Come and get it!

MASTERMIND: James Marks

As much of the economy goes global, James Marks of Ypsilanti's VGKids finds that there's plenty of success to be found locally. Paradoxically, this success has given him both a national reputation and the opportunity to expand his business to the west coast.

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