|
Follow Us:
Home
People
Projects
Resources
News
Videos
Features
Events
About
Jobs Features
Fashion & Technology: Could industry cross-breeding become Detroit�s future?
Fotoula Lambros
Friday, August 24, 2012
Detroit is seeing a new wave of creative startups, and fashion is one industry on the rise. Recently, more capital has been made available to technology companies, aiming to turn Detroit into a “Silicon Valley of the Midwest." If, as they say, 90% of fashion is marketing, and social media use is at a high, shouldn’t apparel businesses be considered an investment opportunity in Detroit’s creative economy? What ways can we extend these tech startup incentives to multiple industries?
Moving Forward with Joey Landis
Noah Stephens, The People of Detroit
Friday, August 03, 2012
In the Motor City, photographer Noah Stephens travels by bicycle. On his latest journey, he meets up with fellow cyclist Joey Landis, co-founder of bike messenger service
Rock Dove Couriers
. Joey is part of a new wave of Detroiters finding entrepreneurial opportunity on two wheels. (Photo essay from
The People of Detroit
for UIX.)
View All
Jobs Videos
VIDEO: Scott Alan Davis
DETROIT LIVES!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The North End is one of Detroit's outer-lying communities that was hard-hit by decades of disinvestment, but the Vanguard CDC works hard every day towards education development, community development and economic development in the North End community so that everyone has "an on-ramp" to join "the prosperity highway." Video by
DETROIT LIVES!
VIDEO: Charlie Cavell
DETROIT LIVES!
Monday, June 18, 2012
As a student at Wayne State University,
Charlie Cavell
discovered a problem he wanted to help solve. "There are a lot of people without jobs in this city. How do we fix that?" Thus was born the
Pay it Forward Initiative
. In this video, Charlie sits down with
DETROIT LIVES!
to share how his small startup project is making a big difference.
VIDEO: Delphia Simmons
DETROIT LIVES!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
How do you help the vulnerably-housed move toward financial security and independence? For Delphia Simmons of Thrive Detroit, the answer is micro-entrepreneurial opportunity. Video by
DETROIT LIVES!
View All
Share this page
Share
Tweet
0
Email
0
Print
Sign-up For Our Bi-Weekly Email Newsletter
Signup for
Email Alerts
Growing Companies
View More Growing Companies