Spent this afternoon with the Detroit Entrepreneurship Network (DEN) team at Bizdom Detroit. This group of talented, entrepreneurship-focused U-M students volunteer their time to inspire and inform Detroit area high school students who wish to be entrepreneurs. It was my pleasure to hang out at DEN this afternoon to talk entrepreneurship, eat pizza, and make new friends. Our session culminated with the Urban Entrepreneurship challenge: define an important problem that might lend itself to an entrepreneurial solution. The winner received a fresh hardcover copy of “Proving Ground: A Memoir.”
Thanks to the DEN team for an engaging session, good pizza, and the free t-shirt. Thanks also for the work you do on behalf of Detroit area high school students.
About Detroit Entrepreneurship Network:
DEN produces a series of entrepreneurship and social justice focused workshops for high school students in the City of Detroit and the Detroit Metro area. Students learn business principles and build a business plan using their own interests and creativity. Each workshop focuses on a different core business concept and allocates time to intergroup dialogue. DEN is premised on the belief that the best way to create a brighter future for Detroit is by instilling a sense of community and personal responsibility in today’s students. By empowering students to take a creative idea and turn it into a reality, that they can truly do something with themselves in the future that benefits both their own welfare and their communities. This year, Detroit Entrepreneurship Network has 52 participants from 21 high schools from areas including Ann Arbor, Farmington Hills, Sourthwest Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Southfield, and Livonia.