February 27, 2013March 15, 2013entrepreneurship VALIDATE Your Business Idea! On March 14, I will be presenting a workshop at TechTown Detroit. The thrust of the workshop will be to help prospective […] Share
February 27, 2013March 15, 2013entrepreneurship Guest Blogger, Metromode Detroit I was pleased to provide this recent article about entrepreneurship for the Metromode Detroit blog: Article: The Prodigal Entrepreneur Share
February 17, 2013February 6, 2014entrepreneurship David Tarver and Mr. Shark Tank/FUBU Clothing, Daymond John Last April, I kicked off the Mott Community College Eminent Persons Lecture Series for 2012 with […] Share
January 23, 2013February 9, 2014events, provinggroundbook, travel, Uncategorized Upcoming Events: January-February 2013 Happy New Year! This year is busy already, mainly because I’m teaching two courses at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. One […] Share
January 12, 2013February 9, 2014education, entrepreneurship, provinggroundbook, technology, U-M, Uncategorized Shannon and Me With the bust of Claude Shannon, outside the EECS building at U-M. Shannon is the “father of information theory.” While at MIT, […] Share
January 12, 2013February 9, 2014entrepreneurship, Uncategorized Business Plan Analogy A business plan is like a marriage. If you’re not thrilled at the beginning (the exec summary), you won’t be thrilled after […] Share
December 11, 2012February 9, 2014education, scholarship, Uncategorized Meet the Tarver Scholars for 2012-2013 Last Friday I had the privilege of meeting with the Fred and Louise Tarver Scholars for 2012-2013. Both of these young men […] Share
November 15, 2012February 9, 2014education, entrepreneurship, events, provinggroundbook, Uncategorized NSBE-DAE Entrepreneurship Panel The National Society of Black Engineers – Detroit Alumni Extension (NSBE-DAE) held an entrepreneurship panel on the evening of November 14, 2012. […] Share
November 13, 2012February 9, 2014community, entrepreneurship, events, provinggroundbook, Uncategorized “Proving Ground” comes to the Flint Public Library – November 29 On November 29, the Flint Public Library will hold a special program to highlight the book “Proving Ground: A Memoir.” The program […] Share
November 13, 2012February 9, 2014community, education, entrepreneurship, events, provinggroundbook, technology, Uncategorized “Inspiring Minds” at the Charles H. Wright Museum Last Friday was the opening of “Inspiring Minds: African Americans in Science and Technology” at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African […] Share