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November 6, 2025November 6, 2025business, community, education, entrepreneurship, U-M

Livin’ for the City – Fall 2025 Edition

I couldn’t let this edition of my Innovation for Urban Impact class pass into the sunset without recapping the Urban Experience Tour of Detroit that my students and I enjoyed together.

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June 26, 2025June 26, 2025community, education, politics

O.G. Summit

What do true “O.G.s” talk about when they get together, unscripted and unrehearsed? What do they have to say about the way things used to be? The way they are now? The way things can be in the future?

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June 23, 2025June 24, 2025biking, events

“Black” Holidays, Hot and Cold

This is odd. Juneteeth was one of the hottest days of the year so far. Unseasonably hot. MLK Day, almost exactly five months ago, was one of the coldest.

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May 16, 2025May 16, 2025people

A rising star, back in the D!

So happy to reconnect with this young woman earlier this week. Dr. Tonya Matthews, once Exec. Director of Michigan Science Center in […]

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March 20, 2025March 21, 2025education, family, scholarship, technology

Nadiyah’s Excellent Week

Nadiyah’s excellent week began with a special award at the Science and Engineering Fair and culminated in a special honor from her school.

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October 11, 2024October 11, 2024education, entrepreneurship, technology, U-M

Urban Experience Tour/Detroit – Fall 2024

U-M Urban Entrepreneurship Practicum students completed the Fall 2024 edition of the Urban Experience Tour/Detroit on October 5. This semester’s tour was more action-packed than ever….

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July 31, 2024August 1, 2024business, entrepreneurship, U-M

Seeking Urban Entrepreneur Partners for my U-M class

Here we go again! We’re gearing up for the 2024/25 academic year at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and I’m once again seeking Urban Entrepreneur Partners to work with my students.

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June 18, 2024June 18, 2024entrepreneurship, media

Spotlight: Chuck Stokes and I discuss “UEI 2.0”

Discussing the need to make innovation and entrepreneurship work for urban communities – with Chuck Stokes, WXYZ-TV Detroit editorial/public affairs director.

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May 2, 2024May 2, 2024business, community, entrepreneurship, events, technology

Black Tech Saturdays Workshop – Detroit

I’m honored to be speaking to the the Black Tech Saturdays community this weekend on the subject of Urban Entrepreneurship.

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April 25, 2024April 25, 2024business, community, education, entrepreneurship, U-M

U-M Urban Entrepreneurship, Winter 2024 Edition – It’s a Wrap!

Well, its that time again – another season of the University of Michigan Urban Entrepreneurship Practicum is now “in the can.” We had a small but mighty class this semester, and the students broke new ground.

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Innovation for Urban Impact - A Milestone

Ten years after its inception, the Urban Entrepreneurship course at University of Michigan has now achieved “regular” course status. The course will henceforth be known as Innovation for Urban Impact, ENTR 419.

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