Idea: Celebrate the history of Black Bottom by investing in the next generation of Detroit leaders. Problem: Current middle and high schoolers don’t see startups, politics, etc. as real career paths. Solution: Create $10K-100K scholarship programs for rising star students in Metro Detroit. Partners: Leverage top centers to give students access to the best facultyContinue reading “The Black Bottom Challenge”
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UMICH 2050
Replace Student Loans: 0% Interest ISAs for All Students. Reinvent Our Education: Get Ready for the Future of Work Now. College tuition has risen over 150% in the last twenty years. Tuition is the #1 fastest growing consumer expense in America. Tuition is growing over three times faster than inflation. Colleges are not preparing graduatesContinue reading “UMICH 2050”
43North for Detroit
Create a $5M+ per year fund sponsored by the City, State, and/or nonprofits. 43North invests $5M per year in startups that move to Buffalo. This accelerator is funded by the State of New York as part of its Buffalo Billion program. 43North’s Grand Prize winner gets a $1 million investment. Create thousands of jobs inContinue reading “43North for Detroit”
Arsenal of Progress
We don’t have enough food. We don’t have enough medicine. We don’t have enough masks. We don’t have enough semiconductor chips. We must have enough before we can dream of more. Literal factories. Hundreds of them. These factories of abundance are our new Arsenal of Progress. Movement: Detroit vs. Shenzhen Accelerator: YC for Manufacturing Fund:Continue reading “Arsenal of Progress”
Detroit vs. Shenzhen
From the Arsenal of Democracy to the COVID-19 Vaccine, America’s critical products are made in Michigan. Let’s honor and build on this legacy by making Detroit the home of America’s new manufacturing revolution! Idea: Make Detroit an American mass manufacturing hub to compete with China’s Shenzhen. Why? Create an Arsenal of Progress in Detroit, the original Arsenal of Democracy. Key: Leverage Michigan’sContinue reading “Detroit vs. Shenzhen”
Y Combinator for Manufacturing
Invest in a new American hub for rapid R&D and manufacturing of critical products. See: Detroit vs. Shenzhen Newark secured a $50M partnership last year to relocate HAX’s US headquarters. Funding: $25M from New Jersey (NJEDA) + $25M from VC firm SOSV. Detroit: Raise $50M+ to build a manufacturing and technology accelerator in the City.Continue reading “Y Combinator for Manufacturing”