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Metro Detroit Needs More Disruptive Thinking

Dennis Archambault Thursday, July 29, 2010
"Game changing technologies". "Thinking outside the box". "Bucking the status quo". Business is big on innovative jargon, but what does it really take to remake the economic landscape? Whether it was the automobile a hundred years ago or last year's iPad, disruptive thinking is more than just risk-taking entrepreneurship, it's the business of course-altering creation. And the financial impacts are staggering.

Detroit Fashion: State of the Art?

Tanya Muzumdar Thursday, July 15, 2010
When New York fashionistas ask designer Katerina Bocci why she's in Michigan, her reply is: "We are able to make beautiful cars... so why aren't we able to make fashion?" How true! Metromode gets the skinny on Metro Detroit's budding fashion industry - what's here, where it's going, and what it needs.

New Generation Manufacturing

Dennis Archambault Thursday, June 17, 2010
Business has long operated on the Darwinian principle: evolve or die. Though Metro Detroit's manufacturing sector has taken a beating these past few decades some local companies are not only weathering the storm but actually growing. Dennis Archambault talks with a new generation of leadership about their high-tech plans to diversify

Building The Future: Metro Detroit's Young Architects

Kim Shine North Thursday, June 10, 2010
Architects look at things a little differently. Where we see empty space or blight, they see the potential for something inspiring, innovative, or grand. It should come as no surprise then that the trio of young architects Metromode spoke to are excited about both their own and Metro Detroit's future.

The 10 Things You MUST Do Outside In Metro Detroit This Summer

Megan Pennefather Thursday, May 27, 2010
The poet William Carlos Williams once wrote, "In summer, the song sings itself." This week, Metromode hums along with a list of outside Metro Detroit places and events you must experience this summer.

Hungry For Success

Nicole Rupersburg Thursday, May 20, 2010
Metro Detroit's young gun restaurateurs are thriving in an otherwise tough economy. Balancing style, location, and affordability, they've created popular eateries that cater to hip and enthusiastic crowds.

A Microbrew By Any Other Name...

Melinda Clynes Thursday, May 20, 2010
What's in a name? When it comes to Metro Detroit microbrews a whole heckuva lot. From Bam Biere to Ghettoblaster, Luciernaga to Final Absolution, Melinda Clynes gets the skinny on where the names and wonderful beer labels come from for some of our favorite local libations.

Sign up for Model D's May Speaker Series on Higher Ed's Role in City Building

Model D Thursday, May 06, 2010
"Creative Class" researcher and professor Kevin Stolarick will speak at Model D's Speaker Series on May 12 at the Book Cadillac. The topic will be how higher education institutions play a role in transforming cities. It is free to attend, but you must register in advance.

It's More Than Food, It's A Business

Kelli B. Kavanaugh Thursday, April 08, 2010
Take a cup of culinary love, add a tablespoon of entrepreneurship and bake in Metro Detroit's DIY business culture. What do you get?  A trio of locally-based food companies that are starting to land their products in markets across the country.

What will be Detroit's next hot spot? Signs point to Capitol Park

Dennis Archambault Thursday, April 08, 2010
Developers and Detroit development officials have big dreams and big hopes for the Capitol Park area downtown. From a restoration of the park to new offices, lofts to places of cultural interest, this could be the city's next development hot spot.

Hacking Metro Detroit

Michelle Martinez Thursday, April 01, 2010
It's about innovation and invention, not stealing your credit card info. With a trio of open-source, boundary-pushing hackerspaces opening in the last year, Metro Detroit has joined the international ranks of hackerdom. More than gadget-obsessed misfits, these make-geeks are out to make our world a little bit better... and more interesting.

Sharing Woodward Avenue

Jon Zemke Thursday, March 25, 2010
Automobiles have done a lot of good for Michigan. But for Woodward Avenue, not so much. As the value of dense and vital downtowns becomes increasingly evident, leaders are rethinking the auto-only policies and practices of Metro Detoit's transportation spine.

Burning With Inspiration

Kirk Vanderbeek Thursday, March 18, 2010
Burning Man. Maker Faire. The Ford Rouge Factory. You might be saying to yourself, "One of those things is not like the others." Not if you're Cynthia Jones. Whether it's her job as manager for The Henry Ford factory tour or her role as a regional contact for the famed desert festival, Jones is one of Metro Detroit's more impassioned creatives.

A Company Of Experts

Nicole Rupersburg Thursday, March 11, 2010
From deli sandwiches to digital advertising, some Metro Detroit companies are reinventing the employer-employee relationship. The result? A happy band of brand experts ...and evangelists.

From Paris to the Paris of the Midwest: French Investors See Potential

Terry Parris Jr. Thursday, March 04, 2010
Detroit property is cheap. Not just cheap, it's really, really cheap, and abundant. The Euro is stronger than the dollar and that bodes well for foreign investors. They can pick up property along the riverfront or right downtown for the price of a small car.
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