Setting the Foundation[s]
I just landed in Kenya. As we were landing, I found myself looking down not just at the beauty of the landscape, but at continuity. I was looking for light. I was looking for the dark patches.
Black-Owned
At the Howard Family Bookstore, I ran into Antonice J. Strickland, founder of Nice’s Tea House. She carried me through her origin story in a plain way: entrepreneur to entrepreneur; when we are not performing for investors.
Rebuilding Detroit
By the time I attended my first major ecosystem event in Detroitโafter living in the city for about a monthโit was late winter edging into early spring.
Markets Don’t Care
Detroit is a useful contradiction because it was not a peripheral city trying to become relevant. It was relevantโtechnologically, industrially, and culturallyโat a scale that reshaped the global imagination of production.
