The 2009 NCAA Final Four swings into high gear today in Detroit with all four teams having a one hour public practice at Ford Field. For some, this kicks off a weekend in Motown they will long remember, especially if their team wins the title. For me, it brings back memories of the three NCAA […]
Good news? It’s a commodity in short supply these days. Everywhere one turns there only seems to be doom and gloom. Unemployment rising, home foreclosures growing, wages going down, businesses on the verge of collapse. It’s enough to have one to roll up into a fetal position and hide under the bed. Trust me, I’ve […]
If you’ve been waiting for another edition of Voices of Detroit, never fear! We moved locations and forgot to tell everyone here. (I’m old okay, just had the 129th birthday!) The new permanent home of Voices of Detroit is www.VoicesofDetroit.com. There’s a recent new show there now and coming this next week will […]
Voices of Detroit with Larry Henry and David Benjamin hit the road for this week’s program. Thanks to @BiggbyBob, Biggby Coffee’s new location on Evergreen in Southfield, Michigan played host for our second installment. Larry and David chatted with Kim Knapp, a business coach with The Droste Group and Maureen Francis of SKBK Sotheby’s International […]
Snappy title for this post isn’t it? It actually is the description of a new podcast series that David Benjamin of the Sales Matrix and myself came up with while drinking coffee one day. Our goal is to hold personal conversations with persons who are moving the Detroit area forward. We hope to learn what […]
I have come to the cold hard fact that America's new wave of entrepreneurs and businesses is being born at coffee shops all across America.
I shake my head all the time at the number of people that think "Government" at any level is their saviour. The all benevolent, all knowing, and all powerful "Government" can right all wrongs, can make a cloudy day bright, and can make our lives an episode of the Brady Brunch.
Have we become so use to getting everything we want without working for it that we expect handouts all the time?
For Rob Parker, stirring up controversy is nothing new and one has to wonder if it is planned to help increase his national stature and lead to possibly more appearances and work on ESPN.
Shock. That's the only word to describe what I felt when WXYZ TV in Detroit Thursday evening announced that the 2009 Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle was being cancelled.