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Detroit’s Bizdom U course builds entrepreneurs

April 20, 2009 /

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"Entrepreneurs — not government programs — create businesses, jobs and growth for a city."

Economically ravaged Detroit hardly conjures images of newly minted tech companies. But a fledgling "entrepreneurship boot camp" hopes to help revitalize Detroit and — eventually — other urban areas that have been overly dependent on manufacturing jobs.

Bizdom U is a non-profit, one-year program that trains and funds would-be business people to start businesses in the Motor City. Created by Quicken Loans Chairman Dan Gilbert, a Detroit native, it is a bold plan to rejuvenate a crumbling downtown. If successful, it could be expanded to other Midwestern cities.

By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-04-19-bizdomu-teaches-entrepreneurship_N.htm?csp=Tech

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