Steve Blank, renowned entrepreneur visited Ann Arbor writing, "Entrepreneurship and innovation has been embraced big time at U of M." Speaking on entrepreneurship at University of Michigan, he provided this report on the startup ecosystem:
http://steveblank.com/2011/04/07/one-hand-clapping-%E2%80%93-entrepreneurship-in-ann-arbor-michigan/
His diagram:
"After 21 years in 8 high technology companies, I retired in 1999. I co-founded my last company, E.piphany, in my living room in 1996. My other startups include two semiconductor companies,Zilog and MIPS Computers, a workstation company Convergent Technologies, a consulting stint for a graphics hardware/software spinout Pixar, a supercomputer firm, Ardent, a computer peripheral supplier, SuperMac, a military intelligence systems supplier, ESL and a video game company, Rocket Science Games."
"I moved from being an entrepreneur to teaching entrepreneurship to both undergraduate and graduate students at U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University and the Columbia University/Berkeley Joint Executive MBA program.