Linkner in Forbes: In Detroit, business can stand on shoulders of giants

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Writing in Forbes, former ePrize founder and CEO and local entrepreneurial guru Josh Linkner takes it to the Silicon Valley’s over-inflated bubble and shouts out the virtues of growing a company in Detroit.
 
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While there have been no shortage of successful start-ups in Silicon Valley, I argue that many of those ventures succeeded in spite of their location. For me, this ‘best place’ logic makes no sense. In the Bay Area, there is more competition for everything — talent, funding, office space, resources, etc. When you’re swimming in a vast ocean filled with other startups, you need herculean accomplishments to stand out any more than the next guy. Every single day. Good luck with that.

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