Good Girls Go To Paris Crepes owner Torya Blanchard was brutally honest when she was asked how to find start-up capital at a White House event celebrating young entrepreneurs this week -- cash in your 401(k).
Blanchard, along with ePrize founder Josh Linkner, represented Detroit at the White House's Champions of Change panel discussion last week. And true to those who know her, she was characteristically blunt about the realities of small business entrepreneurship.
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Her eyes wide open advocacy is indispensable if entrepreneurship is
expected to boost Detroit's fortunes long-term. Otherwise, we'll end up
with a bunch of disillusioned Pilates instructors ready to hang it up
after six months. Whatever else, Torya Blanchard will be doing
her thing long after fair weather boosters move on to the next fun thing
to save Detroit. Ideally, when that new shiny silver bullet captures
our collective attention like the squirrels we are, she won't be the
last entrepreneur standing.
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