The Power of Entrepreneurs
Phil Power talks to UM students on Friday afternoon as part of the MPowered lecture series on entrepreneurship.
Here’s what Phil Power believes: “There is nothing in life that is more challenging or more of an art form than being an entrepreneur.”
The former UM regent and newspaper publisher was talking to a group of University of Michigan students on Friday afternoon, giving them some insights on his own experiences founding Hometown Communications Network as well as his newest venture in social entrepreneurism, the Ann Arbor-based Center for Michigan. His talk was part of a series hosted by MPowered, a student entrepreneur group.
Power said he’d read Friday’s Detroit News article reporting that more than half of UM’s graduates leave the state after graduation. People have told him there’s nothing here for them in Michigan, he said, “which I think is a load of bull.” [Full Story]