Model D IdeaLab Brings Inspiration For Business, One Idea At A Time

WATCH: IdeaLab Showcases Inspiration For Detroit Businesses

Producer Tom Hendrickson from Model D put together the above video highlighting some of the speakers at the media organization's Friday IdeaLab panel at the University of Michigan:

Last Friday's IdeaLab saw one passionate presenter after another walk onto the stage at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and share stories of getting things done in Detroit.

Some faces were familiar: our own publisher Claire Nelson had a conversation with Phil Cooley, who's hand is in multiple Corktown projects, including the year-old Pony Ride; Josh McManus of CreateHere and D:Hive talked about how one his programs combined two kegs of beer with opera; Rishi Jaitly of the Knight Foundation introduced Kiva Detroit and other efforts around building social innovation before Model D founding partner/CEO Brian Boyle announced that the parent Issue Media Group and Knight were partnering on the three-year Urban Innovation Exchange.

Read more about IdeaLab and everything entrepreneurial over on Model D, and stay tuned for some special HuffPost Detroit contributions to the Urban Innovation Exchange.

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