Detroit

Cars

These Tech Startups Are Stealing the Spotlight at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show

The event still revolves around cars and trucks, but startups that make tech to supplement driving have a strong presence this year.

Lydia Belanger | 5 min read

				
Detroit: The 21st Century BoomtownThe Motor City has epitomized both America's past industrial dominance and the despair of economic decline. It now is the epitome of urban resurgence.

				Phil La Duke
			
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He Owns the Oldest Hat Store In America and Knows How Tough Entrepreneurship Really IsPaul Wasserman's Henry the Hatter has thrived for generations in Detroit. He knows everything there is to know about ups and downs.

				Phil La Duke
			
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How This Founder Scaled Globally and Found Sustained SuccessFor entrepreneur Cindy Pasky, growing her company boiled down to one simple word: perspective.

				Amanda Lewan
			
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GM Brings Self-Driving Cars to Michigan RoadsA fleet will soon roam the streets of greater Detroit.

				Tom Brant
			
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Detroit is the most populous city in Michigan, as well as the home of the auto industry. The city hosts many companies in the finance, healthcare, technology and manufacturing industries, as well as being known for Motown Records. In 2013, following both restructuring and job loss in the auto industry, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history.