Did you know that one in three tech start-ups in the last decade in Michigan were started by an immigrant?
Today, when one mentions immigrants and immigration we think of the political hot button issues that everyone wants to avoid.
The reality is that immigrants and foreign-born Americans are often an untapped economic resource. The New Economy [...]

This is a cross post from the blog that I am running for the New Economy Initiative.  To learn about them go their website.
Entrepreneurism is all the rage these days. You can’t read an article about the economic recovery without hearing about the importance of entrepreneurs in creating new jobs. It is a badge of [...]

Hello all, your friendly neighborhood Web Master Michael Baird here…
I received an email this morning from Mr. Singh (that's Sam if you are nasty*). 
He asked me to let everyone know that things are going great and he apologizes for his lack of posts this last week.  He was on safari and I guess you can't bounce [...]

Well howdy hi neighbors!
This is your intrepid webmaster, Michael Baird, filling in for our boy Sam has he huffs and puffs up to the Everest base camp. I am ever so honored to be the first “guest blogger” on this fine site as I try to keep the keyboard warm for Sam until he [...]

"In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed."
"I never climbed up anything one step at a time." Sir Edmund Hillary
I had the opportunity to watch television for the first time in over [...]

I will be posting the Belize adventure in the next day or so. 

“The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” -  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
I hung up the cell phone in the middle of Meijer the night before my last full day in Michigan and it hit me for the first time-I am leaving [...]