Solo-preneurs are blanketing metro Detroit’s economy this winter
Using the term "hard-hit" to describe Detroit's economy is old, old news, as evidenced by the legions of Detroiters making a second start in life. Excerpt: "In Michigan, there were 632,618 solo-preneurs in 2009, the latest year for which census data are available. That's up 14% from 555,736 solo-preneurs in 2002. And according to YourEconomy.org, 37% of all Michigan businesses in 2009 were run by one person." Read more here.
Using the term “hard-hit” to describe Detroit’s economy is old, old news, as evidenced by the legions of Detroiters making a second start in life.
Excerpt:
“In Michigan, there were 632,618 solo-preneurs in 2009, the latest year for which census data are available. That’s up 14% from 555,736 solo-preneurs in 2002. And according to YourEconomy.org, 37% of all Michigan businesses in 2009 were run by one person.”
Read more here.
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