Monica Wheat Power Perspective | Unlocking Detroit’s Entrepreneurial Potential

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett speaks with Quicken Loans CEO Dan Gilbert at Detroit Homecoming, produced by Crain?s, which is bringing more than 150 former Detroiters back home to discuss investment, philanthropy and re-engaging with their hometown.

This luncheon offered regional businesses the opportunity to learn more about Gov. Whitmer's budget proposal and vision of collaborating with the business community to accomplish her priorities for Michigan and its citizens.

Detroit has one of the worst jobs-per-capita rates among big cities, a struggle since the large manufacturing plants that were spread across the city closed long ago. That fact is something that TechTown Detroit, a nonprofit created to help grow small businesses and jobs, is trying to change.