Inc.com showcased more Detroit tech optimism with its list of reasons why Detroit makes a better tech incubator than Silicon Valley.
It boils down to this: In Detroit, startups are big fish in a little pond. Silicon Valley is an ocean.
According to Bob Marsh, the founder of Detroit start-up LevelEleven, the perks are:
1) Novelty. People remember companies from Detroit.
2) Very little competition. This makes hiring top-notch talent "like shooting fish in a barrel."
3) Cheap office space, like LevelEleven's Madison Building space, which Marsh claims is "a gathering place for Detroit's entire tech industry."
4) Employees feel good about working in Detroit, according to Marsh, because it helps improve the city. This is "akin to a home team advantage on the road to success."
