 Posted on 04/26/2013 by Terry Cross
Terry Cross, Founder of Windward Associates LLC, Angel Investor and Director of the Adams Entrepreneur Fellowship at Automation Alley
Originally publised at Detroit.cbslocal.com | Author: Matt Roush | January 31, 2013
Adopt the Useful Stuff and Never Lose Our Greatness “Adopt the Useful Stuff and Never Lose Our Greatness,” says Terry Cross, dealmaker and venture coach, about Michigan’s unique entrepreneurial culture in an interview with CBS Detroit’s Matt Roush. CBS Detroit Reporter Matt Roush interviewed venture investor and expert Terry Cross at the January 2013 Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship ’13 in Livonia. Cross, who spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley, spoke about valuable aspects of the Valley’s business culture that are taking hold in Michigan. And why Michigan’s Midwestern values, maker culture and manufacturing assets might just give it the edge after all.
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