Building an innovation ecosystem for the next century
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created: July 8, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: July 14, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
I wonder what your strategy is for building out this ecosystem, and how do you foster a state's innovation culture?
Could you share some highlights and some developing projects that you're really excited about?
Just a couple of months ago, Governor Whitmer signed into law a bipartisan legislation called the Michigan Innovation Fund.
This was a multi-year effort that resulted in the state's biggest investment in the innovation ecosystem development in over two decades.
It's the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program, and this is one of the global thought leaders on best practices for innovation ecosystem development.
5 months ago: MIT Technology Review