Mark Maynard | Denver

What can Michigan do about Cronavirus in the absence of federal leadership?

By Mark | March 12, 2020

As of yesterday, in spite of the President’s repeated promises that coronavirus tests are readily available, only about 7,695 Americans have been tested for the deadly virus, putting us far behind every other developed nation currently battling the pandemic. [Donald Trump, as you’ll recall, said at the CDC this past Friday, “Anybody, right now and […]

Posted in Education, Health, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged blood, childcare, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, Henry Ford Health System, Jay Inslee, pandemic, PCR, public health, quarantine, San Francisco, school lunches, social distancing, Spectrum Health, supply chain, supply chain management, Tap Room, testing, Tomas Pueyo, treason, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Hospital, University of Washington, virology, Washington | 66 Comments

Will the Republican party survive the Tea Party?

By Mark | August 4, 2010

Mother Jones, if you haven’t seen it yet, has a great piece on Congressman Bob Inglis. Inglis, a Republican from South Carolina, recently lost his reelection bid – something which he credits in large part to the Tea Partification of the GOP. Here’s a clip: …It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and […]

Posted in Environment, Observations, Politics | Also tagged accusations of socialism, American Conservative Union, anti-intellectualism, anti-Semitic, bicycles, Bilderbergers, Bob Inglis, conspiracy theory, Dan Maes, demagoguery, Federal Reserve, Glenn Beck, GOP, humans as collateral for banks, ignorance, insanity on the right, Joe Wilson, John Hickenlooper, Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, racism, Sarah Palin, Social Security number, South Carolina, tea party, Tea Partyfication, that evil Socialist Barack Obama, the celebration of ignorance, Trey Gowdy, United Nations | 30 Comments

What can we learn from Boulder?

By Mark | April 4, 2009

Wednesday night, on a tip from our tech entrepreneur friend Dug Song (who, by the way, just launched a new blog on Ann Arbor Startups), I went to hear a venture capitalist from Boulder, Colorado speak at the University of Michigan Business School. Professor David Brophy, the man behind Michigan’s annual Growth Capital Symposium, had […]

Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Observations, Sustainability | Also tagged Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Startups, Because having a boss sucks, Boston, Boulder, Colorado, David Brophy, Department of Energy, Dug Song, Entrepreneurs Unplugged, Foundry Group, Growth Capital Symposium, hippy college town, IT, Jason Mendelson, Kleiner Perkins, mentorship, Microsoft, New Tech Meetup, Silicon Flatirons, Silicon Valley, software, Startup Weekend, TechStars, toxic environment, University of Colorado at Boulder, venture capital | 8 Comments

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