Wayne State University succeeds with business incubator

May 11, 2009
Startup companies vie for space in former Chevrolet facility

TechTown, a business incubator launched in Detroit by Wayne State University in 2004, can't set up space quickly enough to satiate the demands of dozens of small startup businesses vying for room in a building once used to design Chevrolets. The program has enjoyed explosive growth during the past two years, transforming a mostly empty auto-era ruin into one of the city's most sought-after addresses for startups.

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