First, I want to be clear that I have not shared anyone’s email as complete a TRIPLE III TIME message before…only quotes and/or paragraphs.  However as you will read this email message from a very good friend, you will realize it is a unique testimonial to “my way of life”!  Therefore, for professional confidentiality sake and sharing it with total word-for-word accuracy… I have made no changes to JG’s excellent document! 

I feel privileged and proud to share this with you: 

Rural Michigan: The Next Great Frontier for Entrepreneurs  

 While the world races toward urban tech hubs, I see a different kind of goldmine, rural Michigan. 

 Not in the form of apps or algorithms, but in community-rooted entrepreneurship, in people with grit, creativity, and deep ties to their land and neighbors. 

 Rural Michigan is brimming with untapped potential: 

🌾 Family farms ready to diversify. 

🏪 Main Street businesses needing new energy. 

📦 Supply chain gaps waiting to be filled. 

📡 Tech deserts begging for innovative infrastructure. 

And above all, young people hungry to create, not just consume. 

 What if we stopped viewing rural communities as places to escape from, and instead saw them as launchpads for new venture creation? 

 What if we: 

1️⃣ Invested in broadband AND business incubators? 

2️⃣ Built entrepreneurship high school pathways in rural districts? 

3️⃣ Incentivized rural innovation zones, not just urban ones? 

4️⃣ Put real capital in the hands of rural founders, especially women, veterans, and first-gen students? 

 Entrepreneurship isn’t just for Silicon Valley. It’s for rural towns across Michigan! It’s for people with vision, values, and roots. 

 Michigan’s future will be brighter when we stop treating rural as a challenge, and start treating it as a competitive advantage. 

 Let’s grow the economy from the ground up. 

Literally.  

“Entrepreneurship is a way of life.”