TechTown guides entrepreneurs to bring business plans to life

TechTown in Detroit's New Center area is guiding entrepreneurs on their paths to bringing their businesses to life.

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As southeast Michigan grapples with auto industry cutbacks, layoffs and underemployment, hundreds of striving entrepreneurs are taking steps to get their businesses off the ground.

Those budding business owners have flooded workshops this summer at Wayne State University to develop entrepreneurial skills. Last month, more than 500 people attended the second session of FastTrac to the Future: The First Day of Your Entrepreneurial Adventure at TechTown, a research and technology park at Wayne State. A third session is set for Aug. 18.

The sessions give attendees free in-depth entrepreneurial training. Seminars cover such topics as social media, how to raise money and intellectual property. Additionally, the workshops provide introductions to entrepreneurial programs in the community such as Ann Arbor Spark and Automation Alley.

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