The presentation will cover the resurgence of entrepreneurism in Detroit, including its potential, limitations and role in the city’s economic redevelopment. Two local entrepreneurs will also provide their insight into how independent small businesses and inventors fit into the new Detroit.

Professor Eric C. Williams directs the Program for Entrepreneurship and Business Law at Wayne State University Law School. He is also executive director of The Wayne Law Group, a nonprofit business strategy and legal services firm catering to Detroit startups. He previously worked in New York in private practice at Winston & Strawn, LLP and Nixon Peabody.

This is the final lecture in a six-lecture series entitled “Detroit: Complex Past, Promising Present, Uncertain Future.” A new lecture series entitled "Violence: Its Roots and Reasons" will start December 17.