FORTUNE

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The Brief:

  • I was a Fortune/Fortune.com/CNNMoney.com contributing editor. For much of that period I focused on Detroit’s entrepreneurs and philanthropists, as part of Time Inc.’s company-wide project in the Motor City.

  • A woman with curly hair smiling and standing with arms crossed outside a cafe or shop, with a man working behind the counter inside.

    Where entrepreneurs need nerves of steel

    In a Midwestern city, entrepreneurs tap family networks to realize dreams, against great odds.

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  • An elderly woman with short blonde hair and glasses, wearing pearl earrings and a pearl necklace, dressed in a black sleeveless top, against a black background.

    Meet the philanthropist working to save Detroit's schools

    Here’s how the head of a half-billion-dollar fund targeted money to save Detroit’s public schools.

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