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Ford lays out plans for mobility innovation district in Detroit

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That metro’s July 2013 bankruptcy—the largest municipal filing in U.S. Any conversation about what’s wrong with urban America is bound to bring up Detroit at some point.

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$170 million down the drain: Lessons to learn from Quirky’s bankruptcy

Construction Marketing Ideas

The quirky.com website (scrolling down from the bankruptcy notice at its top.) The bankruptcy notice. This business managed to blow $170 million in venture capital in less than seven years. It had some of the best and brightest minds in the business. Alas the idea didn’t work.

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Monticello: A Beautiful, Innovative Failure

Construction Knowledge

The architectural beauty combined with the incredible innovation just tickled me. Yet he devoted tremendous energy to running his estate of Monticello and died in bankruptcy. TBW and I just toured Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home , for the first time. It’s one of the best tours I’ve experienced in years.

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Should you be a lemming (or not)?

Construction Marketing Ideas

In an Internet world of zero-marginal cost and a lemming-like belief that more metrics are better, there is no shortage of people willing to bankrupt you by leading the way to bankruptcy. Don’t go there unless you have deeper pockets than anyone else. Competing on differentiation is inherently more attractive. You have to differentiate.

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The experts have spoken: We can and should be optimistic despite COVID-19

Lets Build

But both participants and panelists talked about hope, about innovation, about collaboration and about using the crisis to excel.”. It’s forcing us to strive for more innovation and much more rapid solutions,” highlighted David Philp, Global BIM/IM Consultancy Director at Aecom and Head of B.I.M at UK BIM Task Force.

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US Slavery Museum: A Primer on How Not to Develop a Project

Construction Knowledge

The Museum filed for bankruptcy, then rescinded their request. I understand that when an innovative project begins, it’s impossible to delineate all the challenges. So what’s happening now? The city filed a lien against the land for $300,000 of unpaid back taxes. Pei filed a lien on the land for the full fee amount.

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Lifeway Foods Acquires Golden Guernsey Dairy Plant For $7.4 Million

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The Golden Guernsey plant was shuttered this past January following a bankruptcy filing, leaving 112 employees without jobs. Diversification of Lifeway’s product portfolio has also contributed, with innovations ranging from ProBugs™ organic kefir drinks for children to the market’s first packaged frozen kefir.