“Man, I was selling football cards out front of my mama’s house before I even knew what entrepreneurship was.” From hustling mixtapes and vintage football

“I don’t boycott temporarily—I just say, ‘I’m not rockin’ with you no more.’” That line from Earl “E-40” Stevens set the tone for one of

“Poverty is a choice to allow that to go on in the city,” says Denzel McCampbell, and that fire fuels this Detroit is Different conversation.

“Nobody was the right person for the job … it just had to be me right now.” That’s how Jelani Stowers breaks down the whirlwind

“Gratitude is the space where we humble ourselves to the blessing of life itself.” From the jump, Mindful B Anthony sets the tone for a

“I went to grad school out of spite—to learn how to beat developers at their own game.” From that first thunderclap, author-organizer Ru Colvin takes

“Schools are the very center of communities—close a school and in three years you’ll see what happens to the neighborhood.” From the first laugh about