Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.        It wasn’t just during Covid.   The trend to build start ups away from Silicon Valley or other major locations along either coast is continuing.   At the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Alison Todak is VP of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  And she says in many ways AI tools have evened the playing field..

“Entrepreneurship has become more accessible.  The pandemic really shifted the world in workforce, remote work and work from anywhere.  It is a lot more affordable and based in the middle of the country and so we’re certainly seeing an uptick in people discovering that entrepreneurship could be for them as well.”

Todak says technology and AI have brought down many of the costs ….

“Lovable, which is an AI coding which allows you to build a Web site in seconds versus weeks.”

And Shopify for ecommerce as well can speed things along.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.