During last weekend's Under30Summit, Detroit entrepreneurs partnered with international leaders to re-imagine Detroit if the internet was seen as essential as food or shelter
to rethink the gap between those disconnected and the seemingly endless opportunities afforded online.“We not only have the diversity of culture, we have the diversity of skillsets and mindsets for different industries as well,” says Alice Ogadinma, 25, who took a break from her day job selling cars to try her hands at founding a company that could help resurrect Detroit. “Everyone who comes here can relate in some way.
But on Sunday afternoon Ogadinma and Martin met with Slow Ventures cofounder Kevin Colleran to bounce around ideas. The early Facebook employee recommended breaking down the internet service packages into categories, ranging from the cheapest to serve, people without internet who recently had internet, but for some reason let it lapse, to the most expensive to serve, those who never had internet, and don’t even know basic functions of computers.
Third Essential co-creator Austin Martin says his family spent generations “working to uplift Detroit,” in fields as diverse as education, automotive, social services, government and more. Now that he lives in San Francisco he wanted to give back to his ancestral home. “I felt compelled to participate in this project because I feel that internet access is one of the most important modern resources that creates equity in opportunity for people,” he says.
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