Xconomy reported last month that Leslie Smith is departing her position leading the TechTown incubator in Detroit and heading to Memphis, TN, to run the Entrepreneurship Powered Innovation Center, a public-private initiative to create and support 1,000 entrepreneurs and 500 companies by 2025.
I caught up with Smith on her last day at TechTown, and we sat down to talk about what she’s learned in Detroit, remaining challenges in the local innovation ecosystem, her plans in Memphis, and whether we’ll ever see her around town again.
