There is a ton of value waiting to be created in Michigan, especially centered around the auto industry. The margins aren't anywhere near as high as they are in software companies, but would you believe that "List 1" and "List 2" below have about the same combined annual revenues (~$375B).<p>1. GM, Ford, Chrysler<p>2. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Yahoo!, Facebook, Adobe, Netflix, Tesla, Twitter, Pandora<p>There is a lot of value in the supply chain that could be captured by clever software or manufacturing techniques.