"If Startups Can Be Built in Ghana, Africa, They Can Be Built in Cleveland, Ohio."

In his recent post for TechCrunch, serial entrepreneur and angel investor Adam Jackson discusses his recent experience as a guest lecturer at Ghana’s Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and how the methods they use to build startups should be mimicked in his hometown of Cleveland. As he says, despite the current economic struggles of the midwestern city, “there are still plenty of smart and motivated people in Cleveland that would be thrilled to have high-paying tech jobs. The problem is, there aren’t enough schools or organizations teaching them the actual skills they need.” His answer? A U.S. version of MEST.