I didn’t know, I just knew it wasn’t something I was proud of.
Kilpatrick on the news and ask me what the hell was going on. I remember watching the news and feeling embarrassed, my friends from back home would call me after seeing Mr. I remember making cold calls from my one bedroom apartment trying to drum up business, while the whole world was falling apart around me. I was just hungry and motivated and most of the time that is plenty. I was 25 years old and didn’t have a clue about anything, about life, business, Detroit, nothing. I lasted a year, got another gig for a smaller agency in Royal Oak, then started my own agency in 2008. It took me two months of diligent phone calls to Campbell-Ewald before they finally hired me, I think so they didn’t have to listen to my phone calls and voicemails any longer.
The traffic, the culture, and all the people overwhelmed me. Moving here was very intimidating for a kid from the country. Thinking back I was naive, but very hungry, ready to work. I’d received my degree from WMU in advertising and told everyone that there was more opportunity over here, which is true. I didn’t tell many people truth about that, I told them I was going for the opportunities. I should mention, it wasn’t just a woman, it was my wife.
Their replies were all the same, “What the hell are you moving to Detroit for?” The reason was the only logical reason anyone would move from safe small town, Grand Rapids, to heat packing wild west Detroit, a woman. But, as so many people do, I told all of my family and friends I was moving to Detroit. I moved to Royal Oak after college in 2006. I grew up just north of Grand Rapids in the country. First off, I have to admit I’m not a true ‘Detroiter’.
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