Marc Hudson is used to delivering. As a ten year old, he delivered flowers at a Farmer’s Market and today as CEO and Co-founder of Quicken Loan’s spin off, Rocket Fiber, he is delivering gigabit Internet speed to the residence of the city of Detroit! Rocket Fiber has made Detroit one of three cities in the world offering ten-gigabit Internet connectivity!

If you thought Internet speed was no big deal, you’d be wrong. Dan Gilbert and the leadership at Quicken Loans thought it was so important they backed the creators and spun off the company. To the city of Detroit, the high-speed offered by Rocket Fiber is one more economic variant it can offer to attract incoming businesses, talent and money. All things being equal, offering ten-gigabit Internet gives the city and incoming businesses a competitive advantage.

Helping with Detroit’s renaissance isn’t Marc’s first venture as an entrepreneur and as this week’s interviewee on The Trep Talk, he is open about his long journey, his mistakes and lessons learned.