Detroit Features

Atwater

5 keys to business growth with Atwater Brewery's Mark Rieth

Melissa Anders Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Erin Cole, co-owner of Nurturing Our Seeds, with her two children, Oshun and Asa

Entrepreneurship and motherhood: Finding strength in overcoming bias

Melinda Clynes Sunday, November 13, 2016

Women and minority entrepreneurs face an unfortunate amount of bias as business owners. But in the second part of our three part series on mother entrepreneurs, Melinda Clynes discovers the strength that comes from pushing through those biases.

Better together: How Metro Detroit's entrepreneurial ecosystem nurtured Drought Juice

Patrick Dunn Friday, November 04, 2016

This is the story of four sisters, four juice bars, and how Metro Detroit's startup support network helped grow a mini-empire.

Lana Rodriguez, owner of Mama Coo's Boutique

Finding resources faster: Detroit's rich and expanding entrepreneurial ecosystem

Patrick Dunn Friday, November 04, 2016

There's an incredible number of resources available for a budding entrepreneur in Detroit. Patrick Dunn surveys our entrepreneurial ecosystem to find out where those resources are and how to access them.

Dextina_GenerationStartup

"Generation Startup" shows it's possible to build and scale a startup in Detroit

Aaron Mondry Monday, October 10, 2016

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SWOT List

TechTown SWOT City spreads opportunity to neighborhood businesses

New Economy Initiative Friday, December 05, 2014

SWOT City empowers neighborhood businesses, providing them with expert analysis to help them identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

NEIdeas List

Stories from the new economy: NEIdeas, rewarding ideas for business growth

New Economy Inititiative Friday, April 25, 2014

Last week, the New Economy Initiative launched NEIdeas, a challenge that will award $500,000 in prizes to existing businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park.

NEI Blackstone List

Stories from the new economy: Blackstone Launchpad

New Economy Initiative Friday, March 28, 2014

The Blackstone Launchpad at Wayne State University helps students launch companies around their ideas.

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Castle explains how it got into Y Combinator

Castle explains how it got into Y Combinator

City: Detroit

There is a glut of startup accelerators out there, but the guys behind the property management startup Castle got into the most prestigious one around, Y Combinator. The Detroit-based startup's team tells how it shot the moon and got in.

Automation equals gazelle growth for Detroit's foodjunky

Automation equals gazelle growth for Detroit's foodjunky

City: Detroit

"Right now we're adding 1,000 restaurants per month," says Travis O Johnson, co-founder & CEO of foodjunky. "A year from now we hope to be in 20,000 restaurants."

1xRUN team building turns startup into second-stage star

1xRUN team building turns startup into second-stage star

City: Detroit

"We were six employees and then 20," says Jesse Cory, CEO of 1xRUN. "We needed to figure out how to make that work and create different departments."

Ellis Infinity Beverage Co figures out the recipe for finding the first home away from home

Ellis Infinity Beverage Co figures out the recipe for finding the first home away from home

City: Detroit

"Make sure the production side of things is something you have a passion for," Ellis-Brown says. "It's not easy. It's one of the hardest things I have ever done."

No place like home for Atwater Brewery

No place like home for Atwater Brewery

City: Detroit

"We're in great shape for future expansion," Rieth says. "We want to have a capacity of 150,000 barrels and this gives us that. We want to continue growing in Detroit because the city is an important part of what we’re about."

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