Immigrant Owned Business Features

Sommer Woods

Pushing for inclusive development along Woodward Avenue: Sommer Woods and M-1 Rail

Nicole Rupersburg / Model D Friday, October 30, 2015

"Development can be so much more productive if there are more perspectives at the table: people of color, women, older people, younger people, white men," says M-1 Rail's Sommer Woods. "When you have all these people at the table you're guaranteed to have perspective instead of one monolithic project."

Sooshin Choi, Provost of the College for Creative Studies

Selling world-class talent on Detroit

MJ Galbraith / Model D Friday, October 16, 2015

Detroit may not have the prestige of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or the weather of Miami, but when it comes to recruiting global talent to work at its anchor institutions, the city has a lot to offer.

Global Detroit

Reshaping the Rust Belt through immigrant talent

Douglas J. Guth / Model D Friday, October 09, 2015

How America's former industrial heartland is reclaiming its economically powerful past by attracting foreign-born residents.

Waiel Shalall, Rocky Hanosh, and Lahib Shallal at Ali Baba

One block in Hamtramck: A little bit of everything on Caniff

Walter Wasacz / Model D Friday, May 22, 2015

From live music to chai tea to Middle Eastern cuisine, one block of Caniff in Hamtramck has got it all.

Dimitri List

'More than just a place for a party,' Berliner Dimitri Hegemann sees Detroit as place for new ideas

Walter Wasacz / Model D Friday, December 12, 2014

"I see the club as more than just a place for a party. I want the music to stimulate discussion and new ideas," says Hegemann, who was recently in Detroit to discuss the potential of bringing new cultural spaces to the city.

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Immigrant Owned Business News

Loven Systems creates big data tech that mimics user decisions
Source: Metromode
Immigrant turns American Dream into own business in Pontiac
Source: Metromode
Sizzles Burgers and Subs brings Mediterranean twist to downtown Ypsilanti
Source: Concentrate
Arbor Brewing Co expands in India market with new production plant
Source: Concentrate
The most interesting billionaire in metro Detroit you've probably never heard of
Source: Wall Street Journal
Saline-based Imetris to launch HR management software
Source: Concentrate
Woodbridge developer continues line of fable-themed rehabs with "Wonderland House"
Source: Model D
A2B Bikeshare aims to become Uber/Lyft of bike sharing
Source: Concentrate
First scooters set to roll off Mahindra GenZe�s line this year
Source: Concentrate
MyFab5 hits 1 million photo milestone this spring
Source: Concentrate

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Immigrant Owned Business

Marketing investment moves growth needle for iDashboards

Marketing investment moves growth needle for iDashboards

City: Troy

IDashboards grew an average of nearly 20 percent over each of the last four years. It now has a marketing budget of more than $2 million today, which isn't bad for a boot-strapped firm that built itself up to make a significant-yet-strategic gamble.

"That's the difference between a boot-strapped firm and venture-funded firm," says Shadan Malik, president & CEO of iDashboards. "Venture-funded firms have millions to spend right away."

Word of mouth sends InfoReady to 1,000 percent growth over five years

Word of mouth sends InfoReady to 1,000 percent growth over five years

City: Ann Arbor

The fifth-year anniversary is a big one for InfoReady. It's the year the Ann Arbor-based software startup crossed 1,000 percent growth on the strength of word-of-mouth marketing from its customers. That win is why InfoReady is one of the Gazelle 100, a year-long exploration of the fastest-growing startups in Metro Detroit as part of SEMichiganStartup's Year of the Gazelle series.

Accelerate Michigan win sets stage for DeNovo Sciences future success

Accelerate Michigan win sets stage for DeNovo Sciences future success

City: Plymouth

DeNovo Sciences has come a long way in its first five years, but the Plymouth-based startup can point to one critical juncture in its rapid growth: winning the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in 2011. That win is why DeNovo Sciences is one of the Gazelle 100, a year-long exploration of the fastest-growing startups in Metro Detroit as part of SEMichiganStartup's Year of the Gazelle series.

Bhushan Kulkarni on what it takes to build a succesful startup

Bhushan Kulkarni on what it takes to build a succesful startup

City: Ann Arbor

Bhushan Kulkarni is a serial entrepreneur building his fourth tech startup, InfoReady. He knows what to do and where to turn when launching a startup from scratch.

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