Founders : Creative Industries

Michael Evans is the founder of PishPosh, a podcasting startup based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Michael Evans

Thanh Tran is a serial entrepreneur who founded Kidpreneur. The Northville-based business helps educate tweens about entrepreneurship.

Questions with Thanh Tran

Rachel Lutz is the owner of The Peacock Room, a fashion boutique based in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood.

Questions with Rachel Lutz

Terri McQueen is the founder of Ya Digg Records, a vinyl record start-up based in Dearborn.

Questions with Terri McQueen

James Feagin is the co-founder of Imagine Detroit Together, an art project based in Detroit.

Questions with James Feagin

Sarah Lapinski is the founder of WOUND Menswear, a fashion firm based in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood.

Questions with Sarah Lapinski

Lisa Zahodne is the president of Specs Howard School of Media Arts, a broadcasting and new media school based in Southfield and Farmington Hills.

Questions with Lisa Zahodne

James Marks is the founder of VGKids, a creatively inclined boutique firm based in Ypsilanti.

Questions with James Marks

Vaughan Taylor is the CEO & co-founder of Splink Media, an independent recording artist-based website headquartered in Ann Arbor.
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Questions with Vaughan Taylor

Mark Winter is the managing partner with Identity Marketing & Public Relations, a marketing agency based in Bingham Farms.

Questions with Mark Winter

Justin Draplin is the managing partner of PowerCapes, a small business that makes super hero capes for kids and adults.

Questions with Justin Draplin

Margarita Barry is the founder and publisher of I Am Young Detroit, a blog that profiles young people who are making a difference in the Motor City.

Questions with Margarita Barry

Matt Howard is the production manager for the Detroit Print Shop, a virtual printing company based out of downtown Detroit.

Questions with Matt Howard

Noah Kaplan is the founder of Leon Speakers, a cutting-edge, custom-maker of high-end sound systems based in Ann Arbor.

Questions with Noah Kaplan

Maxine Gardner is a former artist-turned-entrepreneur who started Artful Vision, an Internet site that sells art and gives a piece of the proceeds to local non-profits.

Questions with Maxine Gardner