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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.
Entrepreneurship and motherhood: How starting a business can lead to a stable family
Melinda Clynes
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
In the first of a three-part series looking at the challenges of being both a mother and entrepreneur, Melinda Clynes writes about women seeking financial independence in business.
"Generation Startup" shows it's possible to build and scale a startup in Detroit
Aaron Mondry
Monday, October 10, 2016
As Ellis Island Tea grows, founder Nailah Ellis-Brown makes hiring local a priority
Patrick Dunn
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
"As we expand and our production increases, my goal is to lower the unemployment rate in Michigan. I can do that by hiring and putting people on the line."
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Flash Delivery partnership to bring Eastern Market's Red Truck Produce to your door
The Craft Cafe Detroit thrives on city's lower east side
Source: Model D
Gwen Jimmere makes all-natural hair care product to celebrities like Beyoncé
Source: Model D
Downtown co-working space to double in size, eyes big future
Source: Model D
Motor City Match winners use grant money to help cushion construction costs
Source: Model D
Royal Oak made-from-scratch bakery to open second location in Birmingham
Source: Metromode
New yoga studio in Ferndale started by longtime teacher
Source: Metromode
Warmilu's blanket technology goes to Kenya, scales up
Source: Concentrate
Motor City Match winner Mama Coo's opens in Corktown as Round 6 application window opens
Source: Model D
Sweetwaters grows to 7 locations with new cafes in Ann Arbor, Canton
Source: Concentrate
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Jen Baird on finding a way to fund breakthrough technology
City: Ann Arbor
Jen Baird doesn't count on miracles to survive in the business world, but she doesn't turn them down either.
Seeing is believing spurs growth for Court Innovations
City: Ann Arbor
"As soon as they see it operating they see the value in it," says MJ Cartwright, CEO of Court Innovations. "They really get it and want to start using it."
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."
Flower child capitalists turn low profit company into gazelle startup, ardentCause
City: Troy
"We discovered what the customers wanted was different," says Rosemary Bayer, chief inspiration officer for
ardentCause
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Building a community-based company, Hacienda Mexican Foods in southwest Detroit
City: Detroit
"I ran the business with my heart, but my costs continued to go up," Gutierrez says. "I closed my eyes and prayed for help. When I opened them up I saw things differently. I am an administrator who needs to run a business."
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