On a hot August day in the heart of the East Side, eager business owners, city officials, and members of the press alike gathered on Kercheval Avenue to witness the next round of businesses in the Motor City Match see their dreams come to life. The two-year-old program is a signature small business initiative of […]
The Detroit Kombucha Brewing Company hopes not only to expose people to the positive powers of kombucha, but also to become a successful business in the community. Co-founders Joanna Oaks and Kelley Davis Lyne started formulating the idea for the Detroit Kombucha Brewing Company, a.k.a. DKBCo, nearly three years ago. Kombucha is a fermented beverage […]
Finding the right gift for anyone can be a challenge. For young women who’ve faced hardship in their lives it can be even harder to know what gesture will have the greatest impact. Fifty youths will receive a gesture from a Detroit businesswoman who can relate to some of their experiences Aug. 17 when Alternatives […]
All Jevona Watson really wanted was to see a new coffee shop open its doors in her neighborhood. A resident of the Bagley community near Livernois Avenue and McNichols she could’ve started an online petition and invited any of the well-known java chains to the area. She might even have looked into becoming a store […]
Brewing up at Livernois Avenue and Six Mile Road in the Bagley neighborhood is a new business that’s been getting buzz since before its grand opening. Local coffee shop Detroit Sip will open at 7420 West McNichols Road in late-August or early September. Jevona Watson, a resident of the nearby neighborhood and owner of the […]
If anything, Detroit’s downtown retail corridor is unique. Full of one-of-kind eclectic shops and restaurants and the kind of big name retailers we always hoped would come home to Detroit, our shopping district is infused with energy, newfound hope and enterprising entrepreneurs. Now it’s time to celebrate and enjoy them. On August 10 they’ll be […]
You might call it “Shark Tank,” tech-style. Not unlike that barely contained enthusiasm of contestants in the popular ABC reality series, the eager excitement of local entrepreneurs will be on display at TechTown Detroit, 440 Burroughs St., Aug. 10. DTX Launch Detroit’s 2017 Showcase welcomes tech entrepreneurs to pitch their savvy ideas or innovative products, […]
Nicole Bien’Aime, co-owner of Voluptuous Bien’Aime in Rosedale Park, found a location for her full-figured ladies’ boutique and an ocean of advice by attending a 20-week entrepreneurial training program offered at Grand River WorkPlace. Her picture window, pop-up store is the buzz of the neighborhood and a jewel in the co-working space on Detroit’s northwest […]
Damon Tooles was a successful stock broker and commodities trader in Southfield. Then his life suddenly changed when he connected with a Detroit developer who was working on projects with the late Detroit business leader Don Barden. Suddenly Tooles found himself in the construction business. When the initial projects were complete he decided the nation’s […]
Stiletto heels, diapers and sawdust have one thing in common – and it’s not a woman with babies who works in a sawmill. The common factor is the Detroit-based Arrow Office Supply, which sells more than 60,000 business-related products to nearly 700 wholesale customers in Southeast Michigan. From tape and Post-it dispensers in the shape […]