This year has been a whirlwind for April Anderson, the Pastry Chef and Co-Owner of Good Cakes and Bakes on Livernois in Detroit. Last week, her successful bakery business won a massive $200,000 investment at Detroit Demo Day. This week, she is attending the Mackinac Policy Conference as a “Future Leader,” soaking in the atmosphere […]
One consistent thing that happens at the Mackinac Policy Conference is someone (or multiple someones) has to ask: What, if anything, happens when business leaders, governmental representatives, philantropists, educational experts and the media are stuck together in a hotel for four days? The typical answer is – or, at least, the expectation of those naysayers […]
It’s no exaggeration to say the world awaits Detroit – seeking its ideas, its creativity, its designers and their dreams, its manufacturing prowess and its gigantic imagination. To that end, the Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3) announced Thursday at the Mackinac Policy Conference the launch of the ten-year Detroit City of Design initiative. Now in […]
If you ever had any questions of how your mother might impact your career, you only need to look at the fairy-tale story of Daymond John. Well, fairy tale might be too strong. It was a series of starts and stops, braggadocio and bravery that got John from his mom’s basement to an international brand […]
Pardon me for a bit of presumptuousness, but Ron Fournier seems like the kind of guy you want to share a beer with in a Mackinac Island bar. Now, I don’t know the guy personally. I, like most people, follow him on social media (where he’s consistently hilarious, intellectual and sensitive on Twitter – no […]
The very things that are fueling Detroit– optimism, entrepreneurship, a respect for bicycle culture – are the very things that the Detroit Regional Chamber are focusing on for a newly announced part of its annual Mackinac Policy Conference. Recently, the Chamber added a Slow Roll to the event, which will take place Wednesday, June 1 […]