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Entrepreneurship Features
Publisher's notebook: The Avenue, a love story
Claire Nelson
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
With the "Light up Livernois" event coming up May 31-June 1, Claire Nelson takes a tuneful stroll down the Avenue of Fashion, shining a light on one of Detroit's most historic retail districts. Conclusion? Cooperation and collaboration point to an even more vibrant future.
FoodLab: Weaving the network for a good food system in Detroit
Jess Daniel
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Jess Daniel, founder of
FoodLab
Detroit, discusses network weaving versus networking, and how FoodLab utilizes the network weaving strategy to help build a strong good food system here in Detroit.
Poor but sexy: REVOLVE aims to re-imagine vacant storefronts and rebuild neighborhood retail
Michael Forsyth
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Michael Forsyth, Business Development Manager of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, heads up the DEGC's recently-launched
REVOLVE
program. REVOLVE works with growing neighborhoods, aspiring entrepreneurs, and building owners in need of tenants to address Detroit's threefold issue of neighborhood needs, excessive storefront vacancies, and lack of retail density head-on via pop-up. Here he shares with UIX Detroit the short- and long-term visions for REVOLVE.
Fashion & Technology: Could industry cross-breeding become Detroit’s future?
Fotoula Lambros
Friday, August 24, 2012
Detroit is seeing a new wave of creative startups, and fashion is one industry on the rise. Recently, more capital has been made available to technology companies, aiming to turn Detroit into a “Silicon Valley of the Midwest." If, as they say, 90% of fashion is marketing, and social media use is at a high, shouldn’t apparel businesses be considered an investment opportunity in Detroit’s creative economy? What ways can we extend these tech startup incentives to multiple industries?
Moving Forward with Joey Landis
Noah Stephens, The People of Detroit
Friday, August 03, 2012
In the Motor City, photographer Noah Stephens travels by bicycle. On his latest journey, he meets up with fellow cyclist Joey Landis, co-founder of bike messenger service
Rock Dove Couriers
. Joey is part of a new wave of Detroiters finding entrepreneurial opportunity on two wheels. (Photo essay from
The People of Detroit
for UIX.)
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Entrepreneurship Videos
VIDEO: Kimo Frederiksen
DETROIT LIVES!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Kimo Frederiksen owns
True Body Fitness in Corktown
, an intimate fitness center that offers one-on-one personal training in a private atmosphere as well as group classes. He has also partnered with the
Ruth Ellis Center
in Highland Park to mentor one of their youths. In everything he does, Frederiksen is helping to change lives one little bit at a time. Video by
DETROIT LIVES!
VIDEO: Rishi Jaitly
RB Conference
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Kiva Detroit
co-founder Rishi Jaitly talks about his work with Kiva Detroit and the
Knight Foundation
at the Revitalization & Business Initiative's Detroit Shift conference, held at the University of Michigan's School of Business is association with Model D's IdeaLab. Video by
RB Conference
.
VIDEO: Andy Didorosi
DETROIT LIVES!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Andy Didorosi is a "social entrepreneur" (not a self-proscribed title, but one he graciously accepts). As the founder of the
Paper Street
small business incubator in Ferndale and the
Detroit Bus Company
, a tech-savvy biofuel-powered "transit revolution," Didorosi sees the changes happening in Detroit from multiple perspectives -- slow, humble, and ultimately surprising. Video by
DETROIT LIVES!
VIDEO: Dave Mancini
DETROIT LIVES!
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Dave Mancini, owner of
Supino Pizzeria
(one of Detroit's most popular and most nationally-recognized eateries), remembers the days when he was first starting out in his little Eastern Market pizza parlor when Jerry Belanger, owner of
the Park Bar
, would come in and order a dozen pizzas ... just to give them away in his bar. By doing this, Belanger helped Mancini build his loyal customer base, and he has never forgotten that. "Competition is not a problem right now," he says, and he makes those same efforts to help others just getting their start. Video by
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VIDEO: Peggy Brennan
DETROIT LIVES!
Friday, November 09, 2012
Peggy and Tom Brennan might not know what the long-lasting implications of
Green Garage
will be for future generations, but they're excited at the prospects. Midtown's Green Garage is a green business incubator, office and workshop space, and community hub for people dedicated to a more sustainable way of living. They consider themselves the grandparents of a movement that they hope will reverberate for generations to come. Video by
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