Small Business Spotlight

By Crain's Detroit Business

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Detroit and Southeast Michigan's premier business news and information.

Episode Date
Small Business Spotlight podcast: How an independent furniture retailer survives
Oct 14, 2022
Small Business Spotlight: Planted Detroit grows sustainable salad business
Sep 16, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: Manufacturing business owners work to diversify industry, give back
Aug 15, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: Avalon bakery's Jackie Victor on creating community
Jun 25, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: Summer hiring outlook
May 15, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: Tips for choosing office space
Apr 24, 2022
It's tax season: What small businesses should know in 2022
Mar 18, 2022
Nonprofit turns to tech to save, bolster events
Oct 23, 2021
How Dan Gilbert’s philanthropy is being spread across Detroit
Sep 24, 2021
MHA’s Brian Peters and Chris Mitchell discuss hospital staffing crisis in fourth surge of COVID cases
Sep 22, 2021
Deloitte’s David Parent on the future of the workplace – and where people will work
Sep 22, 2021
Mackinac conference: New MEDC CEO Quentin Messer Jr. on Michigan’s economic development toolbox
Sep 22, 2021
Gov. Whitmer talks state budget, COVID-19 and auto insurance reform at Mackinac Policy Conference
Sep 22, 2021
John Rakolta talks UAE ambassadorship, Walbridge construction industry growth, growing education “crisis” in Michigan
Sep 21, 2021
Marathon refinery GM Dave Leaver on the refinery’s home-purchase program
Sep 21, 2021
Conrad Mallett: Duggan to come out in favor of Detroit reparations ballot proposal
Sep 21, 2021
Detroit Future City CEO: Private sector ready to make equity changes ‘we have not seen before’
Sep 21, 2021
Bollinger Motors CEO Robert Bollinger on taking a different road to electric trucks – and why the auto business is hard
Sep 21, 2021
Mackinac conference: Detroit CFO Jay Rising: Sports betting, casino taxes are “savior” of city budget this year
Sep 21, 2021
Mackinac conference: HAP CEO Michael Genord on the lessons of COVID
Sep 21, 2021
Duggan talks re-election campaign, towing, Detroit infrastructure issues at Mackinac Policy Conference
Sep 21, 2021
Mackinac conference: DTE Energy Vice Chairman Dave Meador talks workforce development, tree-trimming and burying power lines
Sep 21, 2021
Mackinac conference: Lt. Gov. Gilchrist talks transit, equity, state budget and pandemic lessons learned
Sep 21, 2021
Mackinac conference: Soon-to-retire Antoine Garibaldi on why Detroit Mercy is expanding to Novi, what’s next
Sep 20, 2021
Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow: Time to rethink utility industry’s resistance to burying power lines
Sep 20, 2021
Crain’s kicks off podcast interviews from the Mackinac Policy Conference
Sep 20, 2021
How outsourcing can ease the workload
Aug 28, 2021
Staying ahead of the game in a pandemic
Jul 22, 2021
How to stay alive in a changing industry
Jun 27, 2021
The rewards and challenges of gig work
May 20, 2021
Michael Lee on WJR: Decade of decline for recycling | Home care caps
Apr 26, 2021
Detroit Flower Co. owner learns to run her business on the fly
Feb 19, 2021
Planning an infrastructure future without flooded freeways, basements in metro Detroit
Dec 28, 2020
Beyond the pandemic: Will new college scholarship program help frontline workers gain new skills for future jobs?
Dec 21, 2020
Challenges ahead for distributing COVID-19 vaccines in Detroit, Michigan; a chat with the Oakland County attorney who runs the IVaccinate.org campaign
Dec 09, 2020
Abdul El-Sayed talks public health infrastructure, Whitmer's handling of COVID-19 pandemic and his future in politics
Nov 21, 2020
Eric Larson: Downtown Detroit retailers, restaurants struggling after seven months of pandemic downturn, steep decline in patrons and visitors
Oct 28, 2020
Black women-owned staffing agency in Detroit sees growth opportunities in energy, aerospace and entertainment industries
Oct 22, 2020
MEDC CEO talks new FCA plant and auto supplier opportunities in Detroit, community redevelopment and revived Pure Michigan ad campaign
Oct 09, 2020
From streetscape project to COVID-19, Narrow Way Café navigates adversity on Detroit's Livernois Avenue of Fashion
Oct 08, 2020
FCA's Mark Stewart talks about Detroit's new Jeep plant, challenges with COVID-19 and job opportunities for Detroiters
Sep 16, 2020
Detroit ed tech startup delivering science to students learning at home
Sep 03, 2020
Nikolai Vitti on Detroit Public Schools' reopening plans, education funding equity and deteriorating buildings
Aug 13, 2020
Rocket Companies COO Bob Walters on Dan Gilbert's mortgage company going public, stock for employees, future of Quicken Loans brand and returning to the office
Aug 06, 2020
Meeko Williams: Mandatory police residency would help officers connect with Detroiters
Jul 26, 2020
Warren Evans: Requiring police officers to live in Detroit a 'great concept' but 'very impractical' to enforce
Jul 24, 2020
Can solar energy turn Detroit's vacant lots into profit?
Jul 15, 2020
How auto insurance reform is supposed to drive down premiums in Detroit
Jul 01, 2020
Skidmore Studio growing an online farmers market from Detroit for Michigan food producers
Jun 24, 2020
Detroit’s decision-making tables need more African Americans, Hudson-Webber Foundation CEO Melanca Clark says
Jun 10, 2020
How an unconventional hospital was stood up for COVID-19 patients inside Detroit's TCF Center
May 28, 2020
What's next for Detroit's construction industry? Return to boom or pandemic bust?
May 14, 2020
Michigan Manufacturers Association CEO talks business adaptation, survival in the coronavirus outbreak
Apr 07, 2020
Lon Johnson see opportunity for Detroit in supplying capital for water tech development
Mar 22, 2020
Detroit Rising: Greektown Casino betting on growth from sports betting
Jan 23, 2020
Detroit Rising: Detroit CFO Dave Massaron talks frankly about city finances 5 years after bankruptcy
Dec 27, 2019
Detroit Rising: Expiring tax payment plans threaten new wave of foreclosures in Detroit next year
Dec 19, 2019
Detroit Rising: How Detroit is trying to get Detroiters in line for FCA auto plant jobs
Dec 14, 2019
Detroit Rising: Compuware has returned to its mainframe computer software roots — and is growing
Nov 27, 2019
Detroit Rising: Two cannabis entrepreneurs at different ends of Michigan’s green rush
Nov 16, 2019
Detroit Rising: Ashley Williams' path from media to millennial marketing entrepreneur in Detroit
Oct 31, 2019
Detroit Rising: Detroit needs a convention hotel attached to TCF Center, Bedrock exec says
Oct 23, 2019
Detroit Rising: Detroit's broadband haves and have nots
Oct 10, 2019
Detroit Rising: Stephanie Byrd on how her Midtown restaurant's rebranding helped it thrive
Oct 04, 2019
Detroit Rising: High-rise Midtown condos at The Mid could approach $1 million
Sep 26, 2019
Detroit Rising: Bob Thompson and Jalen Rose talk education with Tonya Allen at Detroit Homecoming
Sep 23, 2019
Detroit Rising: Expats Ken Buckfire, Ty Fahner talk pension debt and land use at Detroit Homecoming
Sep 20, 2019
Detroit Rising: Xenith CEO Ryan Sullivan on the Detroit football helmet maker's upward trajectory
Sep 13, 2019
Detroit Rising: Suneel Gupta joins Techstars Detroit to mentor entrepreneurs of mobility startups
Aug 22, 2019
Detroit Rising podcast: Venture for America's entrepreneurship taking root in Detroit
Aug 13, 2019
Detroit Rising: Canadian consul general talks Enbridge Line 5, trade and Gordie Howe bridge work
Jun 27, 2019
Detroit Rising: Tony Michaels on designing the Ford Fireworks, Parade Co.'s need for new space
Jun 20, 2019
Detroit Rising: Arab American & Chaldean Council working on 7 Mile revitalization
Jun 17, 2019
Detroit Rising: Chasing medical fraud in Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system
May 14, 2019
Detroit Rising: Should Michigan more closely regulate auto insurance companies, premiums?
Apr 05, 2019
Detroit Rising podcast: Steve Tobocman on how immigrants can fill Michigan's talent gaps
Mar 17, 2019
Detroit Rising podcast: Detroit Vegan Soul owners eye statewide expansion
Jan 22, 2019
Detroit Rising: Lt. Gov. Brian Calley reflects on Snyder administration's intervention in Detroit
Dec 31, 2018
Detroit Rising: Ford's autonomous vehicle team in Corktown forges ahead on driverless cars
Dec 09, 2018
Detroit Rising: Todd Sachse on why the skilled labor shortage is slowing construction projects
Oct 21, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: The changing landscape of options for commuting into downtown Detroit
Oct 21, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Detroit chamber backs Gretchen Whitmer for governor
Oct 19, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Bunker Labs aims to nurture veteran-owned businesses at WeWork
Sep 25, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Tech entrepreneur Angel Gambino's re-engagement with Detroit
Sep 24, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Local fashion apparel companies working to scale industry
Sep 17, 2018
Detroit Rising: 'Talent is determining where corporations make real estate decisions,' DEGC CEO says
Sep 09, 2018
Detroit Rising: Teacher preparation for third-grade reading mandate lacking
Aug 31, 2018
Detroit Rising: City's business liaisons branch out into neighborhoods
Aug 22, 2018
Detroit Rising: Louisiana Creole Gumbo adds restaurant on northwest side, food truck service
Aug 14, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Stroh's now brewing three beers in Detroit, plans to add more
Aug 12, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Schuette backs Trump's attempt to get 'fairer trade deals'
Jul 22, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Whitmer vows to ban auto insurance redlining, stop 'raid' on school funding
Jul 16, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Colbeck wants to end 'winners and losers' economic development
Jul 10, 2018
Detroit Rising: Saginaw doc running for gov seeks to cap medical provider payments in auto no-fault
Jul 03, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Rapidly-growing StockX pushing e-commerce platform beyond sneakers
Jul 01, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Shri Thanedar wants to replace 'corporate welfare' with small biz incubators
Jun 26, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Calley talks Detroit policy issues, plans to accelerate road-funding
Jun 17, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Abdul El-Sayed takes on health, auto insurers in bid for governor
Jun 12, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Mobile app developer Detroit Labs adding space, tech talent downtown
Jun 07, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Mackinac confab focused on Michigan's future amid rapid change, uncertainty
May 27, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: How a Detroit high school is putting students on career paths
May 24, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: DTE engineer's career pathway opened up through FIRST robotics
Apr 22, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: How GM is building an engineering talent pipeline through FIRST robotics
Apr 22, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Real estate course teaches Detroiters how to get into the business
Apr 19, 2018
'Detroit Rising' podcast: Ideal Group grows in southwest Detroit into multifaceted company
Apr 08, 2018
'Detroit Rising' podcast: Urban Land Institute meeting in May to showcase Detroit revitalization
Apr 02, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Barton Malow's Doug Maibach sees decline in workers' reading, math skills
Mar 28, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Leveraging technology in tracking Detroit blight-removal demolitions
Mar 21, 2018
'Detroit Rising' podcast: Sister Pie owner has no plans of opening bakeries beyond West Village
Mar 13, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Recapturing service industry sales one hair 'blowout' at a time
Mar 07, 2018
Detroit Rising: Detroit Chamber's policy conference focused on building regional culture of civility
Feb 27, 2018
Detroit Rising: Primary care physicians in short supply in Detroit's neighborhoods
Feb 20, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Growth opportunities for more food businesses, affordable housing in Detroit
Feb 13, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: As automakers race to build electric vehicles, 'range anxiety' persists
Feb 03, 2018
'Detroit Rising' podcast: At Bamboo Detroit, a wide variety of businesses working under one roof
Jan 30, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Bamboo Detroit co-founder sees changing downtown office space landscape
Jan 22, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Lightweight materials R&D takes root in one-time auto parts plant
Jan 14, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Mayor Mike Duggan talks Amazon HQ2 bid, auto insurance reform, 2018 politics
Jan 08, 2018
Detroit Rising podcast: Workforce board to replicate job-training, skilled trades programs in 2018
Dec 28, 2017
'Detroit Rising' podcast: Revitalizing city neighborhoods goes beyond fixing dilapidated homes
Dec 22, 2017
Detroit Rising podcast: Service businesses missing in Midtown
Dec 19, 2017
Detroit Rising: Bridging gaps in Detroit's workforce
Dec 12, 2017
Detroit Rising podcast: Tax reform bills in Congress reduce urban redevelopment incentives
Dec 01, 2017
Detroit Rising podcast: City's restaurants struggling with worker retention
Nov 28, 2017
Detroit Rising podcast: Owners of McClure's Pickles, Valentine Distilling talk food industry growth
Nov 21, 2017
Detroit Rising podcast: TechStars Mobility entrepreneurs on changing perceptions of Detroit
Nov 14, 2017
Detroit Rising podcast with Chad Livengood: Small business development along Detroit's corridors
Nov 04, 2017