Detroit Business Vanguard

05/08/2022

Detroit Means Business gets $9M ARPA boost to provide financial support to city’s small businesses

23/07/2022

Chef Ameneh Marhaba has been doing pop-ups in town since 2016 and plans to use the funds to open a brick-and-mortar Liberian restaurant in Detroit.

23/07/2022

There’s a sense of excitement Thursday night in one of Detroit’s under-served communities over plans to convert a property into a much-needed supermarket and more. It’ll be called “The Shift,” and it’ll be at Linwood Street and Glendale Avenue on the city’s west side.

31/03/2022

First WSU Global EIR is a smart access spinoff from auto supplier Continental Wayne State University and Global Detroit are partnering to help immigrant and international entrepreneurs launch high-...

24/02/2022

“The SSBCI program is one of the most rigorously evaluated programs we have for investing in small business. It leaves a lot of flexibility to regions and states to meet the needs of their business community,” Berkaw said, which means businesses with the greatest need — such as the historically underserved — have a better shot at getting timely access to support. “It’s the flagship investment vehicle the federal government has to invest in small businesses.”

The stakes couldn’t be higher for Biden’s economic legacy — as well as the financial future of America's mom-and-pop businesses.

18/02/2022

A new at-home veterinary business, owned by a Black woman who joins 2.6% of veterinarians nationally, opened to service Detroit and its suburbs.

22/01/2022

When Soul Train first launched in 1970, Black audiences weren't understood as a viable target market. Don Cornelius changed that forever with his weekly TV dance show. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

22/01/2022

Detroiter Ken Harris, CEO of the National Business League, says the city can quadruple its economy and become a preeminent entrepreneurial hub.

16/01/2022

Black business owners face many hurdles, especially when it comes to securing capital. Here are nine government agencies, venture capital firms and programs that can help.

11/01/2022

As the industry continues to push DE&I initiatives, Black and minority-owned businesses grapple with the influx of work.

02/01/2022

A business school in Detroit will be reopened as Michigan’s first and only historically Black college or university.

27/12/2021

Bashar Cholagh, Gregory Hawkins, Scott Thiele, Teresa Thiele and Marvin Washington each have had a hand in diversity efforts within Stellantis' massive purchasing operation.

26/12/2021

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