We didn’t announce it until this evening, but the October recipient of the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation’s monthly $1,000 cash grant was Small & Mighty, the scrappy, little entrepreneurial support network created in the fall of 2012 by brilliant local shit-stirrers Jean Henry, Helen Harding and the cheese-loving Lisa Waud. What follows is a transcript […]
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Local entrepreneurs Jean Henry, Lisa Waud and Helen Harding on what it means to be “Small and Mighty”
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged A2Awesome, Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce, Blake Reetz, business owners who get it, capitalization, Cliff Bell’s, EAT, Helen Harding, Jean Henry, Jefferson Market, Lisa Waud, Michael Shuman, networking, Open City, Pot and Box, Small and Mighty, small business, Sweet Heather Anne, The Wedding Party, Think Local First, Young Entrepreneurial People 25 Comments
Marjorie Kelly on the emergence of the generative economy
I suspect I’ll give up after a few days, as my memory fades, and my enthusiasm wanes, but, for the foreseeable future, I’d like to keep sharing tidbits that I picked up during the recent BALLE conference, on the subject of strengthening local business ecosystems. Tonight, I’d like to share my notes on the presentation […]
Posted in Economics, Uncategorized Also tagged BALLE, bonds, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, business models, business owners who get it, business philosophy, co-ops, Cutting Edge Capital, deforestation, ethics, generative economy, Global Warming, human scale, joy, lobster, Maine, Marjorie Kelly, Mexico, mission shares, Novo Nordisk, ownership, Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution, Sustainability, Tellus Institute, vision statements, Washington Post 4 Comments