Among the people in the audience at Thursday night’s “Doing Business in Ypsilanti” panel, was a woman who has been tasked by Washtenaw County to study the needs of non-venture capital funded entrepreneurs, and make suggestions as to how we might better support them. Her name is Jessica Meissner, and what follows is our email […]
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Jessica Meissner on assisting non-venture capital backed companies, and expanding the role of co-ops in Michigan
Posted in Economics, Michigan, Ypsilanti Also tagged access to capital, Alternative Energy, BALLE, BEC, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, co-ops, collaboration, cooperation, cooperatives, corporatocracy, Dug Song, economic anthropology, Jessica Meissner, local procurement, Maker Works, Organic Valley, Paul Saginaw, purchasing, sharing assets, Small and Mighty, small business, sustainably, The Shed, Tom Root, triple bottom line, underemployment, unemployment, University of Michigan, venture capital, Washtenaw County, Wisconsin, workforce development 9 Comments
Ypsi Immigration Interview: Bird
A few weeks ago, I posted an exit interview with Chris Legz Pierce, who, like many others before him, decided to pull up stakes and head west, to the promised land of Portland, Oregon. Well, as luck would have it, the universe intervened, and gave us someone in return. Following is my interview with a […]
Posted in Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged animals, Arlo, ashrams, Bird, birds, childcare, Chris Legz Pierce, Clementine, comunes, Death, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, evil trees, Farm Sanctuary, farming, Heiwa House, Juna, Portland, vegetarian, welcome wagon, Ypsi immigration interview 6 Comments