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The New York Times covers the Beezy’s ZipCap campaign… and I make it into the paper of record on the chest of Bee Roll

By Mark | May 20, 2015

In tomorrow’s New York Times, you’ll find a story about my friend Bee “Ypsilantian of the Year” Roll and the work she’s done through the California-based company ZipCap to raise working capital for her restaurant, Beezy’s, by essentially demonstrating to lenders that, while she doesn’t have a lot in the way of hard assets, she […]

Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Roll, boobs, Dreamland Tonight, Mark in the press, Melissa Dettloff, New York Times, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, puppet Mark, Ryan Groendyk, Ypsilantian of the Year, ZipCap | 10 Comments

ZipCap: empowering America’s most loved local businesses by transforming customer loyalty into working capital

By Mark | March 26, 2015

In spite of the billboards around town by local banks claiming to support homegrown businesses, the truth is, when our small “mom and pop” stores need capital, it’s almost impossible to come by. When a local restaurant, for instance, needs capital to grow, or to make it through lean times, there are few options, in […]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Australia, banks, baseball, Bee Roll, Beezy's, buy local, Chris Stranad, cool local initiatives, crowdfunding, customer loyalty, endowment funds, financing local companies, funding, interest rates, Kate de Fuccio, local investing, local stock exchange, Localist, Loyalty Capital, micro-bonds, minor league baseball, small business loans, working capital, ZipCap | 4 Comments

Paul Saginaw reminisces about his uncle “Chickie” the bookie, Stef Chura sings of alien love, and local historian James Mann insists that he’s not a ghost… on episode 8 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 8, 2015

Any lingering doubts that I might have had about this past weekend’s show faded away five minutes before we went live, when local historian James Mann barged into the AM 1700 studio demanding that I touch him while on the air, and confirm for the people of Ypsilanti that, despite the claims of a well-respected […]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Special Projects, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Anchor Bar, Boys' Life, Brian Quinn, Charles “Chickie” Sherman, Chloe Gates, Classy Mooney, Corner brewery, Detroit, Dirty Mooney, drink recipes, drugs, free love, Gambia, ghosts, Is James Mann a ghost, James Mann, Lily Gates, Maude's, minimum wage, Monahan's Seafood Market, Paul Saginaw, Pete Larson, Real Seafood Company, Stef Chura, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Community of Businesses | 16 Comments

Paul Saginaw, Stef Chura and our new Ask-A-Teen segment on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 5, 2015

This coming Saturday’s show, assuming everyone shows up, should be pretty awesome. We’ll start out by talking with Zingerman’s co-fouder Paul Saginaw, who, if I’m not mistaken, will be our first guest to have been designated a “Champion of Change” by the Obama White House. Among other things, I’m sure we’ll discuss Paul’s efforts to […]