Tag Archives: The Rocket

Video: Owners of The Rocket, Wurst Bar, Bona Sera Cafe and Jacobsen Daniels Associates talk candidly about doing business in Ypsilanti

By Mark | May 6, 2013

Given that we just crossed over into National Masturbation Month, I thought that I’d share a titillating video this evening. Unfortunately, Linette has the parental controls set in such a way that it’s impossible me for me to do that, though. So, instead, here’s video of me on the stage at Woodruff’s a few days [...]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Annette Weathers, Bad Fairy, Bona Sera Cafe, Concentrate Media, Darryl Daniels, Eli Morrissey, Hasan Mihyar, Jacobsen Daniels Associates, Jeff Meyers, Jesse Kranyak, masturbation, Paul Schutt, Roger Rayle, Wurst Bar | 10 Comments

The Reality of Doing Business in Ypsilanti: a roundtable discussion with a half dozen of Ypsi’s most well known entrepreneurs

By Mark | April 30, 2013

This Thursday evening, from 5:00 to 7:00, I’ll be on stage at Woodruff’s, facilitating a conversation between Bee Mayhew Roll (Beezy’s), Eli Morrissey (The Rocket), Darryl Daniels (Jacobsen Daniels Associates), and Wonder Woman (Bona Sera Cafe) about the challenges that entrepreneurs face in downtown Ypsilanti, and the opportunities, as they see them, that currently exist. [...]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Bona Sera, Concentrate Media, Darryl Daniels, Eli Morrissey, Jacobsen Daniels Associates, trough urinals, Wonder Woman | 14 Comments

Ypsilanti deserves better than a Family Dollar store on Water Street

By Mark | November 17, 2012

Certain kinds of businesses do well in times of great economic uncertainty. Chief among them are so-called “variety stores” and “dollar stores.” As Howard Levine, the CEO of Family Dollar, one of America’s leading chains operating in this sector recently said to the press, “In today’s uncertain economic environment, value continues to resonate… Our strategy [...]

Posted in Economics, Rants, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AnnArbor.com, Burger King, Charlotte, Chase Ingersoll, cohousing, Core Resources, dollar stores, economic development, Family Dollar, Leslie Leland, Mark's big ideas, Mix, national chains, North Carolina, our fragile downtown business ecosystem, Paul Balcom, Paul Schreiber, shipping containers, variety stores, Water Street, Ypsilanti City Council | 124 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Josh Chamberlain

By Mark | September 29, 2012

Tonight’s interviewee is Josh Chamberlain. I first met Josh when he was about eleven years old. If I’m not mistaken, it was at his sister Amelia’s first birthday party, probably right around the time that the black and white photo of them to the right was taken. Josh turned out to be a pretty incredible [...]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amelia marks, Ballard, binge drinking, Border to Border Trail, car antenna, Cincinnati, DAAP, Dos Hermanos, entrepreneurism, exit interviews, Footloose, graphic design, Greenhills, Greenhills School, James Marks, Josh Chamberlain, Kevin Bacon, kids today, Meghna, Ohio, Pearl Street, Prospect park, Ruth Marks, Rutherford Pool, students today aren't worth a damn, tridge, University of Cincinnati, University of Michigan, VGKids, Washtenaw Community College, Washtenaw Technical Middle College, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 16 Comments

Shadow 2012 live blog poop

By Mark | July 21, 2012

10:29 AM Who knows what the future holds, but, for now, I’m going to be working the first formal complaint booth at the Shadow Art Fair. Complaints are just $1 a piece, unless you require that action be taken, which costs an additional $4. (After ignoring complaints for the first 12 Shadows, it felt like [...]