This last installment of the Saturday Six Pack was really good. And I think I’d say that even if it wasn’t my show. It was interesting and topical, challenging and funny. There was just a lot to like about it. We talked with an inspiring ex-felon, a fiery union organizer, and a local man whose […]
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Giving ex-felons a second chance, the corporatization of higher ed, and the religious roots of Cultivate Coffee and Tap House… on episode 31 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AAUP, American Association of University Professors, beer, Billy Kangas, Calvin Evans, coffee, Cultivate Coffee and Tap House, Eastern Michigan University, EcoTimber, Emerald Ash Borer, EMU, ex-prisoners, Frank Allison, furniture, generational success, Grace Church, Howard Bunsis, John Boehner, Judith Kullberg, mentoring, Parker Executive Search, Paul Hickman, picture frames, prison, prison labor, shared governance, Sustainability, sustainable building materials, timber, transparency, Ugly Mug, University of Iowa, Urban Ashes, urban salvaged wood 12 Comments
Jessica Meissner on assisting non-venture capital backed companies, and expanding the role of co-ops in Michigan
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 […]
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, Costa Rica, 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, underemployment, unemployment, University of Michigan, venture capital, Washtenaw County, Wisconsin, workforce development 9 Comments
Michael Shuman… there’s a local business revolution on the horizon, and we can make it happen
Last week, I had the opportunity to spend a day with economist and author Michael Shuman. Shuman, for those of you who aren’t familiar with his work, is probably our nation’s foremost authority on the importance of cultivating, supporting and investing in local businesses. The stated purpose of his visit to Ann Arbor, which was […]
Posted in Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged Amy Cortese, Austin, banks, Book People, Borders, business attraction, business retention, Colgate-Palmolive, crowdfunding, Daryl Issa, economic development, Economics, Google, investing, IRA, local investing, locavesting, Michael Shuman, Mission Markets, Oregon, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, self-dircted IRA, self-directed IRA, smart growth, startup investing, tax abatements, Tom’s of Maine, walkability, Washtenaw County Economic Development, Washtenaw County Office of Community & Economic Development 33 Comments