June, Immigrant Heritage Month
Celebrate the Immigrant Heritage Month by recognizing that immigrant-entrepreneurs play a big role by driving innovation and job growth. They are a critical component of the resilient Detroit’s economy.
Mother’s Day Shopping Guide
Happy Mother’s Day! Treat mom today or any day of the week to well deserved treats from some of our favorite Detroit-based businesses. Ink Courage Inkcourage Encouraging stickers and tees…
Meet the Retail Strategist: Christina Devlin
Meet Christina Devlin, a retail strategist on TechTown’s Small Business Services team. Christina has been with TechTown Detroit since January of 2019 and resides in Dearborn. Prior to joining…
Meet the Coach: Mayté Penman
313 STRONG is a customized support program for brick-and-mortar small businesses in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck neighborhoods. Our staff of passionate, skilled professionals provide one-on-one assistance to stabilize, adapt and…
What is the Detroit Means Business Partnership?
Detroit Means Business is a coalition of over 60 private, public, and philanthropic partners dedicated to meet the needs of Detroit’s small businesses. Check out this blog on Invest Detroit’s…
Meet the Coach: Heather Levine
313 STRONG is a customized support program for brick-and-mortar small businesses in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck neighborhoods. Our staff of passionate, skilled professionals provide one-on-one assistance to stabilize, adapt and…
Local Valentine’s Day Gift Guide 2021
10 amazing local vendors making gifts for all budgets for you or loved ones this Valentine’s Day. Online shopping and delivery available.
Meet the Coach: Warren Galloway
313 STRONG is a customized support program for brick-and-mortar small businesses in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck neighborhoods. Our staff of passionate, skilled professionals provide one-on-one assistance to stabilize, adapt and…
Innovator Interview: TeQuion Brookins, The Minority Freedom Community Fund
TechTown and the Rocket Community Fund have partnered to shine the spotlight on business owners and ecosystem service providers who responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we count down to…
Innovator Interview: Mongers’ Provisions
TechTown and the Rocket Community Fund have partnered to shine the spotlight on business owners and ecosystem service providers who responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we count down to…
Innovator Interview: Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez, Featherstone
TechTown and the Rocket Community Fund have partnered to shine the spotlight on business owners and ecosystem service providers who responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we count down to…
Innovator Interview: Dave Meador, Detroit Means Business
TechTown and the Rocket Community Fund have partnered to shine the spotlight on business owners and ecosystem service providers who responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we count down to…
Innovator Interview: Alyssa Space, ForHerCosmetics
TechTown and the Rocket Community Fund have partnered to shine the spotlight on business owners and ecosystem service providers who responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we count down to…
Innovator Interview: Ramy Habib and Sean Carroll, HoneyCure by EnBiologics, Inc.
TechTown and the Rocket Community Fund have partnered to shine the spotlight on business owners and ecosystem service providers who responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we count down…
Launch Detroit’s Friday Fireside Chat Founder Series Podcast
Listen in on Launch Detroit’s Friday Fireside Chat Founder Series featuring the 2020 Cohort. Learn about the experiences of these 10 business owners from eight different tech companies as they learned and grew throughout the accelerator.
Neighborhood Construction + Open Office Hours for Marketing
We all love progress, but no one enjoys seeing the orange barrels come out during Michigan’s road construction season. Additionally, it takes on a completely different meaning if they appear outside the front door of your small business. For business owners on Livernois, Grand River and Bagley, this has been their reality all summer. Diggers, cement trucks, backhoes and semi-trucks zoom up and down the road, park in front of their businesses and rip up their sidewalks, making it even more difficult than normal to execute a marketing strategy.