Our first session will bring together food and beverage entrepreneurs: from cafés and restaurants to caterers, food trucks, and meal prep businesses. Whether you run a storefront, pop-up, or delivery-based operation through platforms like DoorDash or UberEats, this is a chance to share experiences and talk about what’s working in today’s F&B climate.

The Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest by TechTown is a retail competition that gives savvy entrepreneurs the chance to win a $100,000 cash grant and a package of in-kind services to open up their brick-and-mortar storefront in Detroit, Hamtramck, or Highland Park.

All businesses face adversity sooner or later, but the ones that recover and thrive are those that understand how to take inventory of what they have and adapt to changes. […]