The auto industry's skilled workforce of engineers continuously produces new technologies and intellectual properties. AutoHarvest, a social network/online marketplace for innovation in the auto industry, helps them commercialize their ideas.
Bizdom is an entrepreneurial accelerator that provides training and mentorship to tech startups looking for the help and funding they need to grow their ideas into profitable businesses.
New Michigan Media launched with the goal of cataloging minority media outlets throughout Michigan in order to build a network that could bring minority concerns and issues to a broader audience, tear down restrictive silos, and create stronger voices for minority communities at policy discussions. It had never been attempted.
TechTown is Detroit’s business growth center. Its core programs -- Retail Boot Camp, SWOT City, and TechTown Labs -- help Detroit entrepreneurs get their retail and tech startups off the ground.
Inforum’s ACTiVATE program guides women through the whole process of business development -- from conception to commercialization -- and connects them with resources and subject matter experts.
ACCESS Growth Center assists immigrant entrepreneurs in making Metro Detroit more than a place of residence -- but rather a place they can call home.
Henry Ford Innovation Institute connectsmedical practitioners with designers and entrepreneurs to help commercialize the innovation that arises every day at Henry Ford Hospital.
The Blackstone Launchpad at Wayne State University helps students launch companies around their ideas.
The Detroit Micro-Enterprise Fund helps small businesses in Detroit obtain financing unavailable to them from traditional banks. The third in our series from the New Economy Initiative, this video highlights two entrepreneurs who received loans from the fund.
Invest Detroit's First Step Fund provides entrepreneurs mentorship, coaching and capital. The New Economy Initiative talks to two Detroit entrepreneurs who have benefited from the fund.
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