Although Uber and Lyft are now ubiquitous, the app-based vehicle-for-hire services were once brand-new companies, vying for the attention of would-be customers. Now a Dearborn-based startup is ready to start competing with the major players of the rideshare market.
From neighborhood markets to community kitchens, Detroit’s local food business owners are figuring out how to survive while stepping up for their workers as COVID-19 laid bare the restaurant industry’s inequities.
TechTown Detroit’s Toast of the Town, an annual benefit and award ceremony from the small business incubator and accelerator located in New Center, will be accessible online and free to attend – although donations are encouraged.
Toni Jones always believed her work was important, but a global pandemic has shown the Detroit entrepreneur just how vital her affirmation brand is to her clients. “Last year women were wearing it as another self-care accessory, but now it’s how women are surviving.”
Southwest Detroiters Jason and Julie Stevens are founders of Detroit Loves Tacos.
With a focus on the city’s often-overlooked neighborhoods, a nonprofit collaboration is taking a personal approach to providing training, resources, and support for Detroit’s entrepreneurs, witnessing the ripple effect that investment creates.
Camp Dinner Table was designed for families to come back to the table to build family unity and cook quality meals together.
During these trying times, many Detroit businesses have been hit hard by issues related to COVID-19. Thankfully, some are finding support from local community development organizations.
In the past five years, Detroit has seen an 88% increase in women-owned businesses — the largest growth rate of metropolitan areas across the U.S. LaShonda Sims is part of that cohort, striking out with her daughter and cousins to launch a beauty company in 2017, and now, it's that family support that's helping them face down COVID setbacks.
After building a name for themselves with Voyager in Ferndale and Lovers Only and Iggy's Eggies in Detroit, chefs Jennifer Jackson and Justin Tootla are striking out on their own with two new restaurants in Eastern Market and Core City.
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