Andrew Stefanik and Mike Glinski met while attending the College for Creative Studies in Midtown. The two young men hit it off and began collaborating on video projects.
"We gelled really well together," Glinski says.
Since graduating, the pair has launched
Iron Coast, a video-production and photography firm, which they enrolled in the
Detroit Creative Corridor Center’s Creative Ventures program. The company will graduate from the program before the end of this year.
"They (Detroit Creative Corridor Center) have been so helpful with everything from building our legal structure to introducing us to best practices for businesses like ours," Glinski says.
Iron Coast is looking to stay close to their current home in New Center. The firm's partners believe that Detroit's robust creative sector helps them find work, as does the large network they have built since college. But most of all, Detroit is the type of city that feels right to them.
"We want to stay here," Glinski says. "We both love the city and Michigan."
Iron Coast has worked on a number of local projects, including a video for local furniture studio
Ali Sandifier's Art Prize submission. You can check out more of Iron Coast’s portfolio
here.
"This is an outlet for our creative projects," Stefanik says.
The company specializes in both video and photography. Glinski and Stefanik believe the combination of those two things helps provide them an advantage when it comes to landing clients. And they are looking to sign up clients that are both small businesses and big organizations.
"We want to tell great stories," Glinski says. "So we're targeting both startups and large institutions."
Source: Andrew Stefanik and Mike Glinski, co-founders of Iron Coast
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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