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She’s a CEO and 11-Years-Old
At 11-years-old, Asia Newson has been running her business for more than half her life. She makes and sells candles under her company, Super Business Girl. Part of her mission is to inspire…
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Entrepreneur Trades Brooklyn For Detroit
Meghan Navoy, 23, quit her job in the fast fashion industry in Brooklyn and moved to Detroit in August looking for opportunity. She’s aiming to grow her small business, A Wool Story, in the…
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Detroit’s Own Willy Wonka
Alexandra Clark, 26, invested her own money to open Bon Bon Bon in Hamtramck, Mich. in July of last year. “Bon Bon Bon” loosely translates from a couple languages to meaning, “good goodies,”…
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Human Connection With Strangers
“Everyone’s scars and bruises are manifested in their childhood.” Those words are from Alyonka Larionov, 31, who speaks candidly about her experience. Indeed, to understand Larionov’s story…
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Raising a Family, Fueling Passions
Nou Yang is co-founder of Go! Sy Thai, a restaurant serving Thai cuisine in Midtown Detroit. While the 29-year-old Yang works in the food industry, she has also ventured into the world of…
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Overcoming Grief by Forcing Joy
We first discovered Dana Frost on Instagram a few years back when she was running the Closet Confessional, a Detroit fashion/lifestyle blog. Frost, 34, captured our attention not only with her…
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Little Animal, Big Ambitions
“It sounds like ghosts are having a dance party.” Rachelle Baker, 23, says that’s how one of her friends describes her music. Baker is one-half of the Detroit-based…
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Entrepreneur Says, ‘I do,’ to CEO Role
Wedit is a do-it-yourself wedding video company founded in Detroit in 2010. Sarah Brithinee, 27, who now heads the startup, discusses how she became CEO and how she turned around the company…
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Move Over NYC, Detroit Means Fashion
Karen Buscemi, 46, is the founder of Detroit Garment Group, a nonprofit that aims to provide business education and opportunities for the local fashion community. Some of the group’s efforts:…
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Wearable Art for a Good Cause
“Take your goal and make it big and uncomfortable. But act like that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” That’s advice from Kate Lind, 32, co-founder of Pincause. Lind and her partner, Nate…
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