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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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Mastering Your Own Lifestyle
Trust your gut. Listen to your heart. Follow your intuition. Deirdre Skiles did all those things, which led her to start Detroit Rose. Her company creates and sells candles, as well as skin…
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Potluck and Pitches
‘It was a broken city, and I was pretty broken myself.’ Amy Kaherl, 34, found herself back home in Michigan in 2008, the year her mother passed away after battling cancer for 14 years.…
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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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Tiny Dancers, Big Goals
Developing and empowering young people to be active and productive citizens. That’s the mission of DANCE Inc, a nonprofit peforming arts and athletics organization co-founded by Roslyn…
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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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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 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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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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Detroit Housing Advocate in the Running
It’s the day after winter storm Mateo hurled up to a foot of snow on Metro Detroit. The white stuff continues to fall, but that’s not stopping Michelle Oberholtzer from participating in the…
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