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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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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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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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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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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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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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What’s Trending in the Design World
“Fresh, yet timeless.” That’s how the founders of Unsold Studio describe their design work. Lilian Crum, 30, and Meaghan Barry, 27, established the Detroit-based creative firm in 2013 after…
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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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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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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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