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Small Business Spotlight — 127 episodes

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Small Business Spotlight podcast: How an independent furniture retailer survives

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Small Business Spotlight: Planted Detroit grows sustainable salad business

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Small Business Spotlight podcast: Manufacturing business owners work to diversify industry, give back

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Small Business Spotlight podcast: Avalon bakery's Jackie Victor on creating community

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Small Business Spotlight podcast: Summer hiring outlook

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Small Business Spotlight podcast: Tips for choosing office space

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It's tax season: What small businesses should know in 2022

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Nonprofit turns to tech to save, bolster events

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How Dan Gilbert’s philanthropy is being spread across Detroit

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MHA’s Brian Peters and Chris Mitchell discuss hospital staffing crisis in fourth surge of COVID cases

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Deloitte’s David Parent on the future of the workplace – and where people will work

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Mackinac conference: New MEDC CEO Quentin Messer Jr. on Michigan’s economic development toolbox

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Gov. Whitmer talks state budget, COVID-19 and auto insurance reform at Mackinac Policy Conference

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John Rakolta talks UAE ambassadorship, Walbridge construction industry growth, growing education “crisis” in Michigan

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Marathon refinery GM Dave Leaver on the refinery’s home-purchase program

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Conrad Mallett: Duggan to come out in favor of Detroit reparations ballot proposal

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Detroit Future City CEO: Private sector ready to make equity changes ‘we have not seen before’

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Bollinger Motors CEO Robert Bollinger on taking a different road to electric trucks – and why the auto business is hard

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Mackinac conference: Detroit CFO Jay Rising: Sports betting, casino taxes are “savior” of city budget this year

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Mackinac conference: HAP CEO Michael Genord on the lessons of COVID

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Duggan talks re-election campaign, towing, Detroit infrastructure issues at Mackinac Policy Conference

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Mackinac conference: DTE Energy Vice Chairman Dave Meador talks workforce development, tree-trimming and burying power lines

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Mackinac conference: Lt. Gov. Gilchrist talks transit, equity, state budget and pandemic lessons learned

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Mackinac conference: Soon-to-retire Antoine Garibaldi on why Detroit Mercy is expanding to Novi, what’s next

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Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow: Time to rethink utility industry’s resistance to burying power lines

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Crain’s kicks off podcast interviews from the Mackinac Policy Conference

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How outsourcing can ease the workload

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Staying ahead of the game in a pandemic

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How to stay alive in a changing industry

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The rewards and challenges of gig work

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Michael Lee on WJR: Decade of decline for recycling | Home care caps

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Detroit Flower Co. owner learns to run her business on the fly

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Planning an infrastructure future without flooded freeways, basements in metro Detroit

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Beyond the pandemic: Will new college scholarship program help frontline workers gain new skills for future jobs?

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Challenges ahead for distributing COVID-19 vaccines in Detroit, Michigan; a chat with the Oakland County attorney who runs the IVaccinate.org campaign

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Abdul El-Sayed talks public health infrastructure, Whitmer's handling of COVID-19 pandemic and his future in politics

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Eric Larson: Downtown Detroit retailers, restaurants struggling after seven months of pandemic downturn, steep decline in patrons and visitors

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Black women-owned staffing agency in Detroit sees growth opportunities in energy, aerospace and entertainment industries

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MEDC CEO talks new FCA plant and auto supplier opportunities in Detroit, community redevelopment and revived Pure Michigan ad campaign

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From streetscape project to COVID-19, Narrow Way Café navigates adversity on Detroit's Livernois Avenue of Fashion

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FCA's Mark Stewart talks about Detroit's new Jeep plant, challenges with COVID-19 and job opportunities for Detroiters

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Detroit ed tech startup delivering science to students learning at home

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Nikolai Vitti on Detroit Public Schools' reopening plans, education funding equity and deteriorating buildings

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Rocket Companies COO Bob Walters on Dan Gilbert's mortgage company going public, stock for employees, future of Quicken Loans brand and returning to the office

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Meeko Williams: Mandatory police residency would help officers connect with Detroiters

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Warren Evans: Requiring police officers to live in Detroit a 'great concept' but 'very impractical' to enforce

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Can solar energy turn Detroit's vacant lots into profit?

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How auto insurance reform is supposed to drive down premiums in Detroit

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Skidmore Studio growing an online farmers market from Detroit for Michigan food producers

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Detroit’s decision-making tables need more African Americans, Hudson-Webber Foundation CEO Melanca Clark says

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How an unconventional hospital was stood up for COVID-19 patients inside Detroit's TCF Center

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What's next for Detroit's construction industry? Return to boom or pandemic bust?

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Michigan Manufacturers Association CEO talks business adaptation, survival in the coronavirus outbreak

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Lon Johnson see opportunity for Detroit in supplying capital for water tech development

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Detroit Rising: Greektown Casino betting on growth from sports betting

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Detroit Rising: Detroit CFO Dave Massaron talks frankly about city finances 5 years after bankruptcy

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Detroit Rising: Expiring tax payment plans threaten new wave of foreclosures in Detroit next year

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Detroit Rising: How Detroit is trying to get Detroiters in line for FCA auto plant jobs

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Detroit Rising: Compuware has returned to its mainframe computer software roots — and is growing

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Detroit Rising: Two cannabis entrepreneurs at different ends of Michigan’s green rush

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Detroit Rising: Ashley Williams' path from media to millennial marketing entrepreneur in Detroit

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Detroit Rising: Detroit needs a convention hotel attached to TCF Center, Bedrock exec says

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Detroit Rising: Detroit's broadband haves and have nots

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Detroit Rising: Stephanie Byrd on how her Midtown restaurant's rebranding helped it thrive

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Detroit Rising: High-rise Midtown condos at The Mid could approach $1 million

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Detroit Rising: Bob Thompson and Jalen Rose talk education with Tonya Allen at Detroit Homecoming

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Detroit Rising: Expats Ken Buckfire, Ty Fahner talk pension debt and land use at Detroit Homecoming

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Detroit Rising: Xenith CEO Ryan Sullivan on the Detroit football helmet maker's upward trajectory

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Detroit Rising: Suneel Gupta joins Techstars Detroit to mentor entrepreneurs of mobility startups

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Detroit Rising podcast: Venture for America's entrepreneurship taking root in Detroit

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Detroit Rising: Canadian consul general talks Enbridge Line 5, trade and Gordie Howe bridge work

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Detroit Rising: Tony Michaels on designing the Ford Fireworks, Parade Co.'s need for new space

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Detroit Rising: Arab American & Chaldean Council working on 7 Mile revitalization

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Detroit Rising: Chasing medical fraud in Michigan's no-fault auto insurance system

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Detroit Rising: Should Michigan more closely regulate auto insurance companies, premiums?

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Detroit Rising podcast: Steve Tobocman on how immigrants can fill Michigan's talent gaps

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Detroit Rising podcast: Detroit Vegan Soul owners eye statewide expansion

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Detroit Rising: Lt. Gov. Brian Calley reflects on Snyder administration's intervention in Detroit

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Detroit Rising: Ford's autonomous vehicle team in Corktown forges ahead on driverless cars

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Detroit Rising: Todd Sachse on why the skilled labor shortage is slowing construction projects

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Detroit Rising podcast: The changing landscape of options for commuting into downtown Detroit

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Detroit Rising podcast: Detroit chamber backs Gretchen Whitmer for governor

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Detroit Rising podcast: Bunker Labs aims to nurture veteran-owned businesses at WeWork

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Detroit Rising podcast: Tech entrepreneur Angel Gambino's re-engagement with Detroit

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Detroit Rising podcast: Local fashion apparel companies working to scale industry

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Detroit Rising: 'Talent is determining where corporations make real estate decisions,' DEGC CEO says

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Detroit Rising: Teacher preparation for third-grade reading mandate lacking

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Detroit Rising: City's business liaisons branch out into neighborhoods

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Detroit Rising: Louisiana Creole Gumbo adds restaurant on northwest side, food truck service

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Detroit Rising podcast: Stroh's now brewing three beers in Detroit, plans to add more

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Detroit Rising podcast: Schuette backs Trump's attempt to get 'fairer trade deals'

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Detroit Rising podcast: Whitmer vows to ban auto insurance redlining, stop 'raid' on school funding

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Detroit Rising podcast: Colbeck wants to end 'winners and losers' economic development

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Detroit Rising: Saginaw doc running for gov seeks to cap medical provider payments in auto no-fault

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Detroit Rising podcast: Rapidly-growing StockX pushing e-commerce platform beyond sneakers

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Detroit Rising podcast: Shri Thanedar wants to replace 'corporate welfare' with small biz incubators

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Detroit Rising podcast: Calley talks Detroit policy issues, plans to accelerate road-funding

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Detroit Rising podcast: Abdul El-Sayed takes on health, auto insurers in bid for governor

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Detroit Rising podcast: Mobile app developer Detroit Labs adding space, tech talent downtown

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Detroit Rising podcast: Mackinac confab focused on Michigan's future amid rapid change, uncertainty

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Detroit Rising podcast: How a Detroit high school is putting students on career paths

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Detroit Rising podcast: DTE engineer's career pathway opened up through FIRST robotics

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Detroit Rising podcast: How GM is building an engineering talent pipeline through FIRST robotics

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Detroit Rising podcast: Real estate course teaches Detroiters how to get into the business

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'Detroit Rising' podcast: Ideal Group grows in southwest Detroit into multifaceted company

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'Detroit Rising' podcast: Urban Land Institute meeting in May to showcase Detroit revitalization

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Detroit Rising podcast: Barton Malow's Doug Maibach sees decline in workers' reading, math skills

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Detroit Rising podcast: Leveraging technology in tracking Detroit blight-removal demolitions

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'Detroit Rising' podcast: Sister Pie owner has no plans of opening bakeries beyond West Village

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Detroit Rising podcast: Recapturing service industry sales one hair 'blowout' at a time

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Detroit Rising: Detroit Chamber's policy conference focused on building regional culture of civility

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Detroit Rising: Primary care physicians in short supply in Detroit's neighborhoods

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Detroit Rising podcast: Growth opportunities for more food businesses, affordable housing in Detroit

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Detroit Rising podcast: As automakers race to build electric vehicles, 'range anxiety' persists

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'Detroit Rising' podcast: At Bamboo Detroit, a wide variety of businesses working under one roof

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Detroit Rising podcast: Bamboo Detroit co-founder sees changing downtown office space landscape

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Detroit Rising podcast: Lightweight materials R&D takes root in one-time auto parts plant

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Detroit Rising podcast: Mayor Mike Duggan talks Amazon HQ2 bid, auto insurance reform, 2018 politics

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Detroit Rising podcast: Workforce board to replicate job-training, skilled trades programs in 2018

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'Detroit Rising' podcast: Revitalizing city neighborhoods goes beyond fixing dilapidated homes

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Detroit Rising podcast: Service businesses missing in Midtown

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Detroit Rising: Bridging gaps in Detroit's workforce

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Detroit Rising podcast: Tax reform bills in Congress reduce urban redevelopment incentives

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Detroit Rising podcast: City's restaurants struggling with worker retention

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Detroit Rising podcast: Owners of McClure's Pickles, Valentine Distilling talk food industry growth

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Detroit Rising podcast: TechStars Mobility entrepreneurs on changing perceptions of Detroit

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Detroit Rising podcast with Chad Livengood: Small business development along Detroit's corridors