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Touch of Class scores NEIdeas grant to expand restoration business
David Moss's path to entrepreneurship is a fairly familiar one. He started in business as a kid with a paper route. As a grown-up, he went to work in corporate America as a quality analyst, but he Read more... -
Midtown gift shop City Bird expands after boost from NEIdeas Challenge
City Bird, a Detroit- and Great Lakes-themed housewares, jewelry and gift shop in Midtown, has expanded and has more on its shelves thanks in part to a program designed to strengthen entrepreneurship Read more... -
NEIdeas Winner ‘Turkey George’ discusses his classic North End eatery
It’s one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it places along a heavily traveled stretch of Woodward Avenue, but in the 18 years it’s been open, Turkey Grill has developed a huge following. It’s Read more... -
Detroit Free Press talks NEIdeas People’s Choice
The NEIdeas entrepreneurial contest, which recently award 30 grants of $10,000 each to existing small businesses in Detroit, is now asking the public to vote on which other firms should receive two Read more... -
Need small-business aid? Many programs can help
Entrepreneurial award contests such as NEIdeas, Hatch Detroit, and Accelerate Michigan are funneling needed cash to small ventures. The NEIdeas grants that celebrate existing small Read more... -
Model D highlights Detroit’s co-working spaces
Go into a coffee shop almost anywhere in America and you're likely to find most of its patrons working at their laptops. The coffee shop has become a secondary or even primary office for many in Read more... -
NEIdeas Builds Jobs at Neighborhood Level
Tom Walsh of the Detroit Free Press covers the impact of our recently announced NEIdeas $10k Challenge Winners. What if, rather than relying on an explosion of digital start-up companies or huge Read more... -
NEIdeas Highlighted in Delta Sky Magazine
Check out the August issue of Delta Airlines' Sky Magazine. The outgoing issue spotlights NEIdeas: Rewarding Ideas for Business Growth, among some notable projects, programs and places, in a feature Read more... -
NEIdeas Jury Process Continues
As you may know, our very robust jury process is well underway. We received over 600 ideas to grow businesses from all over Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park! The preliminary jury has gone through Read more... -
NEIdeas contest draws close to 600 entries from Detroit small businesses
Nearly 600 small businesses in Detroit, many with just one or two employees, entered to win $10,000 or $100,000 grants in the NEIdeas competition to help the city’s smallest employers grow. New Read more...
