Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project
The University of Michigan’s Small Business Hub
for Detroit Entrepreneurs
DNEP provides U-M students with transformative professional experience and empowers entrepreneurs to build self-reliant businesses,
so both can create lasting impact.
YEAR ROUND, IN-PERSON, FREE
Build Your Financial Acumen
Every successful business starts with a strong financial foundation. Start by completing DNEP’s CFO Boot Camp, then apply what you learned by meeting 1-on-1 with our Accounting Consultants, through our Free Accounting Fridays program.
YEAR ROUND, IN-PERSON, FREE
Use Tech to Grow Your Business
Tech-integrated businesses grow faster and make more money. Community Tech Consultants at partner orgs Jefferson East, Inc. and Live6 Alliance can meet with you 1-on-1 to help you choose software and teach you how to use it.
FALL & WINTER SEMESTERS, VIRTUAL
Request a Team of Consultants
As businesses grow, they encounter new challenges that require specialized expertise. Find out how you can scope your issue into a class project that could be assigned to a team of business, law, information, or art & design students, working under faculty supervision.
DNEP is able to offer high-quality technical assistance to Detroit-based small businesses at NO CHARGE TO ENTREPRENEURS because of the financial and in-kind support provided by multiple units within the University of Michigan and by our philanthropic and community partners, including the National Science Foundation, the New Economy Initiative, The Kresge Foundation, Invest Detroit Foundation, Grandmont Rosesdale Development Corporation, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and the Michigan Accountancy Foundation.
