Christie Baer

  • Stamps students join Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project

    Students from the University of Michigan’s Penny Stamps School of Art and Design spent a part of their summer in the city of Detroit, gaining valuable experience as interns in the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) + Impact Studio for Local Business internship program.
    From May 4 to June 24, they joined forces with the Ford School, Ross School of Business, and the School of Information. Stamps Career Development contributed part of the internship costs, ensuring that students were compensated for their work with undercapitalized small businesses.
    They formed interdisciplinary teams to provide free services and resources to Detroit small businesses and entrepreneurs. Their goal was to assist with the …

  • Detroit small businesses can better access free U-M resources through new CFLP website

    The University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy (CFLP) is pleased to announce the launch of a new website specifically for the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP). The new site showcases the full breadth of programming DNEP offers year-round and aggregates a number of free digital resources for entrepreneurs. It better describes how small businesses and students can get involved in semester-long consulting courses, an internship program, free 1:1 accounting services, and free 1:1 technology training and support. 
    “The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is the CFLP’s largest educational program,” CFLP assistant director Christie Baer said. “As our collaborations across …

  • Baer considers long-term challenges for downtown businesses

    According to Christie Baer, assistant executive director for the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law and Policy, downtown businesses face a big decision as the pandemic continues.
    “Businesses that thought that they just had to weather a short storm are suddenly realizing that it’s going to be like this for a long time,” she said. “It just becomes not as worth it to pay a higher cost of being downtown.”

  • Detroit neighborhood entrepreneurs project looking for a few more business students

    The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project, an interdisciplinary clinic that pairs Detroit neighborhood-based businesses with students from the Ross School of Business, Law School, and Stamps School of Art & Design is looking for a few more students from the Ross School for its second semester pilot. Students receive 2-3 credits as independent study research hours under the direction of Professor Cathy Shakespeare. The program is funded by JPMorgan Chase Foundation and M Cubed.
    ABOUT THE DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD ENTREPRENEURS PROJECT
    The goals of this project are to help Detroit small businesses – particularly minority- and women-owned small businesses, identify and overcome obstacles to …