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Black Leaders Detroit Presents: Speak for Yourself with Jevona Fudge

May 11, 2023 Black Leaders Detroit Podcast
"The University of Michigan’s DNEP program is hands down one of the best programs I have ever participated in." Former DNEP client Jevona Fudge, owner of Detroit Sip, speaks about her experience with the DNEP program during an episode of the Black...
News

DNEP +ISLB intern, Samantha Lang, shares experience

Jun 1, 2022
Throughout my life, I never thought of myself as a numbers person. Yet, with my goal being to pursue consulting after I receive my Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from the Ford School, I knew I wanted (and needed) to improve that “not a numbers...
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Baer considers long-term challenges for downtown businesses

Sep 14, 2021 AP News
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...
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Sparking ideas, jobs, and creation in Detroit

Oct 30, 2019 U-M Detroit
Partnering with a small business owner to boost her coffee shop business, building a makerspace for students and the Brightmoor community, and working with Eastside city residents to create authentic tours are just a few projects the University of...
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This is Michigan | Detroit Entrepreneurs Find The Keys To Success

Apr 30, 2019 University of Michigan Youtube
Many small business owners face barriers to getting started because they lack resources and expertise. Some Detroit entrepreneurs are partnering with teams of U-M students through the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project to gain access to free...
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Changing neighborhoods: Building Detroit one entrepreneur at a time

Apr 30, 2019 Michigan Impact
It was Jevona Watson’s dream to have a coffee shop in the Fitzgerald neighborhood in northwest Detroit, a place she calls home. A matching Motor City Match grant in 2016 helped take the first steps toward her dream.Despite a clear vision for her...
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Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project Expands

May 8, 2018 U-M Ford School
Under the high ceilings of a University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design classroom, surrounded by a semi-circle of design, accounting, and law students from U-M, entrepreneur and lifelong Detroiter Achsha Jones is reviewing dozens of sticky...

Community Tech Workers project

Jun 7, 2022, All Day
Jefferson East, Inc. Resource Hub
The Community Tech Workers project will pair three local residents with three U-M students to provide free one-on-one technology training and assistance to small business owners in Detroit's East Jefferson corridor.

Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project Showcase

Oct 17, 2019, 5:00-8:00 pm EDT
University of Michigan Detroit Center 3663 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
The University of Michigan's Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is hosting its first Small Business Showcase. Meet some of the 30 Detroit small business owners who are working with University of Michigan marketing, communications, law, design, and accounting students this fall -- and a few of our superstar alumni businesses, too!