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From the death of multiple family members to falling extremely ill, Shelby Tinsley faced a trying time last year. The now 26-year-old also was unable to find employment after receiving her…
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Wearable Art for a Good Cause
“Take your goal and make it big and uncomfortable. But act like that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” That’s advice from Kate Lind, 32, co-founder of Pincause. Lind and her partner, Nate…
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Mastering Your Own Lifestyle
Trust your gut. Listen to your heart. Follow your intuition. Deirdre Skiles did all those things, which led her to start Detroit Rose. Her company creates and sells candles, as well as skin…
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Move Over NYC, Detroit Means Fashion
Karen Buscemi, 46, is the founder of Detroit Garment Group, a nonprofit that aims to provide business education and opportunities for the local fashion community. Some of the group’s efforts:…
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Detroit Housing Advocate in the Running
It’s the day after winter storm Mateo hurled up to a foot of snow on Metro Detroit. The white stuff continues to fall, but that’s not stopping Michelle Oberholtzer from participating in the…
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Entrepreneur Trades Brooklyn For Detroit
Meghan Navoy, 23, quit her job in the fast fashion industry in Brooklyn and moved to Detroit in August looking for opportunity. She’s aiming to grow her small business, A Wool Story, in the…
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What’s Trending in the Design World
“Fresh, yet timeless.” That’s how the founders of Unsold Studio describe their design work. Lilian Crum, 30, and Meaghan Barry, 27, established the Detroit-based creative firm in 2013 after…
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Potluck and Pitches
‘It was a broken city, and I was pretty broken myself.’ Amy Kaherl, 34, found herself back home in Michigan in 2008, the year her mother passed away after battling cancer for 14 years.…
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She’s a CEO and 11-Years-Old
At 11-years-old, Asia Newson has been running her business for more than half her life. She makes and sells candles under her company, Super Business Girl. Part of her mission is to inspire…
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Entrepreneur Says, ‘I do,’ to CEO Role
Wedit is a do-it-yourself wedding video company founded in Detroit in 2010. Sarah Brithinee, 27, who now heads the startup, discusses how she became CEO and how she turned around the company…
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