Small Business Spotlight

Small Business Spotlight podcast: How an independent furniture retailer survives

Small Business Spotlight: Planted Detroit grows sustainable salad business

Small Business Spotlight podcast: Manufacturing business owners work to diversify industry, give back

Small Business Spotlight podcast: Avalon bakery's Jackie Victor on creating community

Small Business Spotlight podcast: Summer hiring outlook

Michael Greiner, Oakland University assistant professor of management, talks about the current hiring challenges and opportunities facing small and seasonal business owners.

Small Business Spotlight podcast: Tips for choosing office space

Crain's Detroit Business reporter Jay Davis talks to Ben Blankenship and Arin Rentz of Robotic Precision Therapy about their experience finding the right space for their business.

It's tax season: What small businesses should know in 2022

Longtime accountant Jamie Lopiccolo offers tips on what small business owners need to look out for as they file their taxes this year.

Nonprofit turns to tech to save, bolster events

How Dan Gilbert’s philanthropy is being spread across Detroit

Laura Grannemann, vice president of the Rocket Community Fund and interim executive director of the Gilbert Family Foundation, talks with Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood about how Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert plans to spend $500 million over ten years on philanthropic initiatives in Detroit. Grannemann spoke to Livengood during Day 3 of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

MHA’s Brian Peters and Chris Mitchell discuss hospital staffing crisis in fourth surge of COVID cases

Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood interviews Michigan Health & Hospital CEO Brian Peters and outgoing Senior Executive Vice President Chris Mitchell at the Mackinac Policy Conference about current hospital staff shortages amid a fourth surge in new cases of COVID-19.

Deloitte’s David Parent on the future of the workplace – and where people will work

Crain’s Managing Editor Michael Lee interviews David Parent, Michigan managing partner of Deloitte, on Sept. 22 at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference.

Mackinac conference: New MEDC CEO Quentin Messer Jr. on Michigan’s economic development toolbox

Crain’s Managing Editor Michael Lee interviewed Michigan Economic Development Corp. CEO Quentin Messer Jr. on Day 3 of the Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Gov. Whitmer talks state budget, COVID-19 and auto insurance reform at Mackinac Policy Conference

Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood interviewed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Day 3 of the Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

John Rakolta talks UAE ambassadorship, Walbridge construction industry growth, growing education “crisis” in Michigan

John Rakolta Jr., chairman of Detroit-based construction giant Walbridge, and his daughter, Lauren, CEO of DFM Solutions, talked with Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood about their family business and John Rakolta’s experience as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates under former President Donald Trump.

Marathon refinery GM Dave Leaver on the refinery’s home-purchase program

Crain’s Managing Editor Michael Lee interviews Marathon refinery General Manager Dave Leaver on Day 2 of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference.

Conrad Mallett: Duggan to come out in favor of Detroit reparations ballot proposal

Conrad Mallett Jr., deputy mayor of Detroit, talks to Crain’s City Hall reporter Annalise Frank

Detroit Future City CEO: Private sector ready to make equity changes ‘we have not seen before’

Crain’s City Hall reporter Annalise Frank interviews Detroit Future City CEO Anika Goss on Day 2 of the Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Bollinger Motors CEO Robert Bollinger on taking a different road to electric trucks – and why the auto business is hard

Crain’s Managing Editor Michael Lee interviews Bollinger Motors CEO Robert Bollinger on Day 2 of the Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac conference: Detroit CFO Jay Rising: Sports betting, casino taxes are “savior” of city budget this year

Detroit Chief Financial Officer Jay Rising talks with City Hall reporter Annalise Frank about the city’s finances 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic. Frank interviewed Rising at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac conference: HAP CEO Michael Genord on the lessons of COVID

Crain’s Managing Editor Michael Lee interviews HAP President and CEO Michael Genord on Sept. 20 at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference.

Duggan talks re-election campaign, towing, Detroit infrastructure issues at Mackinac Policy Conference

Crain’s reporter Annalise Frank interviews Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Day 2 of the Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac conference: DTE Energy Vice Chairman Dave Meador talks workforce development, tree-trimming and burying power lines

Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood interviews DTE Energy Vice Chairman Dave Meador about workforce development issues and the summer of power outages from severe weather on Day 2 of the Mackinac Policy Conference.

Mackinac conference: Lt. Gov. Gilchrist talks transit, equity, state budget and pandemic lessons learned

Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood interviews Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II on Sept. 20 at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference in the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac conference: Soon-to-retire Antoine Garibaldi on why Detroit Mercy is expanding to Novi, what’s next

Crain’s Reporter Annalise Frank interviews University of Detroit Mercy President Antoine Garibaldi on Sept. 20 at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference on the Grand Hotel’s front porch.

Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow: Time to rethink utility industry’s resistance to burying power lines

Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood interviews Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow on Sept. 20 at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Crain’s kicks off podcast interviews from the Mackinac Policy Conference

Crain’s Senior Editor Chad Livengood interviews Brad Williams, vice president of government affairs for the Detroit Regional Chamber, at the Great Turtle Brewery & Distillery on Mackinac Island ahead of the annual Mackinac Policy Conference, which runs Sept. 20-23.

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