Crain's Conversations

Small Business Spotlight: Detroit Flower Co. owner learns to run her business on the fly

Michael Lee on WJR: Auto show move has nonprofits regrouping | Online betting to launch | Mortgage company No. 3

Michael Lee talks with WJR's Guy Gordon about the stories in this week's issue of Crain's Detroit Business.

Kelley Root on WJR: $1M+ homes sales soar in Oakland County | Family auto dealerships consolidating | Newsmakers webcasts

Chad Livengood on WDET: If Michigan business leaders want political civility, they should show Mike Shirkey the door

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood speaks with Stephen Henderson on WDET's "Detroit Today" about why Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey's unchecked use of misogynist and xenophobic language and peddling of debunkable conspiracy theories has quickly become a black eye for the Michigan business community's long-stated goal of making our politics more civil. Read Chad's column under the Voice section at crainsdetroit.com.

Michael Lee on WJR: New private equity fund focuses on Michigan | Pivots that paid off | Art Van fund's spend-down goal

Michael Lee talks with Guy Gordon on WJR about this week's issue of Crain's Detroit Business.

Michael Lee on WJR: A Gamestop moment | Indoor dining reopens | Suburban Collection in deal talks

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue.

Kelley Root on WJR: Newsmakers event | Detroit condo market | Few bankruptcy filings | SPAC-tacular deal

The intern is now the president: Jon Kramer of OHM Advisors talks career advancement, talent pipeline shortage and metro Detroit infrastructure needs

Jon Kramer, president of OHM Advisors, a Livonia-based architecture, planning and engineering firm, talks with Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood about his career rise in the firm from intern to equity partner and president. He also discussed the firm's work on a $100 million rehabilitation of 8 Mile Road and the need for greater investment in underground and above ground infrastructure.

Kelley Root on WJR: Loves Furniture's heartbreak | Food banks build out

Crain's Detroit Business Executive Editor Kelley Root chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue.

Mary Kramer on WJR: Newsmakers 2020 | Homebuilder David Compo, family killed in plane crash

Michael Lee on WJR: Lists and more in "The Book" | A lifeline for businesses | Building for sale: Ghosts optional

Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor Michael Lee chats with Kevin Dietz on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue.

Chad Livengood on WDET: Home health industry faces labor shortage amid low pay, pandemic fears

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood and freelance journalist Anna Clark talked with WDET's Stephen Henderson on "Detroit Today" about their examination and personal experience with the fragile direct care worker industry to provide nursing and home health care services to the elderly, aging and disabled residents of Michigan.

Mike Lee on WJR: Huntington to acquire TCF Bank | Businesses may struggle to reach COVID herd immunity | Pulte estate, Cornerstone battle over millions

Mary Kramer on WJR: Vaccine drives home-run investment | Red-hot real estate market | Indoor dining ban

Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the Dec. 7 issue.

Michael Lee on WJR: First year of recreational marijuana | Commercial demolitions grind to a halt | Can Lineage Logistics aid vaccine distribution?

Mary Kramer on WJR: COVID's small biz impact | Whitmer makes most of exec powers | Women biz leaders urge unity | Patti Poppe's next challenge

Michael Lee on WJR: More COVID-19 shutdowns | Plans for Northland site | Taubman, Simon merger back on

Mary Kramer on WJR: Political ad spending soars | Calvin Johnson's business push

Michael Lee on WJR: Business leaders' outlook on election, resilient scooter companies

Mary Kramer on WJR: Fewer free lunches with lobbyists | 50 Names to Know in Lobbying | Clinc looks to scale up | Nationalizing Michigan's issues

Mary Kramer on WJR: COVID-19 vaccine distribution | Impact of rising cremations | Screws tighten on Credit Acceptance | Nonprofits face tough talks

Michael Lee on WJR: Home-based businesses take off | Tricky times for farmers | Return of Pure Michigan

Mary Kramer on WJR: What's next after executive orders | D's Next Decade: Advancing Equity

Michael Lee on WJR: Hotels fall behind on debt | Logistical challenges of mail-in voting | Mortgage giants in metro Detroit

Mary Kramer on WJR: Detroit Homecoming kicks off | How FCA plant came together | COVID hurts income tax revenue | Hurdles in recruiting minorities for vaccine tests

Michael Lee on WJR: Why recession is hitting women harder | From homeless to C-suite | Golf's decline changes landscape

Mary Kramer on WJR: COVID liability for business | Tracking health data | 40 Under 40

Michael Lee on WJR: Penobscot's fading glory | Arts & culture institutions struggle under capacity limits | Schlissel on reopening UM campus

Chad Livengood on WDET: Why achieving education funding equity is difficult in Michigan

Crain's Senior Editor Chad Livengood talks with WDET's Stephen Henderson about how a special deal for a small number of influential Michigan school districts in 1993 makes education funding equity a difficult public policy achievement in 2020. Read more about K-12 education funding equity in this month's edition of Crain's Forum at crainsdetroit.com/crains-forum

Mary Kramer on WJR: School funding inequities | Comic book stores in jeopardy? | Detroit Homecoming to go virtual | Southeast Michigan's biggest employers