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Small Business Spotlight

128 Episodes

8 minutes | Oct 14, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: How an independent furniture retailer survives
10 minutes | Sep 16, 2022
Small Business Spotlight: Planted Detroit grows sustainable salad business
10 minutes | Aug 15, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: Manufacturing business owners work to diversify industry, give back
12 minutes | Jun 25, 2022
Small Business Spotlight podcast: Avalon bakery's Jackie Victor on creating community
11 minutes | May 15, 2022
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.
10 minutes | Apr 24, 2022
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.
15 minutes | Mar 18, 2022
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.
15 minutes | Oct 23, 2021
Nonprofit turns to tech to save, bolster events
20 minutes | Sep 28, 2021
Benefits of business coaching
13 minutes | Sep 24, 2021
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.
20 minutes | Sep 22, 2021
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.
15 minutes | Sep 22, 2021
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.
15 minutes | Sep 22, 2021
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.
10 minutes | Sep 22, 2021
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.
17 minutes | Sep 21, 2021
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.
7 minutes | Sep 21, 2021
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.
14 minutes | Sep 21, 2021
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
13 minutes | Sep 21, 2021
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.
13 minutes | Sep 21, 2021
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.
14 minutes | Sep 21, 2021
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.
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