MAY 2021

We’re wrapping an unorthodox academic year in Ann Arbor and it's been one for the record books; literally.

Vicki Hamilton-Allen talks with the incredibly talented, Lansing-based, freelance illustrator, Marissa Tawney Thaler on the Michigan Business Network. They discuss some of Marissa’s projects and her ability to advocate for social justice by designing beautiful art to convey powerful messages in children’s books.

Vicki Hamilton-Allen talks to local lawyer, John Mashni of Foster Swift Collins & Smith about something other than law. Mashni recently penned a fairy tale about a Tooting Princess. You will have to get a copy to enjoy the fragrant details of this new children’s book that is really full of beans! This podcast is filled with valuable lessons including how to be entrepreneurial as a growing family and how he used the production of this book to instill life lessons and basic business skills to his children such as: budgeting, planning, and philanthropy to name only a few.

Lansing, Mich– Michigan Celebrates Small Business (MCSB), has been honoring small businesses in the state of Michigan for 17 years and Monday the 5th they announced the awardees of the 2021 MCSB annual gala.

Chris Holman welcomes back Founder and Managing Director for the Bitcoin Strategic Trading Fund, David Smith. David keeps the Michigan Business community up-to-date on the evolving status of cryptocurrency and highlights current news, how Bitcoin is not the only game in town, the latest with DOGE, and how world governments are researching and testing digital currency.

Lansing, Mich– Michigan Celebrates Small Business (MCSB), has been honoring small businesses in the state of Michigan for 17 years and today they are announcing the awardees of the 2021 MCSB annual gala.

Get Ready to Celebrate....

The Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) is happy to congratulate Dixon Doll on receiving the National Venture Capital Association’s (NVCA) 2021 Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award.

When the need intersects the right opportunity, the results can be amazing! Shaun Zisler saw such a need and went to work! As the founder and owner of Crooked Bend, he started a business that now ships across the country and has significant product offerings to meet a growing need!

David Silva Smith, Founder of Capital Grind (Startup Grind) talks with Chris Holman about bitcoin and crypto-currencies in 2021. Startup Grind is a global (55 countries, 125 cities) startup community designed to educate, inspire and connect entrepreneurs.