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When a Parent’s House Becomes Your Second Job: A Playbook for Working Professionals
The call usually comes on a workday. A parent has fallen, or a diagnosis has changed everything, or the assisted-living apartment that took months to find suddenly has an opening — and it's move-in week. You handle it, because that's what families do. Then, a few...
What If We Started Choosing Each Other?
When you start a business, everyone tells you that you need customers, and of course, they're right; we all have bills to pay. We need people to walk through the doors, purchase our products, use our services, and hopefully come back again. But the longer I have...
R.W. LaPine Expands Across Southwest Michigan
Michigan’s Largest Mass Timber Project Opens
HYPE Opens Applications for Young Entrepreneurs
Advia Credit Union Expands in Kalamazoo
You Don’t Have to Be Perfect. You Just Have to Be Present
Think about the people who helped shape who you are today. Maybe it was a teacher who saw something in you that you didn’t yet see in yourself. A coach who encouraged you to keep going. A supervisor who gave you an opportunity. Or maybe it was simply an adult who...
Why Video Isn’t Just Marketing—It’s a Growth Strategy
For many years, video was viewed as a luxury. It was something large corporations invested in because they had the budget, while smaller businesses focused on websites, brochures, print advertising, and social media posts. Today, that mindset has changed dramatically....
The Runway Bet: How RAI Jets Built Their Way Into Aviation
RAI Jets didn't start with a polished brand or a big facility. It started in Sturgis with a family that poured concrete for a living and spent its off hours around an airport runway. Long before the company name existed, the work was already there. In 1982, the Riley...
Tsunami Lab Graduates First Cohort of Future Business Owners
At the first Tsunami Lab graduation, keynote speaker Michael Davenport offered a simple way to think about the people who help a business succeed. Davenport, president and CEO of Jireh Metal Products, described three types of workers: those who give roughly 30 hours...
$930K Grant Expands Entrepreneur Support
