3 Takeaways with Daddy's Dough Cookies

Owner of successful, family-owned cookie business in Grand Rapids shares “bottom line” advice for budding entrepreneurs looking to start businesses in Michigan.

A Conversation on Igniting Equitable Economic Growth in Michigan

Supporting small businesses of all backgrounds is a crucial component that will drive Michigan's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Michigan: Where Work and Life Is All About Balance

Michigan business owners explain what makes the state such a special place to live and work.

MEDC Helps Small Businesses Build Strategic Connections Around the World

MEDC’s Pure Michigan Business Connect (PMBC) is a free service that brings small- to medium-sized Michigan businesses together with local, national and global companies for supply chain sourcing opportunities. This demand-driven, multi-billion-dollar public/private initiative developed by the MEDC in 2011 is structured to make connections within all industries.

North America's First Industry 4.0 Accelerator Creates Global Opportunity, Success from Michigan

Over the years, Michigan has been recognized as a national manufacturing hub, thanks to its strong workforce and high-tech innovative ecosystem that helps forward-thinking companies take their products and services from ideation to creation. Today, Michigan is building on its rich manufacturing heritage and technological know-how as an active leader in the latest manufacturing revolution known as Industry 4.0.

A Conversation During World Trade Week on Resources and Opportunities Available for Businesses to Expand Globally

Michigan communities finding creative ways to bring residents downtown this summer, boost economic growth

Social districts, summer concert series, outdoor street games just a few of the ways communities are drawing people to their local business districts

Michigan Medical Innovation Makes Nursing Safer

We tend to think of "innovation" as something that happens in a flash of creative insight. And many innovations undoubtedly begin with a "eureka!" moment. But as Spectrum Health Innovations (SHI) shows through its ongoing partnership with the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) engineering department, turning those magical moments into products with commercial potential takes rigorous thought, experimentation, and problem-solving. Which is exactly the process Michigan's innovation ecosystem exists to support.

Empowering Michigan Businesses to Expand Internationally through MI-STEP

With international trade offices covering more than 90 markets, Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s International Trade team is committed to creating opportunities for businesses across Michigan to export their products around the world—from right here in Michigan.

A Conversation on the Importance of STEM Talent and Internship Opportunities in Michigan

Building a tech talent pipeline is key to creating long-term economic prosperity in Michigan.