A new report on the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program, which was designed and implemented by Poverty Solutions, found that the top ways that guaranteed income recipients spent the money in 2024 was food, household supplies, a...
Elizabeth Delgado Garcia's personal story motivates her advocacy for small businesses. Learn more about her role as the economic development project manager for the City of Culver City, CA.
One hundred Ann Arbor entrepreneurs, gig workers and other independent workers with low incomes have received their first two guaranteed income payments of $528 as part of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor pilot program. Payments started in Jan...
Penny Naas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "Through our experiences and research, we have discovered four main challenges affecting women entrepreneurs from being involved in trade. A knowledge gap highlights the need to continue educating women entrepren...
The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP), which brings together small businesses with University of Michigan students, faculty and staff to solve business owners’ legal, financial, marketing, operational, and design challenges, was cited...
Can setting larger, more ambitious goals and financial self-help books aid poor entrepreneurs in decision-making? In a new study, Dean Yang, professor of economics and public policy, and Aakash Mohpal, a U-M PhD alum, found that the two variables inc...
Collaborations between Detroit entrepreneurs and U-M faculty, staff, and students are featured in a news story written for the University by Karen Dybis.
The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) pairs Detroit business owners with facu...
Professor Dean Yang will discuss the recent paper, “Aspirations and Financial Decisions: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines” and the myth of the “millionaire mindset.”
University of Michigan Detroit Center
3663 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
The University of Michigan's Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is hosting its first Small Business Showcase. Meet some of the 30 Detroit small business owners who are working with University of Michigan marketing, communications, law, design, and accounting students this fall -- and a few of our superstar alumni businesses, too!
ComCap19, presented by the National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3), is a multi-day gathering that offers a unique educational and networking opportunity for all those working toward equitable, resilient, and engaged communities.
Total global fintech investment increased from $50.8 billion in 2017 to a full $111.8 billion in 2018, according to KPMG's The Pulse of Fintech, and there are no signs that growth in this sector will slow down. What are the latest trends in fintech a...
Total global fintech investment increased from $50.8 billion in 2017 to a full $111.8 billion in 2018, according to KPMG?s The Pulse of Fintech, and there are no signs that growth in this sector will slow down. What are the latest trends in fintech a...
