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For Michigan-based social enterprises!
A new pilot program to provide intensive support for early-stage, mission-locked Michigan businesses.
Social Enterprises serve as pivotal agents of change, adeptly addressing pressing social challenges while simultaneously fostering job creation, spurring economic advancement, and fortifying community resilience.
The Social Enterprise Collective is designed to offer training and technical assistance in a critical growth stage—the first 5 years of development.
Michigan-Grown, Mission-Driven
Grantees:
Abilities Unleashed (Preferred Employment & Living Supports) • Muskegon
Anastasia and Katie’s Coffee Shop (Mi Work Matters) • Livonia
Arbor Trading Post • Ann Arbor
Blue Diamonds Training and Consulting • Grand Rapids
Boom! Yummiez • Hancock
Brookelyn Elias Promise • Wyoming
Capital City Sweets • Lansing
Centro Multicultural La Familia • Pontiac
Community Canvas • Dundee
D'Artillery • Detroit
Eye Care for Detroit • Detroit
First Choice Office Supply (MMI) • Mount Pleasant
Grand Traverse Industries • Traverse City
LeadHERship Impact • Grand Rapids
Life Skills Centers • Clinton Township
Lincoln Stone Paper • Farmington
MRC Industries • Kalamazoo
Neighborhood Grocery • Detroit
Neurodivergent Connections (ASPPIRE) • Lansing
Pioneer Paws for a Purpose (Pioneer Resources) • Muskegon
Rebel Nell • Detroit
Relax 9 • Detroit
Services to Enhance Potential • Dearborn
The Detroit Writing Room • West Bloomfield
The Growth Initiative • Battle Creek
Thumb Industries • Bad Axe
Uloma Immigrants' House • Flint
WeCycle (Arnold Center) • Midland
W.I.S.E. Partnership • Detroit
Meet the Cohort:
Trainings include:
Entrepreneurial Readiness
Business Plan Development
Legal Foundations for Launching Your Social Enterprise
How to Conduct a Feasibility Assessment
Best Practices in Disability Hiring for Employment Related Social Enterprises
Business Modeling for a New Social Enterprise
Branding your Social Enterprise
Marketing your Social Enterprise
Pitching your Social Enterprise Vision
Funding Due Diligence Preparation
Strategic Planning
Reporting and Recording Metrics