BUILD Institute honors the whole person by providing holistic support through education, personal and professional development, and start-up + grow resources, within a supportive, engaged, connected community. We adapt to the changing environment of the business landscape, advance equitable entrepreneurship and foster economic mobility. Since 2012, BUILD enhances the trajectory of success for microentrepreneurs in metro Detroit and beyond.

Eastern Market Partnership’s mission is to manage operations, develop programs, build facilities, and provide critical infrastructure to:

• Make Detroit happier by strengthening the Eastern Market District as a great place.
• Make Detroit wealthier by fortifying the food sector as a pillar of regional economic growth.
• Make Detroit healthier by increasing the consumption of healthy, green, affordable, and fair food.

Since 1983, the Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been a statewide small business support organization that provides expert consulting, business education, market research, and technology commercialization to new and existing businesses. The MI SBDC’s Southeast Michigan Regional Center is locally hosted by Eastern Michigan University and serves small businesses in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

ProsperUs collaborates with entrepreneurs and trusted community connectors to foster business launch, growth, and sustainability. We provide radically supportive and culturally competent entrepreneurship training, financial coaching, business services, and capital because we believe that neighbors know best what their communities need.