Tom Murray
Muse of Detroit
Actress and playwright Dominique Morisseau has written at least nine plays on an ever-growing list, three of which comprise what she calls her Detroit Project.In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship —...
Cross Country
As president and founder of the sports marketing agency rEvolution in Chicago, John Rowady readily concedes he could have ended up with a career in the automotive business in metro Detroit.“I grew up in...
Play by Play
Nowadays, Ebbie Parsons III is best known as the founder of Yardstick Management and global managing partner of consulting at Diversified Search Group, one of the fastest-growing executive search firms in the world.But as...
The Idea Guy
Brent Sheena is having a blast these days. The entrepreneur can barely contain himself as he describes one of his many investments, a restaurant in South Carolina.“It’s inside a nuclear power plant,” Sheena says...
Grit and Drive
Return on InvestmentBarely a minute has gone by since the start of the interview with restaurateur and influencer Gocha Hawkins when she’s asked what she remembers about the west side neighborhood in Detroit where...
Return of the Nerd
Rick Snyder is still one tough nerd, a tagline he rode to the Michigan Capitol as the state’s 48th governor in 2011, where he served for two terms. But today, he has modified his...
The Accidental Entrepreneur
As the founder and CEO of the wellness brand Body Complete RX, Samia Gore is a successful entrepreneur. But she’s the first to admit it took longer than usual to decide that going into...
West Side Story
Before another word is written about the restauranteur and entrepreneur Snoop Dillard, it’s essential to make clear her first name isn’t the one she received when she was born, which was Mychel. And she’s...