January-February 2023
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January – February 2023
The cover story of DBusiness magazine’s January/February 2023 digital issue explores former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s view on venture capitalism in Michigan as he leads SensCy, a cybersecurity firm in Ann Arbor.
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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, […]
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Precise View
StradVision, a vision artificial intelligence company based in South Korea, is working with its U.S. headquarters in Troy on a deep learning platform that includes an innovative heads-up display for […]
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Top Hotels in Metro Detroit 2023
Selected by AAA and DBusiness for hospitality excellence
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Forged Revenue
Low-volume orders aren’t often a recipe for success, but for Weldaloy Specialty Forgings in Warren, its business model of producing short-run yet critical parts that help power rockets into the […]
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Growing Talent
When Lockton Cos. — a global independent insurance, employee benefit, and risk management firm — expanded its presence in Michigan with the addition of an office in Detroit’s historic Hemmeter […]
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Primrose Schools® Aims to Fill Michigan’s Early Education and Care Gap with Detroit Expansion
Primrose Schools®, a high-quality early education and care leader, is looking to expand its Michigan footprint to alleviate local shortages in quality child care opportunities.
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Top Corporate Counsel 2023
Monica M. Barbour University of Detroit Mercy Stephanie L. Barr ITC Holdings David A. Barris Seaver Title Agency and Greco Title Agency Rachel G. Baxter North America Kongsberg Automotive Erin […]
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Resort Country
The world’s largest privately-owned resort company began as a startup in 1947 in northern Michigan’s Charlevoix County when the owner of 40 acres of scrubland with a modest hill sold […]
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January — February 2023 Commentary
You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality. — Walt Disney Employment – Cream […]
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Sensory Overload
Marvelous Marvin’s Mechanical Museum is tucked behind an arch bearing its name in Farmington Hills’ Orchard Lake Plaza shopping mall, but once one steps inside nothing is hiding. It’s sensory […]
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PDA Q&A: Rod Alberts
DB: Where are you? RA: Antalya, Turkey, which is the country’s fifth largest city and the largest on the Mediterranean coast. DB: What’s going on? RA: I’m competing in the World Arm […]
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Short Circuit
When Ford Motor Co. announced plans for an all-electric pickup truck in 2021, the automaker’s expectations were modest. It tooled up the sprawling Rouge Manufacturing Complex in Dearborn to produce […]
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Supply Side
Being a company that solves supply chain problems was just what the doctor(s) ordered when COVID-19 hit in 2020. But for SLI Medical in Novi, being in the right place […]
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Constant Care
Dr. Jeffrey DeClaire, founder of Rochester’s Michigan Knee Institute, has performed thousands of knee surgeries in his lifetime. Until now, however, he would only see patients for their post-operative meeting […]
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Deep Dish
Ryan Ososky is the founder and owner of Dtown Pizzeria in, of all places, West Hollywood, Calif., which is a very long way from his roots in Macomb County. Ask […]
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Book It
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, located at Michigan and Washington boulevards, is undergoing a $20-million renovation that will be completed in early summer 2023. The project entails a new, contemporary […]
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Prospecting for Gold
Despite a $100 million loss suffered by a Canadian company in its decades-long efforts to open a gold mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a Denver-based mining group is taking on […]
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Profit Code
As the holder of several dozen patents for inventions that helped the Ideal Group of companies reach nearly $500 million in revenue in 2022, Frank Venegas Jr. credits two simple […]
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Copper Craft
CASS Sheetmetal Owner Glenn Parvin describes his company as one that does things the old-fashioned way, with pride and craftsmanship. Because of that, it’s become one of the go-to companies […]
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Natural Finish
Since the 1940s, the coal-fired Shaw Lane Power Plant on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing produced steam to heat buildings and generate electricity. After the power […]
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Letter from the Editor: Hustle and Muscle
Starting a business from scratch is a tough proposition. Access to capital is one hurdle entrepreneurs must overcome, along with stiff competition, market timing, and securing key talent. According to […]
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Flivver Talk
Harry Brooks was rushing to an engagement in Berkley, so the young test pilot showed his derring-do (and showed up on time) by landing the prototype Ford Flivver airplane on […]