March-April 2024
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March/April 2024
The cover story of the March/April 2024 digital Issue of DBusiness magazine is a profile of serial entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava. The creator of the 5-Hour Energy drink and multiple life-enhancing enterprises in Farmington Hills, is now betting big on delivering unfiltered news to the masses.
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Special Teams
As Detroit prepares to host the NFL Draft from April 25-27, more than 55 million viewers are expected to tune into the television broadcast, and an estimated 300,000-plus people will […]
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Alternating Current
If the domestic auto industry didn’t have enough to worry about fulfilling government mandates for electric vehicles that are expensive relative to gas-powered offerings, take too long to charge, and […]
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Target Audience
A 25-year veteran in media and advertising, Aziz Rahimtoola, co-founder and CEO of Sabio Holdings Inc., believes he and his 130-member team have developed the secret sauce to reach the […]
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Point of Contact
Chris Kushmaul, owner of Restoration of Western Wayne County and Restoration 1 of Metro Detroit, went into the disaster cleanup business because he wanted to continue providing service to others, […]
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Futures Bet
While the three Detroit casinos have dealt with challenges in recent years from the spread of online gaming and increasingly ubiquitous sports betting, they faced a more internal challenge late […]
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PDA Q&A: THE E-INTERVIEW
DB: WHERE ARE YOU? BW: I’m in Cleveland with the Midwest Independent Retailers Association, which is affiliated with the Michigan Independent Retailers Association. DB: WHAT’S GOING ON? BW: I’m learning […]
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Bon Appétit
While the historic Book Tower in downtown Detroit has been vacant for decades, when it reopened last year following a $400-million restoration by Bedrock Detroit, more than a few guests […]
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Build to Suit
The first, failed attempt to implode the Pontiac Silverdome on Dec. 3, 2017, produced little but smoke and dust at the demolition site — but there was plenty of […]
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Maintaining Tradition
Laura Fox hears it all the time on the phone. “Is this the Hunt and Grunt Club? I haven’t been there for a long time, but it says Huron River […]
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Public Adjusters
Sometimes the value of an insurance claim can come down to an elusive distinction such as whether a damaged piano remains good enough to play at home but is no […]
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Ferndale’s Global Apothecary
When wildfire swept across much of the Greek island of Chios in August of 2012, alarm bells sounded on 8 Mile Road in Ferndale. Flames had destroyed about half the […]
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Perennial Popularity
In an early TV commercial for Kowalski Sausage, a father paces back and forth before his family’s home while his son and daughter fidget. Emerging from inside, the mother swings […]
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Accrued Interest
When Andy Meisner left elected office after 12 years as Oakland County treasurer and six years in the Michigan State House of Representatives, he wasn’t in the mood for settling […]
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Media Shot
Manoj Bhargava became a billionaire by inventing the energy shot, then turned to salvaging the world’s fresh-water supply, reinventing fertilizer for Third-World farmers, attacking the challenge of distributed electricity generation, […]
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Power of Estate
The ongoing battle between players in Detroit’s behemoth mortgage industry may have come down to this: who’s living in the pricier homes? Recent purchases of multimillion-dollar properties by Mat Ishbia, […]
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Culture of Winning
Winners of the third DBusiness Corporate Culture Awards are staying ahead of the business trends affecting employees and their work experiences.
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A La Carte
Celebrity chefs, culinary students, and charities inspire a one-of-a-kind gourmet dinner at the Detroit Athletic Club.
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Port of Call
South Lyon native Vinny Pyle brokers yachts throughout Florida, but he’s also found success operating complementary businesses in the Great Lakes State.
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Baking Bonanza
Metropolitan Baking Co. in Hamtramck continues to expand locally while focusing on national growth.
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Fiber Founder
Credited with filing 36 patents, Okemos native Donald B. Keck and two other scientists brought forward fiber optic cables in 1970 that paved the way for the internet.