September-October 2020
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September-October 2020
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DBusiness’ Top 20 Intellectual Property Law Firms in Metro Detroit 2020
Firms are ranked by number of metro Detroit area IP attorneys.
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Shore Up
Mat Ishbia transformed United Wholesale Mortgage from a local player in metro Detroit to the nation’s second-largest mortgage lender. Then the COVID-19 crisis hit.
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Top 25 Largest Meeting Venues in Metro Detroit 2020
DBusiness Magazine’s 2020 Largest Meeting Facilities in Metro Detroit. Sources: Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau and individual organizations.
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2021 Largest Conventions in Metro Detroit
As of August 2020. Sources: Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau and individual organizations.
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Letter from the Editor: Working Together
As Michigan strives to diversify its economy at a time when the federal government is encouraging citizens to “Buy American,” the road ahead is paved with opportunity.
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Changing Lifestyles
Running the business side of a community association is changing rapidly with the growing use of electric vehicles and aerial drones, along with relaxed cannabis laws and more emotional support animals.
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Getting His Kicks
Ali Haji-Sheikh has moved from the Big House in Ann Arbor to the Super Bowl to the automotive retail business.
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2020 Top Business Restaurants in Metro Detroit
All restaurants are reviewed anonymously, all expenses are paid by Hour Media, and the listings have no relationship to advertising in the magazine.
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Around The Clock
A coffee, tea, and wine company in Royal Oak serves clients day and night.
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Play Ball
Daniel Okrent is a successful author and a featured commentator in a Ken Burns documentary, but he may be best known as the founder of Rotisserie League Baseball.
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Testing for a Cause
When Dearborn-based Ford Motor Co. needed help testing critical parts for the ventilators it was manufacturing in rapid order due to COVID-19, it turned to Auburn Hills’ FEV North America Inc.
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Venture Development: A Life of Purpose, Lindsey Walenga
Every leader has a unique story. The key is activating that story to help deepen customer relationships. Sponsored by Startup Nation.
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Unlimited Slots
A Clinton Township maker takes model slot car racing to another level.
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Inside the Kitchen
How one chef balanced interests in a restaurant, a banquet center, and a catering operation, and launched food and beverage services at the Hotel St. Regis — all while constrained by a pandemic.
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PDA Q&A: Tim Bryan
The E-Interview, CEO and Chairman, GalaxE.Solutions, Detroit
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Fashion Forward
Fall and winter ensembles to help close any business deal.
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Michigan Missiles
Michigan could become the Cape Canaveral of the north between 2023 and 2025, when a vertical launch site north of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula and a horizontal launch site at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport south of Alpena are expected to go into operation, according to the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association.
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Another Woman’s Treasure
A nonprofit in West Bloomfield Township teaches self-esteem through jewelry-making.
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September – October 2020 Commentary
Energy – Hydrogen Economy As the world’s developed countries seek to limit carbon emissions from burning oil, gasoline, propane, coal, and natural gas, hydrogen is catching on as a clean alternative […]
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Cold Growth
Starting with a single facility, Novi’s Lineage Logistics has expanded to 310 operations in an effort to help feed the world.
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Majestic Byways
Wayne County’s Jesse Merle Bennett showed the nation how to develop well-designed vistas along its burgeoning motorways.