2023 ANNUAL REPORT
2023 ANNUAL REPORT
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Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan SBDC
Reimagining MainStreet
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Ashley TenHarmsel, North Harvest CSA
From the moment Ashley and Jake TenHarmsel did a Colorado internship at a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, they fell in love with the concept of growing locally and giving back to the community. So when family ties brought them back to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they established North Harvest CSA. Watch to learn more about how the Michigan SBDC helped.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Ashley TenHarmsel, North Harvest CSA
From the moment Ashley and Jake TenHarmsel did a Colorado internship at a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, they fell in love with the concept of growing locally and giving back to the community. So when family ties brought them back to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they established North Harvest CSA. Watch to learn more about how the Michigan SBDC helped.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Ashley TenHarmsel, North Harvest CSA
From the moment Ashley and Jake TenHarmsel did a Colorado internship at a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, they fell in love with the concept of growing locally and giving back to the community. So when family ties brought them back to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they established North Harvest CSA. Watch to learn more about how the Michigan SBDC helped.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Ashley TenHarmsel, North Harvest CSA
From the moment Ashley and Jake TenHarmsel did a Colorado internship at a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, they fell in love with the concept of growing locally and giving back to the community. So when family ties brought them back to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they established North Harvest CSA. Watch to learn more about how the Michigan SBDC helped.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Ashley TenHarmsel, North Harvest CSA
From the moment Ashley and Jake TenHarmsel did a Colorado internship at a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, they fell in love with the concept of growing locally and giving back to the community. So when family ties brought them back to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they established North Harvest CSA. Watch to learn more about how the Michigan SBDC helped.
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
Client Success Photo Gallery: Re'Shane Lonzo, DRM International Learning Center
In a world of skyrocketing higher education costs and a growing need for skilled healthcare professionals, Re'Shane and Steven Lonzo saw an opportunity to provide a solution. In 2002 DRM International Learning Center was born: a private, state-licensed vocational school. When faced with the need to access additional capital, Re`Shane reached out to the Michigan SBDC for assistance.
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
Client Success Photo Gallery: Re'Shane Lonzo, DRM International Learning Center
In a world of skyrocketing higher education costs and a growing need for skilled healthcare professionals, Re'Shane and Steven Lonzo saw an opportunity to provide a solution. In 2002 DRM International Learning Center was born: a private, state-licensed vocational school. When faced with the need to access additional capital, Re`Shane reached out to the Michigan SBDC for assistance.
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
Client Success Photo Gallery: Re'Shane Lonzo, DRM International Learning Center
In a world of skyrocketing higher education costs and a growing need for skilled healthcare professionals, Re'Shane and Steven Lonzo saw an opportunity to provide a solution. In 2002 DRM International Learning Center was born: a private, state-licensed vocational school. When faced with the need to access additional capital, Re`Shane reached out to the Michigan SBDC for assistance.
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
Client Success Photo Gallery: Re'Shane Lonzo, DRM International Learning Center
In a world of skyrocketing higher education costs and a growing need for skilled healthcare professionals, Re'Shane and Steven Lonzo saw an opportunity to provide a solution. In 2002 DRM International Learning Center was born: a private, state-licensed vocational school. When faced with the need to access additional capital, Re`Shane reached out to the Michigan SBDC for assistance.
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
Client Success Photo Gallery: Re'Shane Lonzo, DRM International Learning Center
In a world of skyrocketing higher education costs and a growing need for skilled healthcare professionals, Re'Shane and Steven Lonzo saw an opportunity to provide a solution. In 2002 DRM International Learning Center was born: a private, state-licensed vocational school. When faced with the need to access additional capital, Re`Shane reached out to the Michigan SBDC for assistance.
ACCELERATORS + INCUBATORS
The Michigan SBDC has proven invaluable in helping the entrepreneurs and small business owners we serve. They are a trusted partner in our programs like One and All and the Business Accelerator Fund to create, support and grow businesses in ourregion.
President and CEO of Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
ACCELERATORS + INCUBATORS
The Michigan SBDC has proven invaluable in helping the entrepreneurs and small business owners we serve. They are a trusted partner in our programs like One and All and the Business Accelerator Fund to create, support and grow businesses in ourregion.
President and CEO of Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
ACCELERATORS + INCUBATORS
The Michigan SBDC has proven invaluable in helping the entrepreneurs and small business owners we serve. They are a trusted partner in our programs like One and All and the Business Accelerator Fund to create, support and grow businesses in ourregion.
President and CEO of Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
ACCELERATORS + INCUBATORS
The Michigan SBDC has proven invaluable in helping the entrepreneurs and small business owners we serve. They are a trusted partner in our programs like One and All and the Business Accelerator Fund to create, support and grow businesses in ourregion.
Bob Trezise
President and CEO of Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
ACCELERATORS + INCUBATORS
The Michigan SBDC has proven invaluable in helping the entrepreneurs and small business owners we serve. They are a trusted partner in our programs like One and All and the Business Accelerator Fund to create, support and grow businesses in ourregion.
President and CEO of Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
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MILLENNIALS + GEN-Z
Client Success Photo Gallery: Kevin Parker, Artigiano CheeseShoppe
When Kevin Parker and his family traveled the country visiting specialty food shops along the way, they simply fell in love with cheese. That passion turned into a small family-owned hobby business in 2008. Attending farmers markets in the Bay City area introduced the Parkers to the Michigan SBDC, where they learned the basics of starting a small brick and mortar store: Artigiano, Artisan Cheese Shoppe.
MILLENNIALS + GEN-Z
Client Success Photo Gallery: Kevin Parker, Artigiano CheeseShoppe
When Kevin Parker and his family traveled the country visiting specialty food shops along the way, they simply fell in love with cheese. That passion turned into a small family-owned hobby business in 2008. Attending farmers markets in the Bay City area introduced the Parkers to the Michigan SBDC, where they learned the basics of starting a small brick and mortar store: Artigiano, Artisan Cheese Shoppe.
MILLENNIALS + GEN-Z
Client Success Photo Gallery: Kevin Parker, Artigiano CheeseShoppe
When Kevin Parker and his family traveled the country visiting specialty food shops along the way, they simply fell in love with cheese. That passion turned into a small family-owned hobby business in 2008. Attending farmers markets in the Bay City area introduced the Parkers to the Michigan SBDC, where they learned the basics of starting a small brick and mortar store: Artigiano, Artisan Cheese Shoppe.
MILLENNIALS + GEN-Z
Client Success Photo Gallery: Kevin Parker, Artigiano CheeseShoppe
When Kevin Parker and his family traveled the country visiting specialty food shops along the way, they simply fell in love with cheese. That passion turned into a small family-owned hobby business in 2008. Attending farmers markets in the Bay City area introduced the Parkers to the Michigan SBDC, where they learned the basics of starting a small brick and mortar store: Artigiano, Artisan Cheese Shoppe.
MILLENNIALS + GEN-Z
Client Success Photo Gallery: Kevin Parker, Artigiano CheeseShoppe
When Kevin Parker and his family traveled the country visiting specialty food shops along the way, they simply fell in love with cheese. That passion turned into a small family-owned hobby business in 2008. Attending farmers markets in the Bay City area introduced the Parkers to the Michigan SBDC, where they learned the basics of starting a small brick and mortar store: Artigiano, Artisan Cheese Shoppe.
TECH DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Xiaohong Gayden, Intecells
“The SBDC Tech Team has provided critical support in drafting our business plan, financial model, and patent strategy. We would not have gone this far as a startup without it … Intecells continues to count on the support from the Tech Team as it faces new challenges in growing its revenue,” said Xiaohong (Shawn) Gayden, CEO and Co‐Founder.
TECH DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Xiaohong Gayden, Intecells
“The SBDC Tech Team has provided critical support in drafting our business plan, financial model, and patent strategy. We would not have gone this far as a startup without it … Intecells continues to count on the support from the Tech Team as it faces new challenges in growing its revenue,” said Xiaohong (Shawn) Gayden, CEO and Co‐Founder.
TECH DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Xiaohong Gayden, Intecells
“The SBDC Tech Team has provided critical support in drafting our business plan, financial model, and patent strategy. We would not have gone this far as a startup without it … Intecells continues to count on the support from the Tech Team as it faces new challenges in growing its revenue,” said Xiaohong (Shawn) Gayden, CEO and Co‐Founder.
TECH DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Xiaohong Gayden, Intecells
“The SBDC Tech Team has provided critical support in drafting our business plan, financial model, and patent strategy. We would not have gone this far as a startup without it … Intecells continues to count on the support from the Tech Team as it faces new challenges in growing its revenue,” said Xiaohong (Shawn) Gayden, CEO and Co‐Founder.
TECH DEVELOPMENT
Client Success Story: Xiaohong Gayden, Intecells
“The SBDC Tech Team has provided critical support in drafting our business plan, financial model, and patent strategy. We would not have gone this far as a startup without it … Intecells continues to count on the support from the Tech Team as it faces new challenges in growing its revenue,” said Xiaohong (Shawn) Gayden, CEO and Co‐Founder.
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Client Success Story: Joseph Byrd, Pure Pro Wrestling
“With the help of the Michigan SBDC, we used the pandemic as a time to re-evaluate our service offering and envision what reopening might look like. The combination of grants and our savings allowed us to reopen successfully while moving from a pole barn to an expanded, full training facility on the farm grounds.”
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Client Success Story: Joseph Byrd, Pure Pro Wrestling
“With the help of the Michigan SBDC, we used the pandemic as a time to re-evaluate our service offering and envision what reopening might look like. The combination of grants and our savings allowed us to reopen successfully while moving from a pole barn to an expanded, full training facility on the farm grounds.”
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Client Success Story: Joseph Byrd, Pure Pro Wrestling
“With the help of the Michigan SBDC, we used the pandemic as a time to re-evaluate our service offering and envision what reopening might look like. The combination of grants and our savings allowed us to reopen successfully while moving from a pole barn to an expanded, full training facility on the farm grounds.”
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Client Success Story: Joseph Byrd, Pure Pro Wrestling
“With the help of the Michigan SBDC, we used the pandemic as a time to re-evaluate our service offering and envision what reopening might look like. The combination of grants and our savings allowed us to reopen successfully while moving from a pole barn to an expanded, full training facility on the farm grounds.”
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Client Success Story: Joseph Byrd, Pure Pro Wrestling
“With the help of the Michigan SBDC, we used the pandemic as a time to re-evaluate our service offering and envision what reopening might look like. The combination of grants and our savings allowed us to reopen successfully while moving from a pole barn to an expanded, full training facility on the farm grounds.”
VETERANS
Client Success Story: Stephen Parent, West Michigan K-9
“I was the typical entrepreneur for the first several years and wore all the hats, but then realized I needed help. I reached out to the Michigan SBDC, and they are as much a part of the story of this business as the employees who work here,” said Parent.
VETERANS
Client Success Story: Stephen Parent, West Michigan K-9
“I was the typical entrepreneur for the first several years and wore all the hats, but then realized I needed help. I reached out to the Michigan SBDC, and they are as much a part of the story of this business as the employees who work here,” said Parent.
VETERANS
Client Success Story: Stephen Parent, West Michigan K-9
“I was the typical entrepreneur for the first several years and wore all the hats, but then realized I needed help. I reached out to the Michigan SBDC, and they are as much a part of the story of this business as the employees who work here,” said Parent.
VETERANS
Client Success Story: Stephen Parent, West Michigan K-9
“I was the typical entrepreneur for the first several years and wore all the hats, but then realized I needed help. I reached out to the Michigan SBDC, and they are as much a part of the story of this business as the employees who work here,” said Parent.
VETERANS
Client Success Story: Stephen Parent, West Michigan K-9
“I was the typical entrepreneur for the first several years and wore all the hats, but then realized I needed help. I reached out to the Michigan SBDC, and they are as much a part of the story of this business as the employees who work here,” said Parent.
WOMEN-OWNED
Client Success Story: Megan Zielke, Vintage in the Zoo
As Vintage in the Zoo grew, so did the partners' need to scale bookkeeping and the back end of the business. A formal introduction to the MI-SBDC, through Western Michigan University, resulted in weekly one-on-one consulting meetings to help define their vision, identify market growth, establish revenue projections, analyze year over year sales growth and make plans to take the business to the next level – all during the pandemic.
WOMEN-OWNED
Client Success Story: Megan Zielke, Vintage in the Zoo
As Vintage in the Zoo grew, so did the partners' need to scale bookkeeping and the back end of the business. A formal introduction to the MI-SBDC, through Western Michigan University, resulted in weekly one-on-one consulting meetings to help define their vision, identify market growth, establish revenue projections, analyze year over year sales growth and make plans to take the business to the next level – all during the pandemic.
WOMEN-OWNED
Client Success Story: Megan Zielke, Vintage in the Zoo
As Vintage in the Zoo grew, so did the partners' need to scale bookkeeping and the back end of the business. A formal introduction to the MI-SBDC, through Western Michigan University, resulted in weekly one-on-one consulting meetings to help define their vision, identify market growth, establish revenue projections, analyze year over year sales growth and make plans to take the business to the next level – all during the pandemic.
WOMEN-OWNED
Client Success Story: Megan Zielke, Vintage in the Zoo
As Vintage in the Zoo grew, so did the partners' need to scale bookkeeping and the back end of the business. A formal introduction to the MI-SBDC, through Western Michigan University, resulted in weekly one-on-one consulting meetings to help define their vision, identify market growth, establish revenue projections, analyze year over year sales growth and make plans to take the business to the next level – all during the pandemic.
WOMEN-OWNED
Client Success Story: Megan Zielke, Vintage in the Zoo
As Vintage in the Zoo grew, so did the partners' need to scale bookkeeping and the back end of the business. A formal introduction to the MI-SBDC, through Western Michigan University, resulted in weekly one-on-one consulting meetings to help define their vision, identify market growth, establish revenue projections, analyze year over year sales growth and make plans to take the business to the next level – all during the pandemic.
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