Entrepreneurship

Unexpected turn in career path leads to Flow Yoga

In early 2009, Jill McLane Baker began to ponder a new job. She was a photojournalist for the Kalamazoo Gazette and envisioned big potholes ahead on what appeared to be […]

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Unexpected turn in career path leads to Flow Yoga
Second Wave Super Star: The Sugar Bear

This is the first in an occasional series: Second Wave Super Stars. Our first Super Star is The Sugar Bear, which re-opened with a bang – thanks to Facebook. Super Stars are businesses that when compared to others are growing faster, adding more staff and expanding their space to keep up. They also have a story to tell about how they got there. Kelle Barr takes us inside the renovations at The Sugar Bear in Paw Paw.

Can the stories we tell change the way we live?

At Southwest Michigan Second Wave we decided to celebrate our second birthday by talking a little bit about what we do, why we do it and how the stories we tell can engage our community with ideas and action.

Generation E teaches the next generation how to be their own boss

At age 10, youngsters can start their education in being an entrepreneur. Chris Killian reports on a curriculum called Generation E started in Battle Creek and now offered nationally and internationally that readies young people for the business world.

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