Entrepreneurship

Business expansion leads to more staff for 2 Moon Press

Big City Food Diner offers tastes of Detroit, Chicago in Kalamazoo

Unexpected turn in career path leads to Flow Yoga

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.

Garden Gate Cafe’s second location to open in downtown Kalamazoo

Barking Cat Brewery borrows online funding idea to get its start