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Remote Work and Tech: Presented by StartupNation, Dell Technologies and WJR
As startups and entrepreneurs across all industries continue to navigate this new business landscape, Dell Technologies is here to bring you the latest strategies, best practices and tools to drive success within your business. Join...
August 17, 2020
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: How to Support Local Merchants While Social Distancing (Episode 11)
Each morning on the Business Beat, we talk about how to start a business and how to grow your business. But now, the focus has shifted to how do you just stay in business amid...
March 16, 2020
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Motown Musician Accelerator (Episode 5)
Incubators and accelerators of various kinds are popping up all over the country, with the intent of supporting entrepreneurs and startups. These accelerators include programs themed specifically around music intended for emerging artists, and there's one...
March 6, 2020
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Subscription Box Economy (Episode 4)
The subscription box economy is blossoming right here in our region. Today, over half of online shoppers (approximately 54 percent) have signed up for a direct to consumer subscription box. Collectively, the direct-to-consumer subscription box...
March 5, 2020
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Detroit Flying Cars (Episode 3)
Coming soon to a city near you... flying cars?! Uber plans to launch Uber Air, its affordable shared flight experience, by 2023. Karl Brauer, executive publisher of Cox Automotive, agrees that flying cars could be a...
March 4, 2020
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Siren PR (Episode 2)
This morning, Jeff discusses the power of storytelling in business marketing. Once you get your company's story packaged, how do you share it with others? Lindsey Walenga, CEO of Siren PR, shares great storytelling advice:...
March 3, 2020
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: OneStream (Episode 1)
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the WJR Business Beat! Jeff talks to Paul W. Smith about a true unicorn story, now at over $1 billion valuation. The company is not out of Silicon Valley,...
March 2, 2020
Southeast Michigan Master Connector Derek Dickow Talks the Power of Networking
We’ve got a special episode of StartupNation Radio ahead! For the inaugural show in StartupNation’s new podcast studio, your host and StartupNation co-founder and CEO, Jeff Sloan, sits down with entrepreneur and networking guru, Derek...
April 23, 2019
Business, Entrepreneurship and the Greater Good: Liz Bohannon and Cahill Puil [Radio]
On this week's edition of StartupNation Radio, brought to you by Pappas Financial, your host, Jeff Sloan, is joined by co-host, Norm Pappas. Together, they chat with Liz Bohannon, founder of Sseko, and Cahill Puil,...
March 17, 2018
Essential Bodywear and Merit Goodness CEOs Share Keys to Entrepreneurial Success [Radio]
On this edition of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, chats with Carrie Charlick, CEO of Essential Bodywear, and David Merritt, CEO and founder of Merit Goodness. Created in 2003 by Carrie and her friend,...
January 20, 2018
Detroit-Based Clothing Retailer Outfits Customers with a Mature Look [Radio]
On this edition of StartupNation Radio, your host, Jeff Sloan, chats with Darryl and DeKoven Humes, co-founders of Mature. The Detroit-based men's clothing retailer launched on July 4, 2017, and offers an exclusive collection of...
December 23, 2017
Walkie Chalk and City Girls Soap: 2 Suburban Families, 2 Ideas That Made it Big [StartupNation Radio]
On this edition of StartupNation Radio, Jeff interviews Shauna and Matt Damman from Walkie Chalk and City Girls Soap owner Amy McIntire. One day, while recovering from the arrival of their third child, Shauna was...
July 22, 2017