Michigan Entrepreneurs:

Brad Morgan,
CEO of Morgan Composting
Sears, Michigan

www.dairydoo.com

Morgan Composting began with finding a solution to the abundant amount of manure they had from their dairy herd. Brad Morgan explains how that idea expanded in this interview clip.
Watch the Extended interview with Brad

Bob Fish,
CEO and Co-Founder of Biggby Coffee
East Lansing, Michigan

www.biggby.com

Biggby Coffee places an emphasis on customer service to compete in the specialty coffee business. Bob Fish explains more about Biggby's customer service and what it's like to own a franchise in this interview clip.
Watch the Extended interview with Bob

Linda Hundt,
Owner of Sweetie-Licious Bakery Café
Dewitt, Michigan

www.sweetie-licious.com

Lots happened in Linda Hundt's life before she owned her pie shop, Sweetie-licious Bakery Cafe, including being a substitute teacher and working in politics. After 20 years, she realized she had to do what she loved, and she decided to follow her dream and create her own business. In this interview clip, she describes to us her process of creating a business plan along with the challenges she encountered.
Watch the Extended interview with Linda

Brian Johnson,
President of Serenus Johnson Portables
Bay City, Michigan

www.sjohnsonportables.com

In this interview clip, Brian Johnson of Serenus Johnson Portables discusses the bumps in the road that are inevitable for small businesses and how it feels to generate your first sale.
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Cason Thorsby,
Co-Founder of Dixie Dave’s Wild Game Soups
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

http://wildgamesoup.com/

Cason Thorsby took his idea of creating a wild game soup company and ran with it. Learn the details of the day he met Dixie Dave and first tried his soup recipes in this interview clip.
Watch the Extended interview with Cason

K. Joel Berry,
President and CTO of Global Energy Innovations
Flint, Michigan

www.geifuelcells.com

Through this interview clip, find out more about Dr. K. Joel Berry's inspiration for starting his company Global Energy Innovations in Flint.
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Deb Fellows,
Founder and Editor in Chief of Traverse Northern Michigan’s Magazine and MyNorth Media
Traverse City, Michigan

www.mynorth.com

Deb Fellows describes the expansion of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine to MyNorth Media, as well as the importance of Northern Michigan in this extended interview clip.
Watch the Extended interview with Deb


Entrepreneurial Experts:

James W. Damitio,
Director of the Entrepreneurship Program at Central Michigan University

www.cba.cmich.edu/lec/

Jim Damitio has been a part of Central Michigan University's Entrepreneurship Program since its start-up and tells us more about the program in this interview clip.
Watch the Extended interview with Jim

Tom Donaldson,
Regional Director of the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center

http://misbtdc.org/contact-us/regional-center/capitolregion/

Tom Donaldson is a the Regional Director of Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center's Lansing branch. In this interview clip, he explains the details of their organization and the services they offer for entrepreneurs.
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Skip Simms,
Vice President of Entrepreneurial Business Development at Ann Arbor SPARK

www.annarborusa.org/

Ann Arbor SPARK's Skip Simms discusses in this interview clip how his organization assists businesses in Ann Arbor and across the state.
Watch the Extended interview with Skip