The MiBiz Podcast
An entrepreneur’s journey is wildly educational with opportunistic thinking, creative problem solving, and the application of passionate vision serving as lessons. Understanding these lessons further enhances the entrepreneurial ecosystem and startup mentality in a community.
Twice a month, Justine Burdette, Associate Publisher, and members of the MiBiz staff will be interviewing business owners in all phases of their entrepreneurial life cycle. They will get candid takes from these bright, young leaders who are hustling to grow a passion and idea into a thriving business.
Each episode features engaging interviews paired with recent news from the print and digital offerings of MiBiz. Through our discussion, listeners will learn why all of these intersections matter for the business community. Click the media player button below to listen, or search for "The MiBiz Podcast" wherever you get your podcasts.
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As the Associate Publisher for MiBiz, Justine works with the entire MiBiz team to build the organization’s editorial, sales, audience development, and production operations. Previously, Justine worked in a variety of director and consultant roles. Justine is deeply connected with the region's manufacturing sector, which is the core of our coverage and our audience, and she also brings a breadth of experience in other industries and a track record in operations management, community engagement and talent development.
The MiBiz Podcast: Conveyability Inc.
Heath Verstraete, owner and president of Walker-based Conveyability Inc., took an entrepreneurial leap by purchasing the local manufacturing facility just before the pandemic. Tune in to hear how Vers...
The MiBiz Podcast: Wright Touch Marketing LLC
Jen VanEe started strategic communications firm Wright Touch Marketing LLC as a moonlighting project, but took the venture full time after one too many experiences with a toxic work culture. In the la...
The MiBiz Podcast: The Botanical Co.
Because Jarred Biggs’s family owned small businesses in Middleville for decades, his hometown was his first choice when it came time for the longtime marijuana caregiver and grower to open the Botanic...
The MiBiz Podcast: StartUp Grind GR
As the son of entrepreneurs, Corey Hart caught the small business building bug at age 8 while washing dishes. Hart’s career spans a wide array of locations and industries, which makes him a unique add...
MiBiz Podcast: Culture Creative
Julian Newman is a storyteller and the founder and CEO of Culture Creative, an award-winning firm specializing in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) consulting. He chats with MiBiz Ass...
The MiBiz Podcast: MoTown Square
Maurice (Mo) Townsend appeared on “American Idol,” has directed worship choirs since he was a teenager, and serves as the real estate developer for MoTown Square, an affordable, senior housing project...
The MiBiz Podcast: Culture (Still) Eats Strategy
Rob Dwortz left a successful career in finance to become a founding partner of Become Unmistakable LLC, a Grand Rapids-based tech platform taking a right-brained approach to leadership development and...
The MiBiz Podcast: The School of Rock
Before Jack Black’s heartwarming, screwball comedy “School of Rock” even launched in theaters, the real School of Rock was turning boring piano lessons into rock sessions. Today, the School of Rock op...
The MiBiz Podcast: Comedy Club of the Future
Aaron Sorrels had an “grown-up job” in marketing, but found himself unemployed and struggling with sobriety. Turning to his love for connecting with people, Sorrels became a professional comedian, goi...
The MiBiz Podcast: Everyman Personal Chef
PodcastBusiness partners David Snow and Alvin Richardson II are on a mission to bring a personal chef to “everyman” — or at least to every household — in West Michigan. Between the two of them, Snow a...
The MiBiz Podcast: Lilypad Labs Inc.
Dana Lowell and his co-founders at Lilypad Labs Inc. have set out to change the way we think about accessing water — an abundant resource in West Michigan that at times can be out of reach for some.
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The MiBiz Podcast: Last Mile Cafe
For Arick Davis, co-founder of Last Mile Café who developed his love of coffee at a young age, environmental sustainability and the ethical treatment of people is at the core of his business. After wo...
