Lauren Kase is a San Francisco native that stayed in Detroit after receiving her degree from the University of Michigan. She is the Head of Marketing and Partnerships at Floyd Detroit. Listen this week as we discover what attracts the millennials to Detroit, Floyd’s unique positioning in the furniture industry and the importance of mutual...
Read Morehttp://traffic.libsyn.com/purereinvention/John_Stocki_Final.mp3 Social media has changed the game in connecting to audiences and giving individuals and organizations great opportunities to tell their stories. This offers unique opportunities for those who have a system in place to utilize these assets. John Stocki is the owner of the Stocki Exchange, a...
Read MoreListen to episode 069 http://traffic.libsyn.com/purereinvention/Yanni_Dionisopoulos_Final.mp3 Yanni Dionisopoulos built a hip, modern club on the foundation of his family’s 45-year-old restaurant in Detroit’s Greektown by staying busy and focused on the outcome. For more than a decade the second-generation owner/operator of the Golden Fleece Restaurant and...
Read MoreThis is a unique time in association culture when there could be four or five generations working toward the same mission. Lacey Thompson, events manager at the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Lansing, is always looking for ways to build on the foundation of the yesterday while sprinkling in the technology and learning styles of today. In this...
Read More“If we’re not going to talk positively about Detroit, why would anyone else?” Detroit Zoological Society’s chief operating officer, Gerry VanAcker, has been driving change by asking simple questions and really listening to the feedback he’s getting from various and diverse entities. In this episode, Mike Bills taps into Gerry’s wisdom on how to break down a...
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