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Ericka & Tatiana

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Flash Delivery

What is Flash Delivery?

Flash Delivery is a restaurant and grocery delivery service catered towards the working individual. We partner with a variety of local restaurants and grocery stores to deliver anything you want in the Greater Downtown area. Today’s age is all about convenience and our mission is to help bring a wide range of food options to your front door. We operate Mon- Sat from 10am-6pm.

What was your experience in Build Institute?

We both went through Build separately with the same business idea. We were supposed to be competitors! After we graduated we met through a friend and realized our business idea would be stronger if we joined forces.

Ericka: I started with an idea and Build gave me the structure to execute it. It helped me be more organized, especially with my time management.

Tatiana: I came into Build with a business plan already in hand. I went through the class refining and honing my plan, but the best part was bonding with my classmates and having the overall support of the Build community behind me.

What are your most recent developments after Build?

We just launched our website: http://www.flashdeliverymi.com/ and did a major marketing revamp. We recently finalized partnerships with Urban Bean Co. for breakfast delivery, Food Junky in the M@dison Building, and DMC’s employee services group. We’re really focusing on our partnerships and collaborating with local restaurants, high-rise apartments, and hotels in the downtown area.

What’s in the future for Flash Delivery?

We want to be known everywhere in downtown Detroit. In the long term we are thinking of expanding into suburban areas and franchising throughout Michigan – the sky’s the limit! We’ve received a lot of non-food delivery requests so we’ve entertained the thought of a concierge service sister company.

We’re also looking for more partners – any restaurants, residences, or hotels – contact us at [email protected].

To the BUILD Institute Community,

On behalf of the BUILD Institute Board of Directors, we want to share that the Board has made the decision to pause operations at the end of 2025.

We recognize that we are living in a time of great uncertainty for small business support organizations across Michigan. This moment offers us an opportunity to reassess how BUILD delivers on its mission, retool our programming, and evaluate new partnership opportunities and our overall business model to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.

In the coming months, we will continue all scheduled programming through December to ensure that all commitments to entrepreneurs and partners are honored. During this time, we will also explore new ways to align our work with the evolving needs of our community, including our network of over 3,000 alums.

Please join us in showing appreciation for the team members and facilitators who have served Detroit’s entrepreneurs and supported BUILD’s mission since our founding in 2012.

If you have any questions about this decision or what it means in the near term, please email us at [email protected].

Thank you for your continued support and for being part of BUILD’s legacy of inclusive entrepreneurship.

With gratitude,
The BUILD Institute Board of Directors