Are you an aspiring or established entrepreneur in Wayne County looking to develop your comprehensive business plan alongside like-minded peers? Register today for our info session on November 12th at NEST to learn more about the BUILD Basics program coming soon to Romulus!
BUILD Basics is an 8-week cohort class designed to help aspiring or established entrepreneurs work through everything they need to complete their business plan, such as licensing, market research, business financials and more!
At the info session, you’ll get a chance to learn all about the cohort and meet the course facilitator. Additionally, both Onni Stone, BUILD Capital Access Manager, and Janae’ Griggs, BUILD Small Business Solutions Manager, will be available for brief 1:1 coaching sessions to answer your business questions!
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