Detroit SOUP is powered by BUILD Institute
IDEATORS:
Do you have an idea, business, or project?
Need funding?
Your idea can be anything. Go here to enter your application to share your idea and (maybe) win the pot of money: Apply here to pitch your idea!
COMMUNITY:
Would you like to attend a Soup? Register here on Eventbrite for an evening of community, networking, ideas, creativity, and Detroit tradition.
A ticket buys you a soup dinner and a vote, while you eat enjoy a local artist and listen to four Ideators present their projects, vote on your favorite idea and the winner takes home all the money raised at the door. Prepare to have a wonderful evening of connecting with your community and networking with creative people ready to start the next big thing in Detroit.
LEARN MORE:
If you would like to learn more about Detroit SOUP go to the BUILD Institute website.
HISTORY:
SOUP was started in Chicago with the artist group, inCUBATE. It was a modest dinner having artists and community members share a meal and help fund art ideas in neighborhoods. Slowly the idea began to spread around the United States and in 2010 it landed with a group of artists and friends that started it Detroit. The early days of the dinner were still focused on local art projects but through time and experiences the dinner adapted to the community and found a model that worked not just for the city of Detroit but cities all over the world.
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