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"I think the community so far--folks that we've been able to meet in just our two humble tasting events--have just been so 'smiley.' You know? Excited! And I think curious in way [that asks] "How do you intend to respect our community?" I think that that's a really powerful thing to be a part of."

Calvin Moore sits down with Nicole Mangis ("Business Chick") & Mike Fifer ("Wine Guy") to talk about Brut Detroit and the ins-and-outs of starting a wine business in Northwest Detroit.

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"We suspected and later confirmed that we weren't very high on the list of Google Fiber expansion opportunities. So, pretty much from the onset, the idea was 'Let's do this ourselves--within Quicken Loans, within Detroit. Let's build our own fiber optic internet network.' That's really how the idea started."

Calvin Moore sits down with CEO Marc Hudson of Rocket Fiber to talk about his college days, working for Quicken Loans, starting up Rocket Fiber, and their commitment to excellent customer service.

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"Our community is super tight knit, it's like a small town within Detroit--everybody knows each other, I know everybody's kids and their grandparents and everybody comes in. It's great. People walk in the front door and my goal is to know their first name and know their drink."

Calvin Moore sits down with Amanda Brewington of Always Brewing Detroit to talk about starting up an independent coffeeshop and what it means to build community in Northwest Detroit.

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“Canvas Legal was sort of just a blank slate and the idea of creating something new. Being in that position where I never thought I would be solo or an entrepreneur, it was sort of an unknown…”

Calvin Moore sits down with Erin Bonahoom of Canvas Legal to talk about her law practice and their work with non-profits in Detroit.

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"The number one question I get from my friends who out in the suburbs who are coming down here is, 'Where do I go?'...They're not sure where to navigate. And so I think Dine Drink Detroit has really fit into that niche of helping to curate a list of great locally-owned businesses that are producing excellent food..." 

Calvin Moore sits down with Scott Rutterbush of Dine Drink Detroit to talk about the restaurants in the city, the collaborative nature of the small business owners in Detroit, and the importance of hospitality.

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"As an entrepreneur you need to plan, but you also need to act...we’re now at this point where we can step back and and plan and ask ‘What did we learn? Where did we fail? How can we better serve our customer?'"

 Calvin Moore sits down with Amanda Lewan, co-founder of Bamboo Detroit, to talk about co-working space in Downtown Detroit, growing a small business, and networking.

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"If you go outside [onto Michigan Avenue] on any weekend night when Slow’s or Gold Cash Gold or Two James or any of those places are packed to the gills with people, if you go out onto the street there’s absolutely no active street life. It looks like a ghost town even though these businesses are thriving." 

 Calvin Moore sits down with Chad Rochkind to talk about Human Scale Studio and the work they're doing in Corktown.
  
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"The best way to connect people to people is to understand their story, to understand their history..." 

Calvin Moore sits down and talks with Cornetta Lane about her work with Core City Stories and addressing gentrification in her Corktown neighborhood.

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Calvin Moore, founder & CEO of Seven Point Two Tours, gives a brief introduction to the ethos of our tour company and the reason for the podcast.

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