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Consultant outlines components of a small-business ecosystem for Eastpointe
Summary
TPMA vice president Brett Wyler briefed the commission on what constitutes a successful small-business ecosystem: people/talent, access to capital, business support services, markets and physical space. He said Eastpointe now mainly hosts micro and main-street businesses and urged coordination across city, county and anchor institutions.
Brett Wyler, vice president of economic development at TPMA, presented a primer to the Eastpointe City Planning Commission on small-business ecosystems and how local officials can support enterprise growth.
Wyler referenced the Small Business Administration definition that classifies firms with 500 or fewer employees as small businesses and explained that not all small businesses are the same: micro-enterprises (under…
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