I am working for TechTown Detroit, an incubator for businesses all around the Detroit area. Specifically, I am working under Amy and Sarah, two wonderful people who work under the Blocks section of TechTown. The Blocks section helps existing businesses form brick and mortar businesses around Detroit to encourage people and businesses to stay in Detroit to encourage growth and local engagement. Sofia and I are tasked to create a retrospective economic impact report for the S.W.O.T. City Program including data from when the program first started in 2012. In this report, we have to include economic data such as funding, demographics of the owners, industry data and other metrics included in any data we find. Not only this, we have to also recognize and point out where there are gaps in the data so that the team can know this information when they read this.
The reason why what we are doing is so important Is because later in the year, the SWOT City staff is receiving reports from the city including what they have done in the past with previous businesses over the years, and then in combination with what we find, are going to make the best-informed decisions in order to expand the program to help even more people. I have personally seen businesses come into the building, say their five-minute pitches, and receive grants and have their whole lives changed because now they have the funding to proceed with their business plan as they envisioned it. After witnessing this first-hand, I realize how important the project we are doing and how important this incubator is. The amount of businesses that have already been helped and will be helped in the upcoming years is massive. If people were to name one incubator that is making a large impact on a major city, most people would say TechTown. Sofia and I are helping bring economic growth back into the suburbs of Detroit by helping TechTown expand and reach an even bigger audience. There will always be people who are trying to help Detroit by creating their own business, but many people do not have the guidance and resources to make that effort successful. I want to put in my best effort in order to make sure that TechTown can keep helping peoples dreams come true and revitalize Detroit back into the great city that everyone knows and loves.
The reason why what we are doing is so important Is because later in the year, the SWOT City staff is receiving reports from the city including what they have done in the past with previous businesses over the years, and then in combination with what we find, are going to make the best-informed decisions in order to expand the program to help even more people. I have personally seen businesses come into the building, say their five-minute pitches, and receive grants and have their whole lives changed because now they have the funding to proceed with their business plan as they envisioned it. After witnessing this first-hand, I realize how important the project we are doing and how important this incubator is. The amount of businesses that have already been helped and will be helped in the upcoming years is massive. If people were to name one incubator that is making a large impact on a major city, most people would say TechTown. Sofia and I are helping bring economic growth back into the suburbs of Detroit by helping TechTown expand and reach an even bigger audience. There will always be people who are trying to help Detroit by creating their own business, but many people do not have the guidance and resources to make that effort successful. I want to put in my best effort in order to make sure that TechTown can keep helping peoples dreams come true and revitalize Detroit back into the great city that everyone knows and loves.
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