Metro Detroit runs on small businesses: the bakery that's been on the corner for forty years, the auto shop with a waitlist, the dental office that knows your kids by name. The people behind them work harder than almost anyone, and most of them never get a story written about them.

The Metro Detroit Business is a blog for them. Every week we spotlight a local owner, publish a practical guide written for Michigan and Detroit, track the grants and programs worth knowing about, and run a comic strip about the wins, the special moments and the hard days that every owner recognizes.

What We Promise

• It's free. No paywall, and being featured never costs anything.
• It's local. Written for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, not the whole country.
• It's honest. If something is sponsored or connected to us, we say so.

Who's Behind It

The blog is published by Jad Farran, who builds websites for local businesses through his studio, MVP Sites. That's the one connection we have, and we'll always be upfront about it. The stories, guides and comics are here for every owner, whether or not they ever need a website.