Upcoming Events
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All Networking and Community

One Million Cups

A free, one hour, coffee-fueled, community-driven entrepreneur presentation event held weekly at 9:00am in person at Incubizo, Ferndale, MI or

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All Networking and Community
Highland DDA Office W Livingston Rd Highland, MI 48357

Coffee & Connections: Empowering Local Busines ...

Coffee & Connections: Empowering Local Businesses Open House Join us for an open house designed specifically for small business owners

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All Business Consulting
Oakland Thrive 35 W Huron St. Suite 201 Pontiac, MI 48342

Fearless Futures: Strategic Planning for Success

Does the thought of planning for the future seem overwhelming?  Learn about some simple tools to structure your strategic plan:

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All Networking and Community
Bamboo 220 S Main St, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Oakland County Small Business Speed Networking

Join us for speed networking with your fellow Oakland County Small Business owners at Bamboo in Royal Oak.

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Accounting All
Oakland Thrive 35 W Huron St. Suite 201 Pontiac, MI 48342

Becoming Bankable Essentials: Lender Readiness Coho ...

The Becoming Bankable Essentials workshop series is designed to empower entrepreneurs with the knowledge and resources needed to secure capital

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All Business Consulting
Virtual Event - Registration Required!

Entity Formation

Presented by Yasmin Whitmer, Principal Attorney at Whitmer Law, PLLC Thinking about starting a business but unsure which entity type

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All Marketing
Virtual Event - Registration Required!

Brand Breakthroughs: Storytelling and Podcasting Po ...

Brand Breakthroughs: Storytelling and Podcasting Power Combo – Presented by Allante Taylor – A Taylor Media & Robin Kinnie –

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All Networking and Community
$150-$10000.00

Di2 – Defense Integrate & Innovate Summit

How are Armed Services and Homeland Security finding, buying and integrating technologies into their platforms? Join us to network with

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All Business Consulting
EverythingHR Talent Development Institute 1055 E. South Blvd Suite 150 Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Road Map to Selling Your Business: 10 Steps to Crea ...

Planning to sell your business can be one of the most important decisions you’ll make as an entrepreneur. This workshop

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All Human Resources
1055 South Blvd E. Ste 225 Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Strategic Leadership and Policy Innovation Workshop

Understanding that small businesses often do not have separate HR and financial departments, we are organizing a comprehensive policy workshop

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Accounting All
Oakland Thrive 35 W Huron St. Suite 201 Pontiac, MI 48342

Becoming Bankable Essentials: Lender Readiness Coho ...

The Becoming Bankable Essentials workshop series is designed to empower entrepreneurs with the knowledge and resources needed to secure capital

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All Business Consulting
Oakland Thrive 35 W Huron St. Suite 201 Pontiac, MI 48342

Fearless Futures: Strategic Planning for Success

Does the thought of planning for the future seem overwhelming?  Learn about some simple tools to structure your strategic plan:

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All Business Consulting
Virtual Event - Registration Required!

Entity Formation

Presented by Yasmin Whitmer, Principal Attorney at Whitmer Law, PLLC Thinking about starting a business but unsure which entity type

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All Business Consulting
EverythingHR Talent Development Institute 1055 E. South Blvd Suite 150 Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Road Map to Selling Your Business: 10 Steps to Crea ...

Planning to sell your business can be one of the most important decisions you’ll make as an entrepreneur. This workshop

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All Human Resources
1055 South Blvd E. Ste 225 Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Strategic Leadership and Policy Innovation Workshop

Understanding that small businesses often do not have separate HR and financial departments, we are organizing a comprehensive policy workshop

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All Marketing
Virtual Event - Registration Required!

Brand Breakthroughs: Storytelling and Podcasting Po ...

Brand Breakthroughs: Storytelling and Podcasting Power Combo – Presented by Allante Taylor – A Taylor Media & Robin Kinnie –

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All Networking and Community
$150-$10000.00

Di2 – Defense Integrate & Innovate Summit

How are Armed Services and Homeland Security finding, buying and integrating technologies into their platforms? Join us to network with

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All Networking and Community

One Million Cups

A free, one hour, coffee-fueled, community-driven entrepreneur presentation event held weekly at 9:00am in person at Incubizo, Ferndale, MI or

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All Networking and Community
Highland DDA Office W Livingston Rd Highland, MI 48357

Coffee & Connections: Empowering Local Busines ...

Coffee & Connections: Empowering Local Businesses Open House Join us for an open house designed specifically for small business owners

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All Networking and Community
Bamboo 220 S Main St, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Oakland County Small Business Speed Networking

Join us for speed networking with your fellow Oakland County Small Business owners at Bamboo in Royal Oak.

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All Networking and Community
$150-$10000.00

Di2 – Defense Integrate & Innovate Summit

How are Armed Services and Homeland Security finding, buying and integrating technologies into their platforms? Join us to network with

Presenters

William Mansour

Experienced Certified Public Accountant

Vicki Selva

CEO of Oakland Thrive & Defense Industry Expert

Tina Williams

QT Business Solutions

Tameka M. Ramsey

Owner, T. Ramsey & Associates

Sven Herbel

Owner/President, TeamLogicIT

Robin Kinnie

President of Motor City Woman and Kinnie Media Group

Ramsey Sweis

President/Founder, Aqaba Technologies

Princess Castleberry

CEO of Castleberry Global

Olivia Ewing

Modern Media Design

Catherine Toone & Dan Zech

Owner and Co-Owner of Stalt Financial Planning and Wealth Management

Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Economic Advancement, Growth, and Sustainability

Melonie Summers

Owner of Melonie Summers Creative LLC

Marie Porolniczak

Founder of Bookkeeper 4 Hire

Lydia Michael

Owner, Blended Collective, Speaker & Author "Brand Love"

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Events And Trainings

Oakland Thrive creates and hosts a wide variety of county-wide economic development and business events. We work with a variety of partners, including Oakland County to host, support, and create events to support the Oakland County business community. These events include innovative programs to fill gaps in the economic development/business ecosystem of the county and bring together business groups to “cross pollinate” to share best practices, ideas, and support.

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Countywide Events

We participate in many countywide events, including the Oakland County Economic Outlook, a great networking event for Oakland County business leaders.

Industry Specific Conferences and Trade Shows

We participate in many local, state, national and international level conferences and trade shows. This year, Oakland Thrive is involved in the planning of the opening reception of the Vehicle and Transportation Technology Innovation Meetings, an international B2B forum for innovations in automotive and mobility.

Business Matchmaking

Oakland Thrive helps businesses connect with each other and the partners who can help them.

Thrive Connect

Thrive Connect is a series of Resource Fairs connecting vendors and resources with the small business community. Topics include: -Workforce Development -Small Business Resources -Matchmaking Events

Trainings and Workshops

Oakland Thrive’s Business Forward program offers a variety of trainings tailored for the Oakland County Small Business owner on specific topics such as: -Social Media Training -Commercial Real Estate -Credit and Capital -Franchising -Government Contracting -Certified Business (Women, Minority, Veteran)

Oakland Thrive 2nd Annual Golf Scramble

Thank you to everyone who came out to Oakland Thrive’s 2nd Annual Golf Scramble. Such a terrific success! A great big thank you to our sponsors for their support of a thriving economy in Oakland County!

Thank you to everyone who came out to Oakland Thrive’s 2nd Annual Golf Scramble. Such a terrific success! A great big thank you to our sponsors for their support of a thriving economy in Oakland County!

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