Michigan Tribe

Happy Juneteenth 🖤❤️💛💚

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free (more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed).

It's a reminder that history is often more complicated than the simplified versions many of us learned in school.

One of the things we love most about Michigan Tribe is that it gives us opportunities to learn from people with different experiences, perspectives, and stories than our own. We don't always get it right, but we do believe curiosity, conversation, and a willingness to listen make our community stronger.

Happy Juneteenth, Jackson.

Alex has been buying me Suze Orman and other money books since college… if she had her way, I swear Michigan Tribe would become a financial education institution. 😂

(Thankfully, thanks to our partnership with TRUE Community Credit Union, we can just point people toward free financial tools on our website instead.)

Our newest podcast episode features Shawn Preissle, formerly of the Michigan SBDC, who has worked with more than 2,500 small business owners across Michigan, helping them start businesses, increase profits, and eventually sell.

And according to Shawn, the biggest predictor of whether a business succeeds?
💵💵💵 Money 💵💵💵

Successful business owners know their numbers. They manage their finances. And when they don’t know something, they ask experts for help.

Which, honestly, is terrible news for the Amandas of the world who would rather do literally anything else 😅

This episode gets into the real side of entrepreneurship that people don’t talk about enough:
➡️Why so many businesses fail
➡️The mistakes business owners make when they avoid their numbers
➡️What Shawn consistently saw in successful entrepreneurs
➡️How to make smarter decisions before things become a crisis

If money stresses you out, confuses you, overwhelms you, or makes you want to immediately change the subject… this episode is probably for you.

Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or YouTube 🎧🍿