Resources

Your Small Business Toolbox

Here’s where you’ll find information and tools you can use to accomplish everything from getting a loan to marketing your business to making valuable connections with other businesses.

Leads to Business

The Chamber’s Leads to Business groups bring people together who will learn about each others’ businesses and become advocates for one another. This requires a lot of time and trust as it’s understood that as you are helping generate leads for your fellow group members (whose business mission you’ve spent time getting to know and understand so you can sell its merits/do a quality referral), and trust other Committee members are doing the same for you.

To apply for Leads to Business, please complete the application below and return to Marianne Alabastro at malabast@detroitchamber.com.

Leads to Business Member Application

There are currently two Leads to Business groups; both are mostly comprised of representatives from Chambers members with other businesses as their primary customers.

Group 1

Mark Cory – FranNet of Michigan (Franchise placement services)

David Domzal – Williams Acosta, PLLC (Attorney firm)

Darryl James – Smith Group JJR (Architectural and design services)

Chris Karas – Facility Matrix Group (Office furniture distributor)

Kim Easterle Mattes – Timberland Group (Commercial and health insurance)

Sharon McWhorter – American Resource Training System, Inc. (Corporate training)

Carl Melchior – Backer Landscaping, Inc. (Commercial and residential landscaping)

Patricia Nemeth – Nemeth Burwell, P.C. (Employment attorney representing employers)

Al-Azhar Pacha – ALPAC, Inc. (Outsourced IT services)

Joe Romeo – Hennessey Capital, LLC (Alternative commercial financing)

Mike Squires – Comcast Business Class (Internet, phone and cable service)