2021 Year in Review – Highlights

ISM activities in numbers:

  • Total number of programs deployed: 30

  • Total number of hours – program delivery: 2,500

  • Total number of beneficiaries: 10,000

  • Ratio of female: male beneficiaries: 100 to 60:40

  • Total number of countries in which we outreached: 100

  • Total hours of coaching/consulting/mentoring virtually, hybrid mode, or in person: 600

  • Total hours of zoom meetings: 1,500

ISM activities highlight:

  • We extended to 100% our online programming and deployed more than 30 programs on current topics including: How to Ask for Funding, Resilient Entrepreneur, How To Attract and Retain Talent, Kauffman FastTrac, Exploring Entrepreneurship, GrowthWheel, Global Trade Mission, Digitizing Your Business, the Power of 777 Marketing, and many more!

  • We relaunched our exclusive Resilient Entrepreneur Program . The program is offered in English, Arabic, and Russian.

  • We relaunched ISM programs to be offered virtually, hybrid mode, and in person.

  • We relaunched ISM business advising offered virtually for startups in the sustained and growth stages, with an average of 600 hours .

  • We launched the Finjan Show, a series of live podcasts that focuses on demystifying entrepreneurship, leadership, and culture, globally, by spotlighting Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Leadership, Culture, and Community.

  • We continued to offer our online e-learning portal with one million average annual viewers .

  • We hosted the StartupGrind.com/monthly series that facilitates discussion with entrepreneurs and ecosystem players about their start-up journeys.

  • We hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week in Southeast Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) President Quentin Messer gave the opening remarks.

  • We judged over 150 applications for funding and potential acceptance into various programs.

  • Keynote speaker at several international events such as Barcelona New Economy Week, MEDAWeek 2021, Michigan Economic Developers Association Fall Toolbox, HR Summit in Ohio, International Leadership Association ’ s Global Conference, SHRM NxT MENA 2021 and the American Councils with Russian Business Leaders.

  • We proposed over 22 million USD for multilateral projects on current topics including: women entrepreneurship, youth development, digitizing your business, and tech for non-tech business.

In partnership with key global players, we launched and supported an entrepreneurship global event. Thanks to local partners ACCESS, Albion Economic Development Corporation, SecondMUSE, MEDC and global collaborators EFE, ASCAME, SHRM, GlobalTies, Rotary International and a variety of US Embassies who made these successes possible.