TechTown Detroit | Meet the Spring RBC Awardees! 🔉

Meet the five Retail Boot Camp awardees

TechTown Detroit celebrated the hustle and hard work of 15 Retail Boot Camp graduates during our 12th cohort showcase on June 9. The participating business owners pitched their visions and what they learned during the RBC program live at TechTown.

Five standouts each won a $5,000 Kickstart Award, and one People’s Choice Award was chosen during the live webcast to receive $1,000!

Congratulations to the five Kickstart Award winners: Cure Nail House, Detroit Protein Bar, We Remove All Trash Corporation, MG Studio, and The Ice Cream Detroit. The Ice Cream Detroit also won the People's Choice Award.

On June 9, TechTown Detroit celebrated the hustle and hard work of 15 Retail Boot Camp graduates during our 12th cohort showcase. The participating business owners pitched their visions and what they learned during the Retail Boot Camp program live at TechTown. Five standouts each won a $5,000 Kickstart Award, and one People’s Choice Award was chosen during the live webcast to receive $1,000! All graduates will continue their journey after Retail Boot Camp with TechTown at their side.

$5,000 Kickstart Award Winners:

Photo of female wearing pink shirt - owner of Cure Nailhouse

Cyndia Robinson – Cure Nailhouse

Cure Nailhouse is a contemporary salon and social enterprise that dismantles barriers to career opportunities within the beauty industry by blending the nuances of Black nail culture and fine art into a unique, explorative experience.

Photo of male outside of TechTown wearing a suit - owner of Detroit Protein Bar

David Reno – Detroit Protein Bar

Detroit Protein Bar makes unique vegan and gluten-free protein goods.

Photo of male in TechTown building wearing a suit - owner of We Remove All Trash Corporation

Barnard Gill – We Remove All Trash Corporation

We Remove All Trash is a junk and trash removal company serving commercial and residential customers in the metro Detroit area, as well as the proprietors of an up-and-coming thrift store.

Photo of women with blue hair in TechTown building - owner of MG Studio

Nicole Grant – MG Studio

MG Studio produces a line of hair care products, using naturally based ingredients, and specializes in healthy hair as a cosmetologist.

Photo of women in TechTown building - owner of Ice Cream Detroit

Ysahai Honor – Marie – Ice Cream Detroit

Ice Cream Detroit is Detroit’s only liquor-infused frozen dessert company. They infuse your favorite ice cream or sorbet with your favorite liquor, beer or wine. Each flavor is created in small batches and is handcrafted from scratch. Ice Cream Detroit is currently a Pop-Up Confectionery and we will expand its reach in its flagship store in summer 2022 to provide alcohol-infused and also non-alcoholic (virgin) frozen desserts.