Our Approach

Beyond Consulting: A Partner in Transformation

We solve business problems, take a consultative approach to every client engagement, and find actionable solutions that will help your organization achieve the best business outcomes. We know the importance of delivering the best customer experience and we enable your organization to exceed customer expectations. Our economic services provided by the finance department, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions. Our business consultants can help you with any question. Sed fermentum luctus urna sed accumsan. Vestibulum consequat eros pharetra elit lacinia, sit amet dapibus augue vestibulum. Aliquam laoreet, erat sit amet placerat elementum, metus felis tristique diam.

Who We Are

Meet Our Leaders

Nicole Farmer

Executive Director

Nicole founded Grand Innovation in 2016 to expand the success of LifeLine’s entrepreneurial training and business coaching in partnership with Detroit nonprofit loan funds and community foundations. Over the past decade, she has coached thousands of Detroit entrepreneurs to business success. Prior to LifeLine, Nicole was the first African American woman in the United States to own a Tuffy Auto Center and this experience as a young single-mom inspired her to provide a lifeline to minority and women entrepreneurs.

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Ezra Brown

Returning Citizens Project Director

Brown’s no-nonsense approach inspires returning citizens to create self-sufficiency plans for re-entry. Brown has developed a strong working partnership with the MI Department of Corrections Lawton parole center and educated over 1,000 newly released returning citizens on the benefits, opportunities…

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Carla McDonald

Director of Training

Carla has strong experience in business principles, curriculum development and coaching principles as it relates to entrepreneurial ventures. She is responsible for ensuring all instructors implement the course curriculum to meet the needs and interests of the students involved, as…

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