A Profile Story of Shamsun Nehar in Mode Detroit
Shamsun Nehar began her business Cakes by Lucky in 2014 after baking for her friends and family. She learned cake decorating as a creative outlet from her day job as a senior software engineer for the engineering company Continental Automotive. Now she's baked and decorated over 500 cakes for special occasions for metro Detroit's Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani and multicultural communities.
Newspaper Article Featuring Festive Essentials and JHobby
Jahura Hobby and Tahura Holly were featured in a story in the daily newspaper Detroit Free Press in August 2020 showcasing how small business wedding vendors in the South Asian community, and across the state were coping through a down year in the wedding industry. Hobby and Holly were among businesses who provided services at limited capacity throughout the pandemic.
Oral History Interview with Samia Rahman
Samia Rahman co founded the business Pantried, an online platform to shop from local businesses in metro Detroit in 2017 with a group of friends. The business features many immigrant owned mom-and-pop shops, creating equitable access to shopping local. Samia says many local businesses cater to specific items and foods which are inaccessible, or more readily available in stores.