Small Business Q & A: Scoot Around Town and Vintage Performance
As more and more new businesses are opening in Ypsilanti, local entrepreneur has a few choice words of advice for them.
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Mike Friedlander, owner of Scoot Around Town and Vintage Performance in
What’s the business: Scooter sales and service and vintage muscle car restoration.
Business started: Vintage Performance started in 2001; he added Scoot Around Town in 2003.
Startup costs: $30,000.
Job in another life: He is still an internal medicine physician every other week for St. Joseph Mercy Health System.
Advice you’d give to another business: “Know your potential customers and products very well.”
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