Virtual Interactive Agency helps build start-ups at incubators
Sixteen years ago Joey Silvian came to the realization he couldn't work for anyone else but himself. That's when he started Virtual Interactive Agency, a business consulting firm based in Farmington Hills. "I didn't like the politics and backbiting and everything that comes with corporate life," Silvian says. "At least here I can control my relationship with the client." Silvian's business now provides work for four people and the occasional intern. It has added one new person over the last year and draws from a large stable of independent contractors to handle projects. For years Silvian worked with aspiring entrepreneurs to workout the kinks in business models and generate sales. In recent years Virtual Interactive Agency has been doing more work with small incubators like Ann Arbor SPARK, helping consult with budding start-ups in the incubator's pipeline. "The evolution has been from the end client to the organization that services those end clients," Silvian says. Source: Joey Silvian, founder of Virtual Interactive Agency Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
Sixteen years ago Joey Silvian came to the realization he couldn’t work for anyone else but himself. That’s when he started Virtual Interactive Agency, a business consulting firm based in Farmington Hills.
“I didn’t like the politics and backbiting and everything that comes with corporate life,” Silvian says. “At least here I can control my relationship with the client.”
Silvian’s business now provides work for four people and the occasional intern. It has added one new person over the last year and draws from a large stable of independent contractors to handle projects.
For years Silvian worked with aspiring entrepreneurs to workout the kinks in business models and generate sales. In recent years Virtual Interactive Agency has been doing more work with small incubators like Ann Arbor SPARK, helping consult with budding start-ups in the incubator’s pipeline.
“The evolution has been from the end client to the organization that services those end clients,” Silvian says.
Source: Joey Silvian, founder of Virtual Interactive Agency
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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