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Cafe Pop-up with Love Travels Imports
Nov 6, 2025 11:00 AM
Join us for a cafe pop up featuring Love Travels Imports and their products!
Office Hours with Christopher Fick
Join us at Bamboo Ann Arbor for an office hours session featuring Christopher Fick!
November 14, 2025 10:00 AM
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Design Clarity for Founders
Office Hours with Chris Fick
A space for entrepreneurs, makers, and small business leaders to find clarity and confidence through design thinking. Design isn’t just about visuals — it’s how you make sense of complexity, communicate your purpose, and connect ideas to people. Chris Fick helps founders and small business leaders move from idea to clarity. Drawing from experience in design research, design anthropology, and innovation strategy, Chris guides teams to uncover insights, map opportunities, and design for impact. His office hours are a space to explore ideas, test assumptions, and build momentum toward meaningful growth.
In these sessions, I help founders:
- Discover what their customers truly value through design research and design anthropology.
- Turn uncertainty into opportunity using service and systems design methods.
- Clarify their vision, product, and brand narrative.
- Build creative confidence in how they lead, communicate, and grow their ideas.
I bring 15+ years of experience helping organizations translate complexity into human-centered strategies that work in the real world. My goal is to help founders uncover the insights, unleash creative problem solving, and direction that move their ideas forward.
About Chris
Chris Fick is a design leader and innovation strategist with over 15 years of experience helping organizations navigate complexity and bring human-centered ideas to life. His work spans technology, manufacturing, and nonprofit sectors — guiding teams through design research, systems thinking, and creative facilitation to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Chris recently partnered with the University of Michigan’s Tauber Institute to develop an AI adoption strategy for small manufacturers, blending design strategy with practical implementation. An advocate for collaborative problem-solving, Chris is passionate about helping founders and small business leaders find clarity, creativity, and confidence in their next big move.
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Bamboo is a place where entrepreneurs go to grow in Detroit. Their leadership deeply cares about helping other succeed.
Kyle Bazzy
VP of Growth @ Autobooks
Love being a part of the family 💚 working here is such a joy.
Brittni Bee Brown
Founder & Principal Publicist at The Bee Agency
Bamboo has given me community, a team of folks in the same phase of life as I am in. We’re all building, creating, learning and failing together.
Christina Fair
Founder & CEO at Fair Ventures and Reconnect Teams
I've had the opportunity to work out of both the Detroit and Royal Oak location and Bamboo, as a whole, is by far the greatest work environment you will find in the area.
Rana Mohamed
Director of Operations at Amatis Controls
Frequently asked questions about Bamboo
Have more questions? Send us a message or book a tour at one of our locations to learn more.
What types of memberships do you offer?
Virtual: includes full mail service as well as one day pass per month and access to our community events and perks. Comes with conference room credits built-in.
Open coworking: includes 24/7 access to our building and the ability to work at any of our unassigned desks or lounge spaces. Comes with conference room and print credits built-in.
Dedicated desk: includes a dedicated desk where you can set up a fixed workspace + storage that is entirely yours. Comes with conference room and print credits built-in.
Private office: includes a fully enclosed, private space for your team of 1-10 people to work together. Comes with conference room and print credits built-in.
Do I get access to all Bamboo locations?
Yes! All members have access to all Bamboo locations. Members have a homebase such as Royal Oak, then get business access hours M-F 9-5pm in other locations. Credits easily roll over so you can book rooms anywhere, anytime.
How do your Membership Agreements work?
You can sign up to work with us on a monthly, 6-month, or 12-month basis.
If you aren’t quite ready for a membership, we offer day passes and conference room rentals.
What parking options are available?
In Detroit
- There is plenty of street parking within walking distance. Lots charge $2-10 a day. Free parking is available at nearby casinos. Inquire for latest parking dedicated rates.
In Royal Oak
- Street parking is free before 11am.
- You can also get two hours of free parking at the Center Street Garage behind our building ($0.75/hour after the first two hours)
- You can also purchase a parking pass for unlimited parking for $50/month.
In Ann Arbor
- Street parking is all around us
- There are a variety of dedicated parking options around us, ranging $135-200 per spot per month.