Victoria Brown (author)

Dr. Victoria Brown (born May 17, 1975) is known as Detroit Business Coach or DBC. She is an American business consultant, Entrepreneur, radio personality, counselor, speaker, and author. She is the founder of the non-profit organization Jireh Business Consulting located in Detroit Michigan.

Early Years
Victoria Brown was born in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of John Thomas Brown (deceased) and Juanita Brown. She grew up with an older sister Kimberly (Williams) Brown, older brother Marcus Thomas Brown, God Brother Demarkus McGee. Other half siblings from her father’s previous marriage are Joy (deceased) and Jackie. During her childhood she was influenced early in business by her grandfather who worked in the Foundry and ran a small local business. Other business influences stemmed from her father who also worked long hours at a local Foundry and for a short time worked to maintain this small local business passed down from his father in law. As business was part of Brown’s everyday life, she begin to draw sketches as a child of buildings that would be designed to help people get their life together. These visions of the development of buildings and businesses would be nurtured as she watched several episodes of the hit television series The Jeffersons would often highlight show characters Louise Jefferson and her neighbor Helen volunteering at a local community facility called “The Help Center”. Brown knew she wanted to start businesses that would make a difference in the lives of underserved people.

Biography
In 1996, Brown, a first generation college student, received an associate’s degree with honors in psychology from Delta College (Michigan) in Bay City, Michigan. She went on in 1998 to complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Eastern Michigan University located in Ypsilanti Michigan in a dual major of Psychology and African American Studies. By 2001, Brown completed a Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from Eastern Michigan University to become licensed as a professional counselor in the State of Michigan. Determined to find her destiny and purpose, Brown enrolled and completed a second Master’s Degree in School Counseling and Supervision at Wayne State University located in Detroit Michigan in 2004. Victoria completed her doctorate studies at Wayne State University in 2010. After starting her first business, a non-profit organization in a rural area town in Michigan, she transformed from student to entrepreneur and then business consultant in a few short years. After over ten years of providing business consulting services to ministries she released her first book, Why My Ministry Not Growing?

Contributions
Dr. Victoria Brown is an extensively experienced Detroit Business Coach with 12 years business development history. She has worked with several ministries to develop business strategies among the undeserved populations. Dr. Brown has introduced the term Business Ministry in her book "Why My Ministry Not Growing?". She is the founder of Jireh Business Consultant, a non-profit organization which was developed to meet the needs of business professionals. She was introduced to the radio listeners in Detroit, Michigan a show called Sports Connection Detroit with Dave Mitchell through Radio One Network WHCB 1200.