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Did you know that although your business may only be physically located in Michigan, if you ship your products to customers in other states, you may also be required to collect and/or remit sales or use taxes to those other states?

According to ASE’s Workplace Flexibility Survey, it is not uncommon for organizations to offer flexible hours (83%) or telecommuting (62%) options to their staff, but only 23% of Michigan employers offer compressed workweeks. Could this be changing soon?

Learn more about alternatives for finding HR solutions when Jim Stowe is interviewed this week by Michael Rogers for SBAM’s Small Business Weekly Podcast.

Profit and Loss statements are nice, but at the end of the day what truly matters is cash flow. Cash is King!

Emerging technological trends are designed to make the customer service experience faster, smoother, more accurate and easier. There is one thing that hasn’t changed though—the human being on the consuming end of our products and services.

How can you ensure that an appropriate cybersecurity system is established at your organization and verify that it is functioning effectively? Although you might not know every detail regarding IT security, as a business manager, you should understand your infrastructure and know if your policies and procedures are in place and working as intended.

‘Tis the season when employers often will provide employees with “gifts” of some type. We all know the entity in town that gives all of its employees a turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas. While this is a wonderful gesture on the part of the employer, is it compensation to the employee?

What is intellectual property, and how does it affect small business owners?

Tune in this week to hear principal of Great Lakes Business Credit, Rhett Rowe talk about three common financing mistakes small businesses make. 

Our economy has been experiencing one of the longest expansions in history. But historically what goes up … must come down. When it does, will you be ready?