Grow your small business career by helping others
Michael Rogers, Vice President Communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Bruce Kasanoff, author of Givers Deliver – Grow Your Career by Helping Others. Listen now!
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July 6, 2015
July 3, 2015
ARMOR Protective Packaging – Global leader in corrosion management
Michael Rogers, Vice President Communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with David Yancho, Vice President with ARMOR Protective Packaging of Howell. The firm is a Michigan 50 Company to Watch. It is …
July 3, 2015
Beer distributor goes green – invests in hybrid delivery vehicles
Michael Rogers, Vice President Communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Gary Thompson, CEO of Powers Distributing. Founded in 1939, Powers Distributing, a beer distributor, has over 250 employees and 45 trucks, …
July 2, 2015
Visualize your financial success
Today on the SBAM Shorts audio report -- Protecting your reputation is just as important a protecting your other company assets. Learn how when Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks …
June 30, 2015
MI Democratic Party Chair resigns to run for first congressional district – state representative likely replacement
Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) Chair Lon Johnson, 44, announced in Ishpeming Thursday that he is stepping down from his post to run for the 1st Congressional District, presumably to take on three-term incumbent Dan Benishek …
June 30, 2015
Michigan’s chief negotiator on MEGA tax credit talks says there’s been a slow down in talks
Ford Motor Co. was the first company to announce new terms with the state to rein in the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) tax credits it was awarded. Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic …
June 30, 2015
What’s next in Michigan following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage
According to Attorney General Bill Schuette who voted to defend Michigan's 2004 "one-man, one-woman" marriage amendment . . . Friday's ruling is the "last word." Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder agrees. However, some lawmakers don't quite …
June 30, 2015
Medicaid expansion leader contends if the feds fail to grant the state a needed waiver the legislature won’t fix Healthy Michigan
A chief architect of the Healthy Michigan law said last week if the federal government doesn't sign off on a second waiver to continue the expanded Medicaid program, there's little hope the Legislature will step …
June 30, 2015
Michigan legislators dodged a bullet with a Supreme Court ruling this week that allows states using the federal health care insurance exchange to continue offering subsidies
If the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had ruled for the plaintiff in King v. Burwell, many had suggested people in Michigan and other states without their own exchanges would not have had access to the …
June 29, 2015
What You Do After The Sale Can Help Assure Long-Term Sales Success
Michael Rogers, Vice President Communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with sales trainer and coach Greg Coyne of Gerry Weinberg and Associates Sandler Training, about how important it is to ask the …
June 25, 2015
ACA Upheld by 6-3 vote of SCOTUS – What Happens Next?
By Scott Lyon, SBAM Senior Vice PresidentEarlier today the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the Affordable Care Act’s ability to provide tax subsidies in states with a Federal Exchange. So, what is next? …
June 24, 2015
Visualize your financial success
Today on the SBAM Shorts audio report Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with financial advisor Richard Feight about the crucial role of visualization and flexibility to financial success. SBAM Shorts, the …
June 23, 2015
The future of legislation that would restrict locally enacted ordinances impacting worker pay and fringe benefits now rests with Gov. Rick Snyder
HB 4052 essentially restricts local governments from creating new pay requirements or fringe benefit requirements on businesses above state and federal requirements. On Wednesday, the legislation was modified by the House to remove a "catch-all" …
June 23, 2015
Senate faces working break as they prepare to return June 30 after a week off
The Michigan Senate won't be in session this week, but it's a fair bet GOP caucus members will be batting around road funding. Following House passage of a road-funding proposal that relies heavily on existing …
June 23, 2015
Presidential politics was the word of the day as Ohio Gov. John Kasich came to Lansing
Article courtesy of MIRSKasich, who is a former member of Congress as well as the current two-term governor of Ohio, was in town at the offices of the Small Business Association of Michigan. While not …
June 23, 2015
Snyder, lawmakers boast fifth budget completed on time
Article courtesy of MIRSOn Wednesday, dozens of legislators and staff crammed into Gov. Rick Snyder's press auditorium to watch him sign his fifth budget. The administration dubbed the event, "Five Years. Five Smart, Balanced Budgets." …
June 23, 2015
Utilities pledge to expand in state purchasing to $1 billion a year
Article courtesy of MIRS Gov. Rick Snyder announced Thursday commitments from DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, the state's two major utility companies, to increase their annual spend with Michigan owned businesses to $1 billion a year. …
June 22, 2015
Local Credit Union Is A Source For Business Financing
Since 2004, Michigan Business Connection has supported financing for the state’s small and medium-sized businesses by underwriting and originating commercial loans for financial institutions statewide. Michael Rogers, Vice President Communications for the Small Business Association of …
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