By Dan Van Slambrook, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEFrustrated with trying to find good technical talent? You’re not alone! Michigan may still have a 7.5% unemployment rate, but when it comes to technical talent it …
Seena Sharp, author of Competitive Intelligence Advantage, talks about what’s driving the market, how to identify your unknown customers and how to find alternative uses for your products or services. Listen Monday at 10-11 …
Charlie Kirk, principal at 1 Small Project, and the business author of workplace engagement and employee development books, including The Exceptional Performer. Listen Friday at 10-11 a.m. ET (replay at 4 p.m., 10 …
Michael Rogers talks with Bruce Kasanoff, author of SMART CUSTOMERS, STUPID COMPANIES: Why Only Intelligent Firms Will Thrive, and How to Be One of Them. Listen Wednesday at 10-11 a.m. ET (replay at 4 …
Michael Rogers interviews Ken Lindner, author of "Your Killer Emotions: The 7 Steps to Mastering the Toxic Emotions, Urges, and Impulses That Sabotage You." Listen Monday at 10-11 a.m. ET (replay at 4 p.m., 10 …
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) Small BIZ PAC has endorsed candidates for the Aug. 5 primary election. In addition, in some races the Small BIZ PAC has designated multiple candidates as receiving the …
The following are cases that were decided, or in process of being decided, before a court or agency (federal or state) that either affirmed an employee discipline (or termination) or reversed it. In some …
Sixty-five percent of small business owners in a recent Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) survey say they will vote Yes for Proposal 1 on Aug. 5. Another 10 percent of respondents are undecided but …
Michigan small businesses don’t just pay sales tax when they purchase a piece of equipment. You pay tax again and again on that piece of equipment every year you own it. The tax never goes …
Michael Rogers talks with Dana Thompson, director of the Entrepreneurship Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. Listen Friday at 10-11 a.m. ET (replay at 4 p.m., 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.) at www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com. …
Excerpts and highlights of the Small Business Association of Michigan’s 45th annual meeting in Lansing, including presentations by Gov. Snyder and U.S. Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land. Also today, Invest Michigan announced that entrepreneurs can …
For Immediate Release Contact: Diane Durance DDurance@MiQuest.org 734-255-3183 Ypsilanti, Mich., June 17, 2014 – MiQuest hosted the 14th annual GLEQ Business Plan Competition Awards event on Tuesday, June 17, at the Eagle Crest Conference …
Michael Rogers talks with certified sales trainer and business coach Greg Coyne of Gerry Weinberg and Associates/Sandler Training about the importance of upfront agreements to the successful small business sales process. Also today, a profile …
By Mike Burns, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEA Michigan employer exercised its right to control its property and employment policy rights when it fired an employee for bringing a gun into the workplace and …
Michael Rogers talks with small business management expert Tom Borg. Also today, a profile of Choose Friendship, a Michigan 50 Companies to Watch for 2014. Listen Friday at 10-11 a.m. ET (replay at 4 …
Over 350 small business owners and supporters attended the Small Business Association of Michigan’s (SBAM) 45th annual meeting on June 19 in Lansing.SBAM recognized Sen. Mike Kowall as its Legislator of the Year. “Sen. Kowall …
Michael Rogers talks with Lester Keepper of Prism Analytical Technologies Inc and Hyatt Chaudhary of Carbon Media Group, both members of the 2014 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. Also on today’s show, an interview with …
Customer loyalty is not what it once was. There was a time when people were very loyal to businesses and brands, and while still true to an extent, it is less true today than it …