SBAM added 27 new members last week to the already 14,000+ active member businesses. This growth showcased our statewide footprint with new members coming from 16 different counties. These 27 new members also represent results …
HR expert Julie Mann discusses how to help job seekers fit in to small business job opportunities; Rob Trube, author of the business planning book “The Simple Focus Plan”; Athena Trentin, program director of the …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner AdvanceHRThere have been tragic stories about people forgetting to update their retirement plan or life insurance beneficiaries after a life-changing event. It is not uncommon for retirement plan assets …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner AdvanceHRMaybe it's a good thing that the April 17th federal tax deadline coincides with the urge to spring clean. It feels good to throw out some of the financial …
Entrepreneurial degrees, classes, clubs and competitions are springing up at all 15 Michigan public universities, a new survey by the Michigan Sense of Place Council shows, as higher education institutions react to the state’s changing …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Midwest Transaction GroupMillions of customers use credit and debit cards for purchases each year. The flow of money, and information, is at an all-time high. Not only do businesses …
Joe Serwach, Managing Director of Organik consulting, on how to take full advantage of the marketing and business-building opportunities of social media. Also, a west Michigan small business that’s keeping jobs in Michigan thanks to …
Question: I like using Twitter to follow famous people and writers I like. The ability to see what they are thinking in real time is cool, and watching a breaking news story unfold on Twitter …
This week the Michigan Senate conducted its first hearing on the eight-bill package that would ultimately eliminate the Personal Property Tax (PPT) on manufacturing equipment and remove the Personal Property Tax on industrial and commercial …
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USA Today columnist Steven Strauss talks about his new book, the 3rd Edition of the Small Business Bible, his new website and how small businesses can effectively use Twitter. Also, a story of entrepreneurial success …
By Stephanie Hicks, courtesy of Clark Hill PLC, an SBAM Approved Partner PPACA requires that employers with at least 250 employees must report the cost of employer-sponsored health care on an employee's W-2, beginning with …
Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, a partner of the Small Business Association of Michigan, recently recognized its President's Club Award honorees, which includes those with written premium exceeding $1.5 million, a cumulative loss ratio …
Passing an inspection by a regulatory agency is a necessary, but sometimes stressful, fact of life for many business operators. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is working to make the inspection process a …
Article courtesy of SBAM approved partner, AdvanceHRAt least two dozen studies over the last 30-plus years conclude that people who expect a reward for doing a job do not perform as well as those who …
Michael Rogers talks with Charles Haseman, executive director of the Michigan State University Innovation Center, about a new network of six Michigan universities that is helping small businesses access various university assets. Also today, Detroit …
Article courtesy of Thomas P. Brady of SBAM Approved partner Clark Hill PLC In National Association of Manufacturers v. NLRB, the District Court for the District of Columbia, held that the National Labor Relations Board could …
Article courtesy of SBAM approved partner AdvanceHRAssessing and improving employee performance does not come instinctively to most managers and business owners. At the same time, human resource managers in small organizations often are too swamped …