Glenn Oliver served on the Detroit Board of Water Commissioners in the late 1990s, helping approve contracts for the utility. He always thought there was a better way to bring down projects costs through more …
Question: I would like to know what you think of this idea: I own a website devoted to horses. We get a lot of traffic and I earn a nice income from it. But I …
Metro Detroit's emerging venture capital community is starting to flex its muscle and create a number of jobs locally. General Motors Ventures, the venture capital arm of GM, has invested $7.5 million into Sunlogics so …
On August 30, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") issued a final rule requiring employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") to conspicuously post a notice in their workplace informing …
SBAM’s Michael Rogers and his co-host Chris Holman were at the U.S. SBA Small Business Outreach Tour stop in Ann Arbor on Tues., Aug. 30, from noon – 2 p.m., broadcasting LIVE on MichiganBusinessNews.com. Hear …
The growth curve for 118id is so steep these days the Troy-based company had to move to a bigger office to accommodate the trajectory. The eight-year-old Internet marking firm has hired a handful of people over …
SBAM is partnering with Crain’s Second Stage and Pure Michigan to present Buy Michigan, an opportunity to learn more about procurement opportunities for your company. The event will be held Thursday Sept. 22 from 7:30 …
Mid-Michigan SBAM members, SBAM President and CEO Rob Fowler, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow will hold a roundtable today at BIGGBY COFFEE in East Lansing to discuss ideas …
Business Next radio host Michael Rogers talks with Pam Turkin, founder and owner of the seven-store chain of Just Baked cupcake shops, and her lessons of entrepreneurial success. Business Next is part of the new MichiganBusinessNetwork.com Internet radio …
Excerpt from the full report: "To find the 20 best states in America for job growth we considered three factors. First, a new poll and index from Gallup, which asked more than 100,000 employed people …
Business Next radio host Michael Rogers talks with Michelle Corteggiano, ATI Marketing LLC, Traverse City, on the top things every small business owner needs to know about social media. Business Next is part of the new MichiganBusinessNetwork.com Internet …
(By Larry Eiler, owner of Eiler Communications in Ann Arbor. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine.) Business-to-business marketing, which is what many SBAM member companies do, is beginning to be understood by small businesses …
Question: I have read your columns for years and appreciate your advice. Maybe you can help me now. I would like to sell my business, but am finding it difficult to do so in the current …
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), in partnership with Business Leaders for Michigan, has filed an amicus brief with the Michigan Supreme Court to help support the job-creating business tax reform. “This reform is …
Learn about the key legislative issues affecting your small business success that will be considered by lawmakers in the fall. Interview with Dave Jessup, director of government relations for SBAM, and David Rhoa, owner of …
Granted - IRS and common sense are not two items that generally go together, but in new proposed regulations we think they have it about right. In the Affordable Care Act there are provisions that allow an employee,whose contribution to their employer’s …
By Gary Kushner, SPHR, CBP President and CEO, Kushner & Company Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), among other requirements insurers and health plans are to provide a new “summary of the …