Article courtesy of Capital GainsMichigan's small businesses are growing! Check out Michigan Jobs Insight for further details on recent small business success stories, or to submit your own growth story.SBAM member Hager Fox Heating and Air Conditioning …
Friday, May 18, on the Business Next audio seminar, MSU economic professor Charles Ballard talks about the latest results of the quarterly State-of-the-State Survey. Rising consumer confidence in Michigan! Also, a discussion about franchising, entrepreneurship …
Article courtesy of ConcentrateMichigan's small businesses are growing! Check out Michigan Jobs Insight for further details on recent small business success stories, or to submit your own growth story.Logic Solutions, an SBAM member since 2011, has acquired …
SBAM, through its national affiliate the National Small Business Association, participated in a coalition that successfully challenged the validity of a recent National Labor Relations Board ruling that was designed to make union organizing easier. …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Joe DeSantis Promote from within. It’s not only cheaper, but you’ll get better performance and more stability over the next two years from the worker you moved up …
Article courtesy of Southwest Michigan's Second WaveMichigan's small businesses are growing! Check out Michigan Jobs Insight for further details on recent small business success stories, or to submit your own growth story.Hi-Lex America, in Battle Creek’s Fort …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Michael J. BurnsHow often have you looked around the table at a business meeting to see one or more employees gazing intently downward, fingers furiously punching away on …
Lessons of entrepreneurial success from MI 50 Companies to Watch winners Keltech, FAVI Entertainment, Dancin' Dogg golf, Chateau Chantel; and Huntington Woods Artful Vision.Listen today at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the Michigan …
The Small Business Association of Michigan is excited to announce the addition of 24 new member businesses over the previous week. “Our membership growth week to week continues to show that SBAM provides the resources …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Clark Hill PLCBy: Carly Osadetz The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued an updated Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title …
Michigan's small businesses are growing! Check out Michigan Jobs Insight for further details on recent small business success stories, or to submit your own growth story.Scott Gillespie had already decided that the Genesee Neighborhood was a good …
Michael A. Boulus, Executive Director, Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, talks about the growth of entrepreneurship programs at Michigan universities; interviews with MI 50 Companies to Watch winners Dr. Shrink, Moran Iron Works and …
Question: I have been a part-time entrepreneur for the past two years and my question is this: When do I know that it is safe to quit my day job and concentrate full time on …
The Michigan Small Business Jobs Insight project, designed to tally and report the growing number of small business jobs being filled in regions and industries across the state, was launched in Grand Rapids at a …
Click the play button to hear great leadership advice from business consultant Tom Borg.
Excerpt: “We don’t do ribbon cuttings for three new jobs,” said Rob Fowler, SBAM’s president and CEO. “You don’t get a press release,” he told reporters at a press conference Friday. Flanked by several successful small …
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires that health insurance carriers annually report Medical Loss Ratio.In order to do so for 2012, BCBSM and BCN must know the average number of employees that …
Lisa Toenniges, CEO of Innovative Learning Group, talks with SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers about six questions to ask to get the people performance you need (preview of her seminar for the May 16 …