Not long ago I wrote “Only small business can save America.” Here in Singapore at the World Entrepreneurship Forum, I would like to double down on that statement: Only entrepreneurship can save the world. Why? Because …
In a number of conversations I have been having with some of my clients and other business owners, the topic of how your business is doing comes up. What I am finding is that most …
If your Michigan small business launched a new product or service in the past three years, you could win the Innovation Award – a part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognition program. But hurry: …
Business Next host Michael Rogers talks with Toni Talbot of Human Resource Management Services.Click here to listen. Get more great advice and tips on growing your business by regularly listening to our free audio seminars on your …
Google and American Express have created My Business Story. It’s a portal/promotion program that helps small businesses make promotional videos and post them where they will be seen by thousands of visitors. By entering the …
The Small Business Association of Michigan’s (SBAM) latest Small Business Barometer survey of 600 small business owners finds that few entrepreneurs reported increases in economic activity over the past half year. But looking forward six …
Our Business Next audio seminars on MichiganBusinessNetwork.com are hosted by SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers. He'll give you great tips and ideas for growing your business. Here's how to listen: Click over to MichiganBusinessNetwork.com from your PC or mobile device at 10 …
For nearly three years, the Small Business Association of Michigan has been actively seeking out regional and statewide business organizations who share our vision of moving toward an entrepreneurial economy. The Mobile Technology Association of …
The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from a unified front of the major business groups including SBAM, who described the current system as in crisis. Steve Arwood, deputy director for the Department of Licensing and …
This week, the State Senate passed legislation that would establish a health care exchange as required by the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). SBAM and other supporters of the legislation argue that …
Current Coordinates:42°44′49″N 84°24′4″W / 42.74694°NNovember 11, 2011 -This week I decided to blog about one of SBAM’s strategic partners based just across town from SBAM headquarters in Haslett, Michigan: The Meridian Area Business Association (MABA). …
Advice on how you can spend your benefit dollars most efficiently in order to get the best workers. Michael Rogers talks with nationally known benefits expert Gary Kushner of Kushner & Company in Portage about …
Question: I have an employee who has asked me if she can work from home a couple of days a week. I know that this is obviously the trend in business, but I don’t really …
Twenty two of the 54 small and midsize companies selected to receive business development support through the new Pure Michigan Business Connect Economic Gardening Pilot Program being offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) …
Listen today at 10 a.m, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Michigan Business Network. We have news about an important legislative issue that small employers need to keep an eye on. Also on today's seminar: Friday Nov. …
Business consultant Tom Borg presents great tips for improving communications with your employees, which leads to better productivity, sales and profits! Click here to listen. Get more great advice and tips on growing your business by …
From the Detroit Free Press: "Recalls are hugely divisive and an expensive diversion of resources that could be better used to help grow and improve our state. That's why we are troubled by the recent …