Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech in Ann Arbor and the 2011-12 chairman of SBAM, was profiled recently in Concentrate. Excerpt: Ness is an avowed proponent of economic gardening - policies that help small firms like …
Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) released their much-anticipated rules on health insurance exchanges. Comments are due Sept. 28, and the Small Business Association of Michigan, along with our Washington-based affiliate National Small Business …
From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine Business tax reform, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, eliminates the job-killing Michigan Business Tax (MBT) and the MBT Surcharge, replacing it with a 6 percent corporate …
Gov. Snyder delivered a very well received keynote address at SBAM's annual meeting and networking luncheon, June 23 2011 in East Lansing. Gov. Snyder also answered questions submitted by small business owners at the annual meeting.
Other upcoming shows: July 22 USA Today business columnist Steven Strauss on creative ways to get funding. July 25 Kathi Fuse-Hobohm of SPACE Inc. on basics of small business …
Business Next is now part of the new MichiganBusinessNetwork.com Internet radio network. Hear great tips and ideas for growing your business on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Repeated at 3 p.m., 8 …
Business Next is now part of the new MichiganBusinessNetwork.com Internet radio network. Hear great tips and ideas for growing your business on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Repeated at 3 …
In November of 2008, the Small Business Association of Michigan launched a new initiative to actively seek out regional and statewide business organizations who shared our vision in moving toward an entrepreneurial economy. Lansing’s Old …
DESCRIPTION The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) seeks an experienced sales representative to fill role in the Membership & Development Department. This position is a blend of inside and outside sales that will focus on …
Business Next is now part of the new MichiganBusinessNetwork.com Internet radio network. Hear great tips and ideas for growing your business on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. beginning July 4. (Repeated …
By Nipa Shah, president of Online Marketing Simplified. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. As if it wasn’t difficult enough to balance work-life and family, now we have to balance work-life, family, and social …
Click here to view the Flikr photo stream. Photos by J.D. Small Studios. (At left, annual meeting keynote speaker Gov. Rick Snyder.)
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) at its June 23 annual meeting and networking luncheon in East Lansing presented its Legislator of the Year award to two lawmakers: House Speaker Jase Bolger and Senate …
By John Westra, Director of NuWave Government Solutions. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine. DANGER!!! Unsecured mobile devices can result in identity theft, data loss and personal embarrassment! Although we may never see a …
New? You bet! Who (except marketing gurus and analytical chemists) would think changing Coke’s hundred-year formula for success would be sound strategy? And then give the new product the flagship brand name? New Coke? Was …
Lansing-based MessageMakers is the latest Small Business Association of Michigan “Approved Partner.” MessageMakers will provide substantial discounts to SBAM members on video production services, corporate training programs and event planning. MessageMakers offers a 20% discount on …
The Small Business Association of Michigan has been recognized by its peers as one of the top lobbying organizations in the state. The 2011 MIRS/EPIC-MRA Insider Survey sent, out to more than 1,000 lobbyists, staff …