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November 11, 2011

Video of Ann Romney at SBAM headquarters in Lansing

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November 10, 2011

How you can spend your benefit dollars most efficiently in order to get the best workers. SBAM’s free audio seminar series.

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 …

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November 10, 2011

Steven Strauss Column: Working from Home

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 …

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November 8, 2011

Nearly half of the companies selected for innovative new MEDC economic gardening pilot program are SBAM members

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) …

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November 7, 2011

Crucial unemployment insurance issue brewing. Learn more on today’s free SBAM audio seminar.

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. …

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November 5, 2011

SBAM’s latest free audio seminar is now online

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 …

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November 4, 2011

SBAM’s Rob Fowler, BLM’s Doug Rothwell pen guest column for Detroit Free Press on recalls

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 …

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November 3, 2011

Check out these upcoming SBAM audio seminars!

Get great tips and advice for managing your business and growing your profits. Listen at a time and place convenient for you! Nov. 4: Tips for improving communications with your employees. Business consultant Tom Borg. Nov. 7: Are …

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November 3, 2011

Steven Strauss Column: Old School

Question: We are in a business that is in a very competitive field and are trying to figure out what we can do to stand out from the crowd. Our budget is limited so what …

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November 2, 2011

Short’s Brewing Company: brewing up creativity and sparking Michigan’s economy

(From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine) Creativity is a concept not always associated with beer. However for Short’s Brewing Company headquartered in Bellaire, Michigan, creativity is at the core. “One of the things we …

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November 2, 2011

Hear how MSU’s Economic Development Center is working to help small businesses

How MSU's Economic Development Center is working to help small businesses, and the communities in which they are located, be more successful. Listen to this free audio seminar this morning at 10 a.m. on MichiganBusinessNetwork.com. Our Business Next audio …

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November 1, 2011

Snyder, Huntington announce halfway mark in $2 billion loan commitment to state businesses

Gov. Snyder and Huntington Bank today announced that the bank has made more than $800 million in loans to nearly 1,300 small and commercial businesses in the first seven months of a four-year program—almost two …

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November 1, 2011

Understand and comply with hazardous waste regulations: DEQ webinars Nov. 17, Nov. 22

The Hazardous Waste Generator Accumulation, Storage, and Labeling Requirements webinar is the second in a series of DEQ “Introduction to Hazardous Waste Regulations” webinars designed to help you understand and comply with the hazardous waste …

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October 31, 2011

Watchdog Alert: Support House Bill 5002

The Michigan House of Representatives is poised to vote on legislation that will modernize and clarify the Workers Disability Compensation Act.  The Act, which governs our state’s complicated workers compensation rules, is 100 years old …

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October 28, 2011

Hear it Monday on your PC or mobile device: An exclusive free SBAM audio seminar on the five personal financial habits that can make sure your small business is successful

Financial advisor Rich Feight of IAM Financial talks about these key areas and how personal financial discipline will help improve your business bottom line:   1. Budget 2. Keep Housing Expenses low 3. Keep Auto Expenses low 4. Save Automatically 5. Avoid debt Here's how to …

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October 28, 2011

Detroit Free Press says: Michigan needs to do more to nuture start-ups

Read the entire Detroit Free Press article here. SBAM is on the front lines of the long term effort to grow entrepreneurs and jobs in Michigan. Read about our plans for "economic gardening."  

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October 28, 2011

Learn how you can make more money with international exports! Get the details Fri. Oct. 28 on SBAM’s Business Next audio show

Sponsored by Michigan State University, the seminar is called “Think Global, Go Global.” Learn more by listening to SBAM's Business Next show on Friday Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Repeated at 3 …

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October 27, 2011

Strategic Partnership Spotlight: Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce

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. The Tawas …

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