DETROIT – The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC) will host information sessions in Detroit on June 8 and in Ann Arbor on June 9 to educate business owners and CEO’s about the PeerSpectives Roundtable program. Tables are forming in Livonia, Troy, Ann Arbor and Detroit.

Owners and CEOs of growing, second stage business (10-99 employees) know the challenges associated with running that kind of business better than anyone. Changing capital needs. Staffing issues. Assessing new market opportunities. They have learned from experience how to address these issues, yet new challenges continue to arise.

The PeerSpectives Roundtable System is an innovative peer-to-peer learning tool using a proven format that focuses on sharing experiences among second stage business leaders in a confidential, non-competitive environment. The program allows participants to get the value of interacting with and learning from colleagues who often face similar leadership and business problems.

Tables meet monthly for 10 times each year for four hours per session. Each session is facilitated by an experienced and trained facilitator to ensure maximum interchange and effective use of valuable time. The roundtable participants make an annual commitment which is normally renewed by members of the table. The annual cost is $1200.

Call (734) 487-0902 to register for either the Detroit session in TechTown (June 8) or the Ann Arbor SPARK session on June 9. Both sessions run from 8:30-9:45 a.m. with arrivals at 8 a.m.

The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC) is a statewide business assistance program that provides one-on-one counseling, training and research support for Michigan small businesses. MI-SBTDC Region 9, serving Wayne, Oakland and Monroe counties is headquartered at the Eastern Michigan University College of Business in the Center for Entrepreneurship with full service locations at TechTown in Detroit, Schoolcraft College in Livonia, the Monroe Industrial Development Corporation and Oakland County Business Center.

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