LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Ellen Hallett, chief operating officer for RightAnswer.com of Midland. The company was recently named a member of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. RightAnswer.com, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application development company, creates and manages referential databases and document authoring and
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with award-winning innovators honored at Michigan State University’s annual Innovation Celebration. He chats with social entrepreneur Josh York, founder of The York Project; MSU professor William Donohue and the “Maven Quotient” project on social influencers, Jarett Lazare and his package-delivery
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with mobile electronics expert Tony Merlo to get his best tips and advice on how to improve the performance of one of your most important tools for small business success: your smartphone. To subscribe, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2410/Easy-tips-to-turbocharge-the-performance-of-your-business-smartphone
LANSING- If you are an entrepreneurial small business leader, be sure to sign up to attend the June 15th CEO Growth Symposium in Ypsilanti. Michael Rogers, communications director for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Symposium organizer Miche Rayment, founder and facilitator of The Hire Effect in this podcast. Register here. To listen
LANSING - A new report released today by Anderson Economic Group shows that owners of small businesses and other so-called pass through entities paid $702 million in income taxes on their profits in 2014, compared to $464 million in 2011 – a 51 percent increase. “This highly credible study by Anderson Economic Group (which has
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks about the basics of small business crowdfunding with Sandra Cochrane, technology and business consultant for the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Sandra assists start-up and early-stage high-tech companies.Services she provides to clients include business plan development, accessing capital, strategic planning,
LANSING - Last week the U.S. Department of Labor published the final regulations that will adjust the definition of exempt employment for certain white collar positions by raising the salary level below which workers will be non-exempt, i.e., eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Back on March 13, 2014, President Obama
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, about plans to improve computer science education, rules of etiquette for videoconferencing, how to avoid being hit by “ransomeware”, social apps improve security of user data, legal concerns
LANSING - Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with recruiting expert Sheri Welsh, owner of Welsh and Associates in Kalamazoo, about how to attract better employees to your small business. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2361/Lay-the-groundwork-for-getting-better-workers-by-being-involved-in-your-community
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with nationally-known small business advocate, Chris Holman, about five wrongheaded attitudes that may be stunting your entrepreneurial growth, and ten ways to learn about your target audience. To listen, click on http://www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/blog/do-you-have-the-right-attitude-to-grow-your-business
