LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with tech expert and small business owner Tony Merlo about five key technologies to implement in your small business, and how to improve your business online messaging. To listen to the SBAM podcast, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2776/Five-key-technologies-to-implement-in-your-small-business.aspx
DETROIT - TechTown Detroit is one of several partners producing Erie Hack 2017: Innovation Around Our Great Lake presented by the Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA). Erie Hack is a data and engineering competition that is uniting coders, developers, engineers, and water experts to generate enduring solutions to Lake Erie’s biggest challenges. The competition includes $100,000 in prizes
LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Jordan Acker of Goodman Acker PC, named a Cool Place to Work in Michigan by Crain’s Detroit Business. From their website: “Goodman Acker P.C. serves injured and disabled clients in the Tri-County area and throughout Michigan. Our highly accomplished Detroit personal
DETROIT - Meta Mesh bridges the Digital Divide through the use of novel wireless solutions wherever they are needed. Meta Mesh, a 501c3 non-profit is mostly known for building the PittMesh Community Wireless Network in its hometown of Pittsburgh. This network now boasts over sixty locations providing open public Internet access. Each device is connected to
DETROIT - Sheri Kam is our social media expert and she joins us Internet Advisor on WJR as a special cohost. Pocket Democracy is a catchy name for something that has been around the Internet for a while:Applications that keep you connected with what is going on in politics and, more importantly, gives you a
ROYAL OAK - We had a great, informative episode Monday night on ITInTheD as we were joined by Tom Tong and Steve Acho to talk through everything from technology innovations to changing careers, the energy around the tech scene in Detroit and dealing with recruiters, and more. Lots of great info to hear. To do
ROYAL OAK - Sibrina Nichelle Collins, executive director of Lawrence Tech University’s Marburger STEM Center talks about reaching out to attract more students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The shortage of STEM talent has reached a critical state in Michigan. More recently, the STEM center hosted the boy scouts and cub scouts to show
ROYAL OAK - Social media expert Melih Oztalay from SmartFinds Marketing in Birmingham explains inbound marketing and social media marketing, website marketability, content marketing and much more in this edition of M2 TechCast. In this podcast, Oztalay explains: What is inbound marketing? How Website Marketability, Content Marketing and Social Media Marketing intersect. Customer behavior has
ROYAL OAK - The U.S. Department of Energy released an alarming report in January 2017, saying that the U.S. electric grid is in imminent danger from a cyberattack. So where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going regarding smart grid security? Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann discusses the report on this
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday March 27, Keith Brophy will interview an entrepreneur helped by the MISBDC. Amy Butler will talk about the upcoming Innovation Weekend at Oakland University's Incubator. Michael Rogers will update news and events from the Small Business Association of Michigan. While Melissa Sheldon from the Workforce Intelligence Network will
