Small Business Association of Michigan

FLINT - The Kettering University Innovation Center, which officially opens next week, is a 9,000-square-foot investment in Michigan's rich technology future. Kettering will showcase its new Innovation Center during grand opening ceremonies Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 5-7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public on the corner of Bluff Street and Cottage

SEATTLE, Wa. - Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday plans to unveil a new version of its Kindle e-book reader with a larger screen and other features designed to appeal to periodical and academic textbook publishers, according to people familiar with the matter. Beginning in the fall, some students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland will

LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan has named Todd Anderson as SBAM's Vice President for Government Relations. Anderson has more than a decade of experience in a wide range of staff leadership positions in the state legislature, including service as Chief of Staff for House Speaker Rick Johnson. Most recently, he was policy

LANSING - American small business had a solid 2005, despite the economic shocks of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to a new report issued by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Small Business Economy for Data Year 2005, which examines the economic contributions of small business using data from a

LANSING - Following the fine example of Central Michigan University, other universities and colleges are beginning to understand how to integrate entrepreneurship into their institutional offerings. For example, Lawrence Technological University is focused on "intrepreneuring," or the infusion of entrepreneurial skills engineers who will be expected to work for companies rather than starting one. LTU's

LANSING ? The specter of inflation, driving up the cost of doing business, has become a big concern for small business owners in Michigan, says the latest quarterly Barometer survey from the Small Business Association of Michigan. SBAM?s latest quarterly Barometer survey finds that 61 percent of small business owners feel that inflation is having

LANSING - Almost half (49 percent) of the nation's businesses are operated from home, and more than 6-in-10 owners used their own money to start the business, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reports on characteristics of businesses and business owners. ?Home-based businesses collectively generated a remarkable amount of economic activity, especially for women and

LANSING- Michigan small business economic performance took an abrupt lurch downward this summer, so says the Small Business Association of Michigan's latest quarterly Small Business Barometer survey. Forty-four percent of small business owners reported that their sales decreased over the summer, compared to 27 percent who said in the spring that sales had declined. Forty-seven

LANSING - New statistics released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration show a substantial increase in the number of Michigan small businesses. The Office estimates that Michigan had 822,000 total small businesses in 2005, compared to 765,000 in 2004. ?I believe we?re seeing the silver lining in the dark cloud