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Listen today at 10 a.m. (replayed at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.) on the Michigan Business Network.

From the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Proud to Manufacture in Michigan summer conference in Traverse City, Michael Rogers talks with Gordon Wenk, Chief Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Jill Bentgen, owner of Mackinac Straights Fish Company and Patricia Yulkowski, CEO of Total Door in Waterford. Also on today’s program, a story of entrepreneurial success – interview with Becky Quinn, the owner of Simple Adventures Kayak Rental and Delivery Service in Macomb County. And, advice from Paul Schmidt, Production Director of UnoDeuce Multimedia, on how to get your social media marketing supercharged.

Listen today at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the Michigan Business Network. SBAM members can log in and listen to archived programs anytime on a PC or mobile device by going to the Business Next show page.