The host of Business Next is SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers. Friday's lineup:Segment one: Keith King of Keith King and Associates in Detroit is the U.S. SBA 2012 National Veteran Champion. Michael talks with …
The State Senate is preparing to vote on an eight-bill package that would phase out the State Personal Property Tax (PPT) on manufacturing equipment while also drastically reducing PPT obligations on commercial property. After the …
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After many hours of testimony, the Senate Finance Committee this week approved legislation that would phase out the industrial Personal Property Tax (PPT) and drastically cuts levies on commercial property as well. The vote on …
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HR expert Julie Mann discusses how to help job seekers fit in to small business job opportunities; Rob Trube, author of the business planning book “The Simple Focus Plan”; Athena Trentin, program director of the …
Entrepreneurial degrees, classes, clubs and competitions are springing up at all 15 Michigan public universities, a new survey by the Michigan Sense of Place Council shows, as higher education institutions react to the state’s changing …
(Photo: Traverse City small business owner Lisa Wehr of Oneupweb tells reporters how her firm is filling jobs.) Coverage of the Traverse City launch event for Small Business Jobs Insight project: interviews with Doug Luciani, president …
Photo: from left, Chad Paalman of Nuwave, SBAM President and CEO Rob Fowler, Cam Gnass of Traction. Not pictured but also participating was Denny Duchene of Inspired Green. The leaders were at SBAM headquarters in …
Earlier this week, SBAM launched its MichiganJobsInsight.com website, which tracks small business job growth in Michigan. Check out the news coverage on the launch from around the state!9 & 10 News in Traverse City: Northern …
The Michigan’s Small Business Jobs Insight project (www.michiganjobsinsight.com), designed to tally and report the growing number of small business jobs being filled in regions and industries across Michigan, launched today at a kickoff event at …
President Obama on Thursday signed into law the Jump-Start Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act, which will significantly improve small businesses’ ability to raise capital and help companies generate sustainable economic growth and jobs. The National …
On the last day before the Legislature was scheduled to adjourn for spring break, the House and Senate voted to send the controversial Autism Insurance Mandate legislation to the Governor. Governor Snyder is expected to …
From SBAM's national affiliate, NSBA:Leaders in both the House and Senate have offered varying small-business tax packages. The first was offered last week by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), backed by House Ways And …
From SBAM's national affiliate, NSBA:On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate-amended version of Jump-Start Our Business Start-ups Act (H.R. 3606 or “JOBS” Act) by a margin of 380-41, addressing one of NSBA's …
Presentations from the recent Reinventing Michigan seminar in Lansing: State Budget Director John Nixon; David Lorenz, Manager, Public and Industry Relations, Travel Michigan; Sandra Rich, President of Hiring Solutions LLC; Bob Fish, president of BIGGBY …
(By Dave Jessup, Director of Government Relations) Proponents of mandated insurance coverage for the treatment of autism argued their case this week. At the same SBAM joined other core business groups in offering testimony opposing legislative …
How are we doing on building Michigan's entrepreneurial culture? Interview with Rob Fowler, president and CEO of SBAM, on the results of SBAM's latest Entrepreneurship Score Card. Listen today at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and …
