Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews well-known small business advocate Chris Holman about the pros and cons of franchises and the results of the latest PNC Bank survey of small and mid-size businesses.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Ellen Hallett, chief operating officer for RightAnswer.com, Inc., of Midland. The firm was recently named a member of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with small business advocate, Chris Holman, 2016 President of AARP Michigan, about tapping into retirees to help address your small business workforce needs. Michael also chats with Chris about business lessons of high-profile professional golf meltdowns.
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 app called BringItt, and drone technology entrepreneur Mario Swaidan of American Aeronautical Technologies.
Attorney Michael Khoury, of Jaffe Raitt Heur & Weiss, talk about the top five mistakes committed by entrepreneurs when launching a company. Michael Khoury is a member in the firm's Corporate and Technology Groups, and is also Co-Chair of the Firm's Emerging and Growth Business Practice Group. Michael focuses his practice on commercial, business and technology matters, including start-ups and emerging businesses, computer and information technology matters, software licensing and development agreements, domestic and international distribution agreements, outsourcing, intellectual property, commercial transactions, general business and corporate law.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews sales training expert, Joe Marr, of Sandler Training, in Ann Arbor.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Jeffrey Micallef, Managing Partner/EVP for MIPRO. Jeffrey is a member of the Association’s Leadership Council. Since co-founding the company in 2005, Jeff’s unwavering focus has been to introduce organizations to MIPRO, its people and its services.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Michigan 50 Companies to Watch winner, Jinny Bromberg, president of Bromberg and Associates. Jinny is the first state-certified Russian interpreter in Michigan. She creates and implements training courses and workshops for developing and enhancing the skills of interpreters and translators.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with business coach and consultant, Tom Borg, of Tom Borg Consulting, about paradigms – what they are and how you can use them to grow your small business. Tom also talks about gray thinking vs. black-and-white, how to use fast-forward thinking and the top 20 things you should know about your clients
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with nationally-known small business advocate, Chris Holman, about workplace democracy and its role in retaining employees, techniques entrepreneurs can try for overcoming insomnia, ways to get a small business going on a financial shoestring, the importance of keeping your current employees content and the challenge of developing workforces in Detroit.
