Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with PNC Economist, Kurt Rankin, about PNC’s Spring 2016 Survey of small and mid-sized Michigan business owners. The survey finds that business owners are cautious about the next six months, but profit expectations are the highest in the four years of the Michigan survey. In addition, 18 percent plan to hire more employees.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), interviews Anne M. Ramstetter Wenzel, author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Market Research. She is the Principal Economist for Econosystems, an economics and market research firm located in Menlo Park, California.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Ken Morse, Managing Partner of Ilium Software. Ken has been involved with mobile devices for nearly 20 years, starting with the Apple Newton and Microsoft's Windows CE.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), interviews David Castlegrant, owner of David Castlegrant and Associates. It’s a business services company that provides management consultation, marketing, web and graphic design services to manufacturers, professional services companies, retailers, wholesalers, educational institutions and non-profit organizations.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with speaker, author and technology expert, Alfred Poor, Ph.D, about summer internships and small businesses.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), interviews Tom Cook, president and CEO of Team Facilities Inc. of Auburn Hills. Tom is a member of SBAM’s Leadership Council. He has 40 years of experience in facilities management and building operations from commercial office buildings to industrial manufacturing and warehousing sites. His facilities management company specializes in providing services to smaller businesses that typically own their facilities or are leasing under a triple net arrangement.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Hale Walker, the co-founder and senior vice president of Michigan Mutual, Inc. Michigan Mutual, Inc., was founded as a family-owned and operated mortgage lender in 1992 in Port Huron, Michigan.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Brian Town, CEO/Owner of Michigan Creative in Lansing. Michael and Brian talk about how video can be used to help promote and grow a small business at a surprisingly modest cost.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks small business trends, events and activities with nationally-known small business advocate, Chris Holman. Chris discusses whether high student debt levels are hurting small business startups, unusual college majors that may be helpful in small business success, the business success lessons of the Amish, and presidential proposals for making it easier for small businesses to offer 401(k) retirement plans to their employees.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks about the basics of small business crowdfunding with Sandra Cochrane, technology and business consultant for the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Sandra assists start-up and early-stage high-tech companies.
