Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews tech expert Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan. They talk about improving your customer support, Sprint throttling back unlimited data plans, what to do when your phone goes missing and how companies are hiring hackers to thwart security risks.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, presents one of the featured speakers at the recent Small Business Association of Michigan Leadership Council Summit. Aaron MacDonald, Small Group Sales Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, talks about health insurance trends important to small business, and a review of the reasons behind the recent drop in health insurance rates.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with attorney, Michael Khoury, of Jaffe Raitt Heur & Weiss, about the top five mistakes committed by entrepreneurs when launching a company.
The Small Business Association of Michigan recently held its annual Leadership Council Summit at Crystal Mountain. Jeff Mayes, Director of Economic Development Strategy for Consumers Energy, was one of the featured speakers. In this excerpt from his presentation, he talks about electric rate trends and how Consumers Energy can help small businesses meet their power needs.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Patrick Dine, author of How to Go Global: Taking Your Company International. Patrick is the founder and CEO of PSD Global.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, about coding for a career change, whether ad blocking software will destroy mobile advertising, six types of content that can boost traffic to your website, a bright future of STEM and auto jobs in Michigan, and Walmart’s testing of online grocery ordering and pick up.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Joe Marr, owner of Sandler Training in Ann Arbor, about techniques that encourage successful risk taking in the small business sales process.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with small business advocate Chris Holman about the week’s small business news, events and activities. They discuss the eight elevator pitch blunders to avoid, the latest PNC Bank survey of attitudes of business owners, and how to secure valuable “earned media” exposure.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Ryan Rosett, co-founder of Credibly, a new online lender associated with the Small Business Association of Michigan’s member-only Pulse financial analysis tool.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with well-known small business advocate, Chris Holman about a surge in online lenders serving small business financial needs, the availability of new, lower cost small business pension plans; and five sacrifices every entrepreneur must accept.
