LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Joe Marr about managing customer expectations in the sales process. Joe Marr of Sandler Training in Ann Arbor has more than 20 years of experience organizing, training, coaching and managing sales professionals and managers worldwide. In executive and training
GRAND RAPIDS - The Pokémon GO phenomenon is causing businesses in many industries to see new opportunities. In case you've not heard, since its debut this augmented reality game has dominated gaming charts in the US and caused disruption in communities and businesses worldwide! Millions of users have downloaded the game. According to several reports,
DETROIT - Justin Coffey, is a Microsoft Solutions Manager with Red Level Networks who explained the Windows 10 Anniversary Upgrade highlights in this edition of the Internet Advisor on WJR 760 AM in Detroit. The Windows 10 free upgrade ended on July 29, but not the drama surrounding Microsoft’s flagship software as a service. Barely four days later, on
Rich Jaroslovsky has been following the future of news coverage for most of his career with such outlets as Wall Street Journal Online and Bloomberg News. We are delighted to have his perspective on this latest shift in the “tectonic plates” of Internet sites: Cable provider Verizon is buying veteran site, Yahoo. What are the
HOUGHTON - It's a fish! It's a bird! No…it's a robot. Inspired by nature, mechanical engineer Nina Mahmoudian is getting underwater robots to move together. Not only could they travel more easily, but battery charging could be more efficient, too. Charging a robot is the biggest obstacle to underwater missions. That's why Mahmoudian, an assistant
SOUTHFIELD - Four Lawrence Technological University professors have won a $25,000 grant from the National Fluid Power Association to bring problem-based and entrepreneurial-minded learning to fluid mechanics and thermodynamics education. The LTU team is led by principal investigator Liping Liu, assitant professor in LTU’s A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering. Other members are Robert
DETROIT - The parents of actor Anton Yelchin, best known for his role in the Star Trek movie reboot, will file a wrongful death lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today, according to a wire service report. The 27-year-old Russian-born actor was killed on June 19 in the driveway of his home as he was pinned
FLINT - The Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative, founded by entrepreneur David Tarver, is back this year and heading in October to Flint, Michigan. Flint is David Tarver’s hometown. He grew up in the city, studied engineering at the University of Michigan, and then went on to have a very successful entrepreneurial career himself. But Flint is more than his
DETROIT - If you spend any time reading tech blogs and news sites, you’ve probably heard this a thousand times: You have to know how to code to be successful in tech. You read these stories and they’re all like, “So-and-so built [INSERT MASSIVE TECH COMPANY HERE] in their garage” or “So-and-so coded [CRAZY BIG SOCIAL
SINGAPORE - Automotive mega-supplier Delphi is partnering up with the nation-state of Singapore to launch an ambitious autonomous vehicle test program meant to supplement the existing mass transit system. The goal of the on-demand system is to make six battery-electric, self-driving cars available for rides on demand along three fixed routes to ferry people between
