LANSING - Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with recruiting expert Sheri Welsh, owner of Welsh and Associates in Kalamazoo, about how to attract better employees to your small business. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2361/Lay-the-groundwork-for-getting-better-workers-by-being-involved-in-your-community
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with nationally-known small business advocate, Chris Holman, about five wrongheaded attitudes that may be stunting your entrepreneurial growth, and ten ways to learn about your target audience. To listen, click on http://www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/blog/do-you-have-the-right-attitude-to-grow-your-business
FERNDALE - Lori Birman, CAE, Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Membership & Development, announced on May 2 on M2 TechCast a new content partnership with MITechNews.Com. SBAM will share MITechNews.Com with its 25,000 members, while MITechNews.Com will share SBAM stories, advice, podcasts with its readers and listeners. About 99 percent of businesses in
GRAND RAPIDS - The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan is collaborating with the USDOT to create a continuous virtual trade show that aims to provide opportunities for the connected vehicle eco-system to actively engage and develop business relationships. The Connected Transportation Virtual Trade Show will provide a highly interactive platform where online exhibits will be
FERNDALE - Sweet mother of God, what a ridiculously packed night we had for episode 143 of our weekly live podcast…probably one of our last ones from the current Podcast Detroit studio as we get ready to expand. And we had to “expand” a bit last night by running over due to all of the
FERNDALE - Joe Veryser, the campus architect for Lawrence Technological University, describes a new $16.9 million Taubman Complex on campus that will house biomedical engineering, combining biomedical and engineering disciplines, architecture, life sciences and more. The 39,000 square feet building also will become the new home for LTU's Robotics program. When it is completed, the
TROY - Engineering technology developer Altair Engineering says it has completed its acquisition of Grenoble, France-based Cedrat S.A. and its New York-based subsidiary, Magsoft Corp. Terms were not announced. In a news release, Altair said Cedrat is a developer of electromagnetic and thermal simulation software, used by manufacturers to accelerate the development of electric and
DETROIT - Grand Circus, a tech training institute in Downtown Detroit, is launching a new free “DEVELOP(her)” program for women to learn computer programming skills. The ten-week program will be available for women in Detroit and Flint, training students for jobs that are in high demand such as a java developer. The new program kicks off Monday,
LANSING - The movie “God Bless the Broken Road” begins production this spring and includes filming at stock car track Berlin Raceway and throughout Grand Rapids. Ninety-two Michigan workers will be hired. The film by Michigan director Harold Cronk tells the story of a young woman, Amber, who loses her husband during combat in Afghanistan
LANSING - The Michigan Biosciences Day at the Capitol on May 19 is aimed at advancing Michigan's biosciences industry through legislative outreach efforts in Lansing. But before the event, there will be a Legislative Briefing & Effective Advocacy Teleconference on May 18. In this teleconference, participants will learn how to: Help promote the Michigan Bio-Industry
