Michigan Business Beat took to the road July 23 and 24, ending up both days in Detroit at Motor City Casino for the Small Business Administration's Great Lakes Lenders Conference.

These segments share some excerpts from that Thursday and Friday, with a wrap-up of Paul Traub's keynote address. He is an economist with the Chicago Federal Reserve, based in their Detroit office. Additionally, The Small Business Association (SBA) Advanced Lender, Jane Butler, Executive Vice President, with NAGGL (National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders) gets into her technical talk on updates bankers and SBA should be on top of concerning SBA lending.