Smartzone Best Small Business Awardee
IonTox
In a lead-up to the 2020 Michigan Celebrates Small Business Gala Celebration Jeffrey Mosher spoke with several winning companies from this cycle. Due to the COVID-19, this year’s gala will take place online July 28th! Please visit michigancelebrates.org/
Here, he speaks with James McKin who is President and Founder of IonTox. IonTox was nominated as a MEDC SmartZone Best Small Business.
MBN has reached it's 9 year mark as of July 4, 2020.
“Spotlight guest of the week” for the inaugural episodes of ‘Michigan Business Beat’ back in July 2011, was Jim Herbert (now former) CEO of Neogen Corporation.
July 4th 2020, is marking the 9th anniversary for Michigan Business Network. Here, you get to listen to a July 4th 2011 segment from “Michigan Today”, a sister show to ‘Michigan Business Beat’ on MBN.
Chris Holman billed that day nearing a decade ago as both “Freedom from Bad Business Communications Day”, and "Independence from Bad Business Communications Day".
On July 1, 2020, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force, officially replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). USMCA is a ground-breaking achievement for U.S. small businesses and is the first trade agreement ever to include a full chapter dedicated to small business interests.
SBDC's Best Small Business Awardee
Rozie's Foods
In a lead-up to the 2020 Michigan Celebrates Small Business Gala Celebration Jeffrey Mosher spoke with several winning companies from this cycle. Due to the COVID-19, this year’s gala will take place on July 28th online! Please visit michigancelebrates.org/
Here, he speaks with Rose Pietila (shown above) who is the owner of Rozie's Foods. Rozie's Foods was nominated by the SBDC as a U.P. best small business.
Jeffrey Mosher spoke with Fred Molnar, Vice President, MEDC Entrepreneurship & Innovation initiative and Martin Dober, Senior Vice President, Invest Detroit and Managing Director, ID Ventures to find out about Tech Startup Stabilization Fund.
As a reminder, the deadline for the SBA to approve Paycheck Protection Program loans is today at 11:59 p.m. EDT. An updated Paycheck Protection Program Report showed as of June 27, approximately 4.8 million PPP loans have been approved nationally and $134 billion remains available (when accounting for statutory program costs) to be approved.
SBAM's Annual Meeting for the first time went virtual - but this was not your average Zoom meeting! It was a day of some great conversation, important updates, special award presentations and a little fun!
Watch Chris Holman and Doug Rothwell, President & CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan on this segment of Michigan Business Beat. After a very successful career with Business Leaders for Michigan, a succession plan is now underway for Doug. Although he is retiring by December 31st, Doug plans to continue to work with universities and on several boards, while also remaining on a board in Michigan. They cover Doug’s succession plan, the appraisal of business by CEOs and leaders as Michigan works to emerge from COVID-19 and a recent business roundtable that Doug was on.
Letter from the SBAM President: Stay Safe to Stay Open
