09/05/10
Problem: When suppliers in countries like China were willing to make, for example, door fixtures for $50,000, some American suppliers would only do it for double.
09/01/10
The
U.S. Department of Commerce officially joined the Statewide Entrepreneurship Support System and portals, a Michigan system funded by the
New Economy Initiative to help entrepreneurs link up with the assistance they need.
08/29/10
Problem: In the early days,
Innovative Learning Group could handle much of its marketing work in house.
08/26/10
Two events in September will give metro Detroit area second-stage business owners access to potential new markets: federal contracts and the nuclear power industry.
08/24/10
A business plan competition with $1 million-plus in prize money kicks off today and is aimed at growing Michigan business and putting the state, especially Southeast Michigan, on the map for venture capitalists and other investors.
08/22/10
Last year, Red Level Networks didn't offer cloud hosting — offsite hosting services — to its clients. However, clients began to demand the option.
08/20/10
After first pitching the idea of a Royal Oak movie theater and boutique bowling alley in January 2009, Paul Glantz will finally start construction on the $19 million project.
08/18/10
Rick Snyder has won the endorsement of the
Small Business Association of Michigan in the 2010 gubernatorial general election, the Lansing-based organization said today.
08/15/10
Fisher/Unitech President and CEO Charlie Hess was a hands-on guy. For a long time, Hess and co-founder Greg Fisher were the company's senior management. And with a relatively small staff, the system worked.
08/15/10
When you're making a high-level hire, is it necessary to offer an ownership stake in the company to attract top talent, or will a typical compensation package be sufficient?
08/15/10
At
RTI Laboratories Inc. in Livonia, scientists and chemists toil over chemical compounds and the material properties of alloys. Working among them are entrepreneurs who also call its two facilities home.
08/15/10
Business uncertainty about the economy's strength is continuing to buoy demand for contract staffing — and boost the revenue of many local staffing companies.
08/15/10
When President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, he unknowingly delivered a death blow to Myinsuranceexpert.com's business model.
08/12/10
A new report on health reform tax credits for Michigan small-business owners is being hailed by some politicians, like U.S. Rep. John Dingell, and questioned by the small- and second-stage business community.
08/12/10
The Village People have been known to appear at
ClarkReliance Corp. in Strongsville, Ohio. Well, at least that was the case during one of the company's annual Halloween celebrations.
08/12/10
Employers may be overlooking an important side effect of turnover: losing the knowledge of millennial generation workers.
08/12/10
Many employers don't plan to reinstate bonuses and merit raises quite yet. Their caution during this fragile economic recovery is certainly understandable, but they can provide intangible rewards in lieu of financial incentives that may actually prove to be more motivational than money.
08/12/10
Two years ago, Chicagoan Lisa Rolfe Burik opened
Frankie's on the Park, a 3,000-square-foot shopping haven in Lincoln Park for preteens and teens, after she got tired of driving her daughter Frankie, then 13, to the suburbs to find trendy clothes.
08/12/10
Flush with babysitting money, gift cards or money from allowance, tweens are at the heart of the lucrative youth market.
08/12/10
You’ve heard it all before: If you’re not using social-media tools to reach new customers, you should. So you’re making friends on
Facebook, you’re trading Tweets on
Twitter. It’s fun — but are you building new business?
08/08/10
Rodney Carey likes to joke that his company has created a product with the potential to be highly successful — yet completely kill the business model on which the company was founded.
08/08/10
A newly formed national philanthropy wants to help Michigan rebound from its economic troubles by drawing on the resources, talents and ideas of people around the world with ties to the state.
08/08/10
Belinda Jefferson wanted to grow her father's company when she took the reins in 2008, but Hercules' warehouse could handle only its current inventory levels.
