SBAM's Small Business Champion Podcast

Small Business Champion: Legislature This Summer

Our show this week is a rebroadcast of a live program we did July ninth on BlogTalkRadio with Dave Palsrok, vice president government relations, and Mike Batterbee, director of government relations, where we talked about what the Michigan legislature will be up to this summer and the impact on small business owners. It’s longer than our usual show, running about 30 minutes, and the audio quality is not up to our usual standards because we had to record it over a phone line. But, it’s full of great information and we hope you enjoy it.


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Small Business Champion: Action Center of New SBAM Web Site

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about the exciting new tools in SBAM's redesigned Action Center at sbam.org. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Big Budget Cuts Passed

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about courageous action by the state Senate to cut the state budget. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: SBIR Funding Up for Renewal

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Director of Government Relations Mike Batterbee about important legislation in Congress that would renew funding for the Small Business Innovation Research program. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Federal Health Care Reform

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Small Business Services Scott Lyon about a trip that he and a number of SBAM small business volunteers recently completed to the nation’s capital. The purpose of the trip was to discuss federal health care reform with Michigan’s congressional delegation. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Health Insurance Reform

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about recently introduced legislation at the Capitol that aims to reform Michigan's health insurance system. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Meet SBAM’s New VP Govt. Relations

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s new Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok. Learn more about David’s background in the state legislature and his vision for engaging small business owners into the public policy process. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: State Budget Cuts

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Director of Government Relations Mike Batterbee about the governor’s executive order budget cuts and the ongoing fight to prevent tax hikes on small businesses. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Part Time Unemployment Benefits

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Director of Government Relations Mike Batterbee about a legislative proposal to make part time workers eligible for unemployment benefits – and how that would be costly to employers, who are the ones who pay for the unemployment compensation system. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Did the Legislature Do Anything?

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Director of Government Relations Mike Batterbee about what state lawmakers got done, or didn’t get done, in the first quarter of this year. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and what it means to your bottom line.


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