SBAM's Small Business Champion Podcast

Small Business Champion: 2009 in Review

This week, SBAM’s Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with David Palsrok, SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations, about what the state legislature accomplished, and failed to accomplish, on behalf of small business in 2009.


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Small Business Champion: Labor Day school start-up

SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with David Palsrok, SBAM vice president government relations, about legislative efforts to change Labor Day school start-ups and reform PA 312.


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Small Business Champion: Gubernatorial candidate proposes big tax hike

SBAM’s Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Mike Batterbee, SBAM’s director of government relations, about a plan by State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith to significantly hike state taxes.

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Small Business Champion: Employer Mandate is Bad Policy

SBAM’s Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Scott Lyon, vice president small business services for SBAM, about the employer mandate in the House-passed health insurance bill and how it would significantly hurt small business owners.


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Small Business Champion: State budget wrapped up? For now

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Vice President Government Relations David Palsrok about the conclusion of this year's state budget process and the ongoing challenges for the future.



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Small Business Champion: Cyber-security

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Larry Harb, president and CEO of IT Risk Managers about small business cyber-security.


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Small Business Champion: Keep up the budget pressure

This week, SBAM Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about recent progress on state budget talks at the State Capitol – and the need for small business owners to keep up the pressure on their state lawmakers. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and Washington, D.C., and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Analysis of state budget agreement

This week, SBAM Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations Dave Palsrok about today’s incomplete budget agreement at the State Capitol – and the need for small business owners to continue to insist on significant state budget reforms. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and Washington, D.C., and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Progress or Treading Budget Water?

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations David Palsrok about recent developments in the battle to balance 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 Washington, D.C., and what it means to your bottom line.


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Small Business Champion: Dire State Budget Crisis Looms

This week, SBAM's Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with SBAM’s Vice President Government Relations David Palsrok about the looming state budget crisis and the high stakes facing small business. The weekly Small Business Champion podcast is the place where you can get the scoop on what’s really happening in Lansing and Washington, D.C., and what it means to your bottom line.
(Music by DJ Dolores.)



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