March 1st 2018 excerpts from Sessions: "The Amazon Bid: Collaborating To Market Detroit" and "A Conversation with Carl Levin". at the 2018 Detroit Policy Conference

March 1st 2018 excerpts from Sessions: "The Amazon Bid: Collaborating To Market Detroit" and "A Conversation with Carl Levin". at the 2018 Detroit Policy Conference

Chris Holman sits down with Kelli Ellsworth Etchison, Senior Vice President of Marketing, LAFCU, Lansing, MI to talk LAFCU developments. These include recently announced an intent to merge with Lansing Postal Community Credit Union. Along with some talk on debt consolidation and how LAFCU is helping our members become financially successful.

As Michigan Celebrates Small Business Annual Celebration less than two months away Chris Holman speaks with SBDC's Joshua Marko. What's been going on all year in preparation? Founding organization Michigan SBDC now the event coordinator. Who is being recognized in May? (categories) They discuss the nominations process... narrowed to awardees. Founders to recognize, Partners to recognize. Details business community might not realize about MCSB.

Chris Holman catches up with Paul Traub, Business Economist at the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. They review recent and current topics of the US and Michigan economy.

The MIRS Weekly political round-up for February 28th, 2018. Why does it seem like Shri Thanedar is having such a good time running for governor? Because he says he is. "This is fun. I wish I had done this sooner!" the first-time candidate says on this week's podcast. How does he defend the claim that he's the field's most progressive candidate? What does he say about the various lawsuits he's had to fend off over the years? And how can an Indian-born immigrant win a statewide race. Thanedar answers all of these questions on this week's podcast.

Also, what is Bill Schuette's path to the Republican gubernatorial nomination? What is Brian Calley's? Patrick Colbeck's? Jim Hines'? The MIRS trio of John Reurink, Kyle Melinn and Jack Spencer explore those different avenues in this week's edition.

The MIRS team talks about new polling showing marijuana legalization at 60 percent and how marijuana may be used in the race for the Michigan Republican Attorney General nomination.

Topics covered on this episode of Bottom Line IT featuring Amy Mumby and Erik Jacobson include:

1. Facebook ordered to stop tracking in Belgium

2. 5G to bring more performance, less pizazz

3. Cisco to Return $67 Billion in Profit to the U.S.

4. White House Blames Russia for NotPetya

5. Russian Meddlers Indicted

6. Social Security Numbers of Cali state workers exposed in breach

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Chris Holman welcomes James McBryde, President, MMDC (Middle Michigan Development Corp) to talk about how the MMDC has been working with CMU to fill the talent gap in the skilled trades. The talent issue is the #1 issue that Michigan is facing right now and the MMDC is proving to be a great catalyst for finding engineering talent.

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Michael Melfi is joined by Richard Simtob, serial entrepreneur and Partner at Zoup! If you are someone who loves a good defining-moment story and wants to learn more about collaboration and good management skills, you're going to want to tune in.

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