On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff highlights several new studies that indicate the importance of building a purpose-driven brand. He then provides three expert tips for ways entrepreneurs and business owners can share their company values with customers. 

Tune in to the WJR Business Beat, below, to hear Jeff's tips.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares results from a new Pew Research survey, which asked tech experts what they believe life will be like in 2025. Many of those surveyed believe that life will even be more tech-connected and dependent.

Tune in to the WJR Business Beat to hear more about this report on predictions for life in 2025.

On today's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares results from the Comcast 2020 Performance Data Report, which shows that Comcast customers generated 1 trillion plus internet requests daily last year.

Other key findings include:

• Peak internet traffic rose 32% compared with pre-pandemic levels
• Entertainment activities continued to dominate network traffic, with video streaming accounting for 71% of all downstream traffic, growing by 70% compared with 2019 levels
• Video conferencing accounted for less than 5% of overall network use

Tune in to the WJR Business Beat to learn more about the report's findings.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses shifts in the media business as a result of the pandemic. PQ Media’s latest update on consumer spending on media content and technology reports that, of the 28 digital media categories, the fastest growing in 2020 was digital audio subscription services, which rocketed to a 40% growth rate worldwide. 

Tune in to the WJR Business Beat to learn more about these changing media trends.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses results from a new Eagle Hill Consulting report, which indicates that 42% of U.S. workers want employers to delay re-opening until vaccines widely available to employees.

Tune in to the Business Beat to learn more about the study's findings.

On this morning's edition of the WJR Business Beat, Jeff chats with Guy Gordon about the average age of successful entrepreneurs. The two discuss findings of a recent Harvard Business Review study, which may surprise you!

Tune in to the Business Beat to learn more about entrepreneurial success by age demographics.

To kickstart your week on a positive note, Jeff shares uplifting news about the drop in unemployment claims, boost in retail sales and overall optimistic outlook from local entrepreneurs. 

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On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares details of the Motown Musician Accelerator Program, an education and grant initiative designed to help local aspiring musicians and music managers break out.  

The program takes in 10 aspiring artists and 10 aspiring managers who will begin a six-week program and work toward earning a slot for the 12-week intensive workshop program. That includes a $5,000 stipend for managers and a $25,000 grant to each of the artists who make their way to the 12-week program.

Tune in to learn more about the Motown Musician Accelerator Program.

This morning, LogMeIn, a provider of software as a service and cloud-based remote work tools for collaboration, IT management and customer engagement, released a study on how to evaluate remote work solutions.

The report, "Ensuring Productivity & Security in the New Remote Work Era," details how businesses have handled the shift to remote work and how they are expecting to move forward.

Joining Jeff on this morning's WJR Business Beat is Marie Ruzzo, Director of Customer Engagement and Support at LogMeIn, who dives into the study's findings on remote work further.

The Small Business Administration's second round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding is open through March 31, 2021, and President Biden just announced a series of program enhancements to ensure that underserved small companies hardest hit by the pandemic have the best opportunity to apply for the PPP funds.

The PPP funding formula is being revised so that self-employed individuals, including sole proprietors and independent contractors, will have much more financial support than they would have received under the old program rules.

Tune in to this morning's Business Beat to learn more about the second round of PPP funding, and how your business can apply.