On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff features Mike Morse, the founder of Mike Morse Law Firm, the largest personal injury law firm in Michigan.

In this segment, Morse shares why everyone has to look at their entity like a true business, and how he's learned to work on rather than in his business.

It's officially holiday shopping season! While most of us will be doing our holiday shopping online this year, before you hit that "buy" button online, consider your local merchants. 

Jeff discusses how new platform, Shop Mainstreet, can make holiday shopping easier than ever before.

As business owners, we are faced with the daunting challenge of keeping our staff and customers safe during this crisis. To help us understand how to do just that, John Ezzo, president and CEO of New Image Building Services, offers us his valuable insight and guidance.

Tune in to today's WJR Business Beat to hear John's expert tips!

Have you ever wondered if that recommendation you made on social media really helps a business out? Well, now there's proof that indeed it does.

New data from American Express shows that on average, social media endorsements of small businesses generate about 23 percent of their revenues, or approximately $197 billion a year across the small business horizon. The majority of small business owners (78 percent) report that positive shout outs on social media are a significant driver of business.

Tune in to this morning's WJR Business Beat to learn more from Jeff!

As disruptive as the COVID-19 pandemic has been to society, the economy, and to most businesses, believe it or not, there are some positives to count as a result of this crisis.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff reflects on specific innovative changes made within the automotive, banking and restaurant industries.

There's no doubt 2020 has changed the way we do business. And the most dramatic change? The need to be online as a primary way of doing business.

One of the best ways to start that online business is with Shopify. With over 1 million merchants now on board, it's easy to use and it can put you in front of a worldwide marketplace readily and efficiently. Once you're on board with Shopify, it will run seamlessly behind the scenes, powering your website so that you can conduct all e-commerce activities, from getting found to closing sales.

Jeff spoke with Samantha Renée, business tutorials producer at Shopify, who shared her expert tips in today's Business Beat segment.

Joe Biden has been proclaimed the winner in the 2020 presidential election, and now with that behind us, we turn our attention to what that means for us as citizens and as business owners in this country in these most challenging times.

During this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares three key economic issues business owners must watch closely in the early going of Joe Biden's administration. 

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Today, we've got some great news to report coming out of Ann Arbor. We've got another unicorn, as LLamasoft, an AI-based business for supply chain management, has been acquired for $1.5 billion.

Jeff spoke with Ara Topouzian, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, who had this to say about the news: “It’s great news for the state of Michigan... it shows is that we've got some great entrepreneurs and innovators here in Michigan, and hopefully we'll spark the pipeline even further.”

Tune in to this morning's WJR Business Beat to hear Jeff break down how this incredible investment will benefit local startups.

There's a new FinTech startup in the real estate industry, and it's just secured $40 million in seed funding. Tomo, founded by former Zillow executives, Carrie Armstrong and Greg Schwartz, aims to change the way that Americans buy homes.

“Mortgage is a massive distributed, important market, and we're going to delete it. We plan to address the messy and cumbersome process of buying a home all the way from when an offer is made and submitted to the process of moving into the new home," said Schwartz.

Tomo’s investors include Trulia co-founder, Pete Flint and ex Zillow CEO, Spencer Rascoff.

Tune in to today's WJR Business Beat to hear more from Jeff.

On today’s WJR Business Beat segment, Jeff shares results from a new survey conducted by Employco USA, a nationwide employment solutions firm serving businesses of all sizes, which shows that employer expectations for the future are bleak.

Rob Wilson, president of Employco USA, joins the conversation, revealing that over half of employers say that they are anticipating the need for more layoffs or furloughs over the next six months in order to get through this crisis.

Tune in to the WJR Business Beat to hear Jeff’s conversation with Rob Wilson.