Supporting Grand Rapids Business Growth
From Darcy McMann, GR Chamber President ……
When Payments Fail, Small Businesses Stop
Most small business owners didn’t sign up to be cybersecurity experts. Yet that’s exactly what the current threat landscape demands, and the gap between what attackers can do and what SMBs have in place to stop them has never been wider. Artificial intelligence is...
Why College–Industry Partnerships Matter
When students can connect what they learn in the classroom to real work environments, everything changes. According to Cameron Albring, Director of Career Services at Oakland Community College, the goal is simple: help students build momentum toward completion. That...
25 Best Small Business Ideas for 2026
There’s never been a more popular time to start a business. Over the past five years, there have been more than 5 million new business applications filed per year, according to the US Census Bureau. (Compare that to just 2.8 million new business applications...
SBA Loans Can Fuel Business Growth: What Small Business Owners Should Know
When it comes to running a successful business, many people think it's a simple matter of offering a product or service customers are willing to spend money on and generating profits. Those who run businesses will tell you it's much more nuanced. If you really want to...
Why SMBs Need Managed Tech Support More Than Ever
Small and medium‑sized businesses are investing in new technology at a record pace—but many aren’t seeing the productivity gains they expected. The problem isn’t the tools themselves. It’s the execution gap: the widening divide between the technology companies buy...
Talent: The Future Of Everything
During our visit to Wayne State University in Detroit, Cindy Polakowski and John Petty met with engineering students Harishitha Mummidivarapu, Aditi Roy, and Shareen El-Saghir, members of IEEE More From Talent
