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Goals: (1) Facilitate online
collaboration events after each local broadcast (more). (2) Select local small businesses to be listed and prioritized for articles and productions. (3) Links to support and services to help sustain and grow local small businesses. |
| Population:
10 Million (go to US Census data) Small Businesses: 750,000 in Michigan Targeted Viewers: 550,000 per week (go to Broadcasts) Targeted profiles: 7500 owners (go to The List) Key Small Business Resources (Statewide, Regional, County, and City/Town. Also, sorted by Designated Market Area or DMA, the reach of the broadcasts of the PBS-member station or public television station.) Small Business Advocates: Every agency, group, or person listed here is trying to help small businesses propser in the State of Michigan. If you help small businesses to be successful and you are not listed, please make a simple request.
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- Economic Development Corporations by DMA and County
(Michigan Economic Development Corporation)- Public Television By Designated Market Areas
- PBS-member stations:
- Southeastern Michigan: WTVS-TV, WGVU-TV, WGVK-TV, and WKAR-TV.
- Central Michigan: WFUM-TV, WDCP-TV, WDCQ-TV, WCML-TV, WCMW-TV, WCMU-TV and W46AD-TV.
- Northern Michigan: WNMU-TV
- PEG stations: (Public-Education-Government stations)
- Regional or statewide economic development
initiatives:
- Aquila Michigan (as well as parts of Colorado, Iowa, Kanasas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska
- Community Economic Development Association of Michigan
- Michigan Downtown & Financing Association (MDFA)
- Public Television By Designated Market Areas
- US Chamber of Commerce Listings
- Michigan Start Pages lists 273 local chambers in the state
- State Chamber of Commerce
- Michigan Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth
- Michigan Entrepreneurship Education Initiative
- Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC)
- Michigan Workforce and Workforce Initiatives
- Business Schools and Professors by School:
- Press: Regional and state-wide businessof Michigan by County:
- Small Business Organizations and Advocacy Groups:
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National Association of Women Business Owners
(NAWBO) Metro Detroit Chapter - Michigan Small Business Association
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National Association of Women Business Owners
- Venture capital firms (Michigan Economic Development Corporation lists 73)
Additional small business resources:
- SmallBusiness School airtimes in Michigan
- The List of 1000
very good small businesses in Michigan:
You can be added to this list. Sign up and provide two references from any of these small business advocates listed above. If you are among Michigan's small business advocates and you are not listed, please contact us and you will be listed. - SmallBusiness School broadcasts through the USA and the world
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