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Knowing When to Take Your Business to the Next Level: Make it Now and Not too Late!Knowing When to Take Your Business to the Next Level: Make it Now and Not too Late!

- Find out if you are ready, and if you should, expand your business in this economy.

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Passion for PaperlessPassion for Paperless

- So what does paperwork and record keeping have to do with quality patient care? In today’s fast-paced digital world, a lot.

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For Women Only: Five Steps to a Winning CareerFor Women Only: Five Steps to a Winning Career

- Starting out in the corporate world is never easy, but for women, it can be even more difficult. Much of this stems from common misconceptions about women in the workplace: that we are weak or lack confidence or ambition.

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Women Leaders at the Forefront of Successful Companies, OrganizationsWomen Leaders at the Forefront of Successful Companies, Organizations

- Although March marks Women’s History Month, women leaders across Michigan were celebrated at events hosted by Inforum, Michigan Business and Professional Association and National Association of Women Business Owners-Greater Detroit Chapter during both March and April.

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Doing an Acquisition – Lessons LearnedDoing an Acquisition – Lessons Learned

- Doing an acquisition is one way of building your business. My first acquisition, after over 20 years in business, was a learning experience. Although each deal is different and has its own nuances there are some basic facts I learned on this journey to the signing date that may be beneficial to other business owners thinking about an acquisition or on the precipice of making it happen.

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Assignment Detroit: Time Inc. CEO and Her $99,000 InvestmentAssignment Detroit: Time Inc. CEO and Her $99,000 Investment

- One of the most powerful people in publishing spoke last week to the women of Inforum about the Time Inc. 'investment' in creating a Detroit bureau, based in a home in the West Village. She hopes to change the image of the city — for the better...

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Michigan and Entrepreneurial Success – Being Part of the Solution is a ChoiceMichigan and Entrepreneurial Success – Being Part of the Solution is a Choice

- I returned to Michigan in 2008 after roughly a decade in New York and the good fortune to work in a number of cities around the world. Having completed the first half of my career in Detroit it was time to return home. Certainly, there was common surprise from colleagues and friends alike — why return to Michigan?

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Power Up with Viral and Social Marketing Power Up with Viral and Social Marketing

- Blogs have reshaped the world, impacted politics, and they have pushed our startup company, Ecostore USA, toward incredible success in six months. Two years ago a friend and I were searching for eco-minded, health related business opportunities when I located a business in New Zealand. The founder, Malcolm Rands, had been manufacturing toxic-free household, baby and personal care products for 15 years.

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Five Aptitudes for Female Business SuccessFive Aptitudes for Female Business Success

- Today, women comprise less than 3 percent of senior executives in Fortune 500 companies. How can businesswomen burst through the glass ceiling? Well, for one, we have to stop trying to act like men in the workplace.

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From Great To Greater StillFrom Great To Greater Still

- As remarkable as the collection of those being honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association (through its Women and Leadership in the Workplace program) and the National Association of Women Business Owners — Greater Detroit Chapter (with its Top Ten Michigan Business Women), most of those being singled out would tell you their accomplishments ought not to be considered a matter of gender.

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