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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Detroit Startup Week feat. Monica Wheat (Episode 77)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff highlights Detroit Startup Week, a week-long virtual conference that kicks off…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Venture Capital Investment Goes Virtual (Episode 76)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares the new normal in venture capital: investing in a startup…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Viamedia Small Business Optimism Survey (Episode 75)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares uplifting news that, despite all the challenges of the COVID…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Jason Bierkle of DivDat (Episode 73)
On today’s WJR Business Beat segment, Jeff shares a recent StartupNation Radio interview he conducted with Jason Bierkle, president…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Oakland County Debuts Small Business ReOpen Kits (Episode 72)
On today’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares news of Oakland County’s program to distribute 10,000 COVID-19 ReOpen Kits…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Media Frenzy Study on Communication During COIVD (Episode 71)
On today’s WJR Business Beat segment, Jeff offers insights into a new study released by Media Frenzy Global, in…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: 5G Technology (Episode 70)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff talks about 5G, or 5G wireless networking, and how it will provide…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Verizon Small Business Optimism Study (Episode 69)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares optimistic results from a recent Verizon survey, which polled 500 small…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Where Do Great Business Ideas Come From? (Episode 68)
Have you ever marveled at an entrepreneur pursuing a business idea and wondered, where did that idea come…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Marketing Tactics for Customer Engagement (Episode 66)
On this episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff dives further into customer engagement. Today, following up on yesterday’s feature, we’re…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Customer Engagement is the Top Challenge During Crisis (Episode 65)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses one area of business that has been impacted hard by…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Manufacturing Sector Faces Rapid Decline (Episode 59)
New data released by the Federal Reserve makes clear just how dramatic the impact of the COVID-19 crisis…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Small Business Owners Face Permanent Closures Due to COVID-19 (Episode 58)
A recent survey from Expertise.com, a top resource for finding leading local experts, shows that two out of…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Tricia Ruby (Episode 57)
On the WJR Business Beat this morning, we’re featuring the story of Tricia Ruby, a great entrepreneur right…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Online Education and Training (Episode 56)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses the new land of opportunity found in online education. One…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: IPO Marketing Slowing (Episode 53)
We’ve highlighted on previous Business Beat segments how early stage funding from angels and venture capitalists, for example,…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Entrepreneurial Principles in Big Business (Episode 52)
Since Ryan Maibach, president and CEO of Barton Malow, assumed the leadership role of his family’s $2 billion…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: The Impact of COVID-19 on Mobile Apps (Episode 51)
The COVID-19 crisis has made our dependency on mobile apps even greater, particularly for business, entertainment and social connectivity…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Big Tech Showing Positive Revenue Growth Amid COVID-19 (Episode 49)
The big tech companies, including Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft, have proven their staying power through the…
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Bookshop.org (Episode 48)
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses Bookshop.org, a new online bookstore launched in January with a…