Great Lakes Wire

Adrian Hemond, CEO of Grassroots Midwest and a member of the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) Board of Directors, discussed the challenges faced by small businesses in making their voices heard compared to large corporations.

“The fact of the matter is, a huge multinational corporation is always going to find a way to have their voice heard, right? But a mom and pop dry cleaner in Southgate, or a small marketing agency in Muskegon, or an oil change shop in Lansing, they don’t have the same sort of voice that a huge multinational corporation does, and so the only way that we can make our voices heard as small business owners is together. And of course, that’s one of the great value added of being involved with SBAM is that it aggregates these voices of many diverse small businesses across the state,” Hemond said.

Hemond made his remarks during an interview on SBAM’s weekly podcast. The podcast features advice from experts aimed at helping entrepreneurs become more effective business owners. Listeners can subscribe to new episodes through iTunes or access previous interviews on SBAM’s Media Hub.