SBDC May 2025 Featured Webinars

Featured Webinars

(Re)Negotiate Your Commercial Lease to Fit Your Growth Tuesday, May 27 | 11AM - 12PM

You want to remain focused on the growth of your business, but you're not in the business of real estate. How can you make sure that you have structured your lease terms for the commercial space you occupy in a way that allows you to grow, scale and expand? What if you've already made a commitment and circumstances have changed – are there ways to renegotiate or reconcile with your current landlord? We will discuss several topics, such as:

• Crisis Management: Negotiate new terms before the lease term ends
• How to understand your cash flow & best gauge your rental budget
• Lease Structure 101: NNN/Gross/Modified Gross and More
• Making your landlord relationship strong from the beginning
• The Extra Costs: Insurance, Buildout, CAM and more
• Proactively build flexibility in your lease to support your growth

Your First Global Market Research:
Choosing the Right Country

Tuesday, June 10 | 12PM - 1PM

Are you interested in exporting your product, but selling to the whole world seems overwhelming? It's time to focus your planning with your first global market research! Your Michigan SBDC exporting team will touch on how to identify your product with a schedule B code, find which countries are importing what you sell, and use Country Commercial Guides to plan your entry.

Other Upcoming Events 

• May 21 - Business Financial Viability and Operating Costs (Marlette)
• May 21 - Business Financial Viability and Operating Costs (Shiawassee)
• May 21 - Meet the Contestants (Webinar)
• May 22 - Writing a Business Plan (Detroit)
• May 28 - Social Media Marketing (Detroit)
• May 29 - Writing a Business Plan (Detroit)
• June 3 - Business Tools and Banking (Lansing)
• June 3 - Starting a Business (Detroit)
• June 10 - Social Media Marketing (Detroit)
• June 12 - Writing a Business Plan (Detroit)
• June 18 - Writing a Business Plan (Detroit)
• June 25 - Meet the Contestants Behind the Pitch (Webinar)
• July 1 - Holiday Purchasing & Merchandising (Lansing)

SBA Launches Onshoring Portal to Advance America's Economic Comeback

Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced the launch of the Make Onshoring Great Again Portal, a free tool designed to help small businesses identify U.S. manufacturers and producers.

With a database of more than 1 million American suppliers, the searchable portal will empower job creators to source domestic suppliers to support their operations – which will in turn support American jobs, reconnect our supply chain with U.S-based production, and end our nation’s concentrated dependence on foreign suppliers and adversaries.