Sbam Shorts, Your Weekly Small Business Success Tip

There are many great reasons for entrepreneurs like you to belong to the Small Business Association of Michigan. John Kolbasa is the founder of Value Engineering with locations in Lansing and Detroit. He’s a member of SBAM’s Leadership Council. “I think the Leadership Council has been very helpful for me, because I'm surrounded with other business leaders that are in the trenches of operating their businesses and doing a lot of the same things I'm doing.” John says he values the collaboration opportunities he gets from his involvement. “I found that the people on the Leadership Council are very generous with their time. I've always been able to sit down with folks that I felt would be a good fit, would be able to give input on what I'm doing and help me. They've always been willing to sit down and meet one on one. There's lots of opportunities in the different events that the Leadership Council plans, to get around and talk to other business leaders.” SBAM’s political muscle also means a lot to John. “I feel