Sue Tellier testimonial 022719
There are many great reasons for entrepreneurs like you to belong to the Small Business Association of Michigan. “Oh, my gosh. So I wish I knew exactly what year I got involved with SBAM. Because it changed the way I looked at my company. It changed the way I looked at leadership.” SBAM board member Sue Tellier, with her husband Jon, owns JetCo Solutions in Grand Rapids. Their firm helps small businesses sell to government agencies. “SBAM as an organization gives me direct access to other small business owners. The fact that you really need to be a small business owner to be involved in SBAM makes it a very, I don't know, a special place to be around. I know that there are people that have had the same pains that I'm having. If I come into work one day, and I have a challenge or I need something to add to overcome something, I can reach out to one of the other small business owners that I've met through SBAM and I can either avoid a failure or get an idea or something from them. And every time I'm at an SBAM event, I either walk away with something either that I can do, as soon as I get back to my office, something actionable and productive that I can do to make my business better or I got inspired by somebody else that is killing it in their own business. Or I just, I just get some kind of cathartic conversation with someone that understands how lonely it can be to run a business and to be a small business owner. It's at the same time just a great lifestyle. Some days it can be pretty lonely. And it's nice to have a network of people that are there and that understand that and I just, it's made our company grow because of that.” Leverage the value of your involvement with the Small Business Association of Michigan. Learn more by calling today at 800-362-5461.