Jim Blasingame continues his discussion on his indignation about the inequity of the new tax law for small businesses, in this case, projecting two more news headlines about how it will disadvantage small business competitiveness.

Jim Blasingame reminds you about how the retreat of legacy retailers from Main Street is creating a vacuum in the form of a barbell effect that is both challenge and opportunity for small retailers.

Jim Blasingame reveals that the only way small business retailers can defend against forces like Amazon is to deliver their special sauce of high tech AND high touch.

Jim Blasingame offers his thoughts on how to mount a defense of Main Street against giants like Amazon by developing a strategy that includes better technology and training your people to deliver high touch.

Jim Blasingame explains why we have to help our analog ethics, that we’ve created over the past 10,000 years, become established in the digital age .

Jim Blasingame shares some of the words President Washington used in his farewell address in 1796, including naming us Americans.

Jim Blasingame discusses the life and hard times of one of history’s most remarkable leaders, and the irony of why he continues to inspire us.

Jim Blasingame reminds you about the force that’s causing a once-in-10,000-year shift from the Age of the Seller to the Age of the Customer, and why you disregard this understanding at your peril.

Jim reveals that, unlike the CWCS I Syndrome, which affects employees, the Level II of this condition is found only in management, and happens when they get too far away from customers.

Jim reveals that you can have a pretty good indication of what’s in your future by noticing trends and then extending their implications out to the next level.