This entrepreneur is relaunching his great-great grandfather's 150 year old brewery.Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his efforts to get a family brewery started up again, having been founded in the 19th century.
How do you test your start-up idea? Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he has successfully started a dozen businesses by including a "sanity committee" in the process as a way to test his ideas against reality.
Are your values and beliefs out front as you go to market? Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal plans to incorporate his religious faith commitment into the marketing of his new start-up.
The business capital landscape is shifting dramatically. Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the traditional capital market scenario for funding growth is shifting and being replaced with a more democratic model.
Crowdfunding is good for start-ups, but is it good business. Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss and debate the issues and elements around crowdfunding and other new capital formation methods.
Are you a prospect for the crowdfunding capitalization model? Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to explain how his organization, iBank.com, is prepared to help anyone who wants to use the crowdfunding method of raising capital.
Do you know what it takes to go on a pilgrimage? Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to report how he and his wife learned the difference between a cause and an accomplishment while walking the 500-mile Way of St. James.
Small business ownership is like a pilgrimage with a cause. Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to compare his pilgrimage on the Way of St. James with the purpose of small business owners..
Learn how to get out of your own way as a manager. Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to explain what he learned about getting out of his own way while taking time off to conduct the 38-day, 500 mile Way of St. James pilgrimage.
Have you ever been sued for not paying an employee what was promised? Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to explain the process he went through to answer an official compensation complaint by a former employee.
