Do you have a plan or are you a planner? Gary Harpst joins Jim Blasingame to explain why small business owners have to move beyond having a business plan to becoming a continual business planner.

We're all going out of our businesses for good one day, either head first or feet first. Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the inevitable exiting of our businesses, and recommend several steps to prepare for a financially successful departure.

Are you prioritizing your innovations? Robert Brands joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why a prioritization strategy is necessary to make sure your innovation plan is focused and effective.

Let the government help sell your business to your employees. Jerry Ripperger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) as a tax advantages plan to help employees buy your business.

What would it take to get you to take your business to the next level? Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three questions to ask yourself - and answer - in order to discover what it would take to get the next level of growth.

Have you run out of cuts and adjustments to make to grow your business? Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to report on how one small business CEO looked at his business differently and found new growth opportunities he was previously unaware of.

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.

What will the impact of Gen Y be as they come of age? Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the lifestyle trends of Gen Y and business opportunities that will present to serve their next life stage.

Are you setting goals you can achieve? Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to recommends the SMART way to set and accomplish goals, by revealing the tools that make up this acronym.

Most decisions made by a small business CEO are half for survival and half for success. Jim Blasingame offers tips to help small business CEOs with the decisions they makes that have components of both survival and growth success.