Is 2009 a year that will stand alone? Will we learn anything in 2009 that will help us in 2010? Will we look back at 2009 as "the lost year?" Jim Blasingame talks about why he thinks about 2009, why this year is different and what that means for the operation of your small business.

What do you have to do to get your small business plugged into the pipeline that is going to deliver the government's economic stimulus money? Janet Christy talks with Jim Blasingame about how a small business gets access to this money.

Selling in a recession is more about what customers need than what you have to sell? John Patterson and Chip Bell talk with Jim Blasingame about how to have the courage to focus more on finding out what customers need than on what you need to sell today.

What are business managers seeing in the economy? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the recent month's Tatum Survey of economic conditions, which are mixed. They also talk about the dangers of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, which is legislation that promotes unionism.

Just because there are layoffs doesn't mean their work doesn't still have to be done. Jim Blasingame talks about how to handle this "ghost" work within your organization and as it affects survivor employees who are taking on these new responsibilities.

Just because there are layoffs doesn't mean their work doesn't still have to be done. Jim Blasingame talks about how to handle this "ghost" work within your organization and as it affects survivor employees who are taking on these new responsibilities.

Are we seeing the end of capitalism? Will entrepreneurs be able to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again? Stephen Moore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about our economic problems and the new ones the government is creating in the name of stimulus.

Recession or not, if you're going to survive, you have to acquire new customers and keep existing ones. Charlie Fewell talks with Jim Blasingame about the steps you have to take and the attitude you have to have in order to get business when the economy is down.

You're good at spending money, but how are you at saving? Penelope Tzougros joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to take more responsibility for financial future, plus she talks about some of tools and strategies.

Is President Obama trying to channel FDR and his New Deal policies? Dr. Burton Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to compare the economic challenges and proposed solutions of President Obama with those of President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s.