Geri Stengel joins Jim Blasingame to report on the necessity entrepreneur – someone who has started a business under some pressure from life – and their difficulty in getting funding for a micro-business.

Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why your purpose (destination) is achieved along your plan (path) and measured by your goals (stepping stones) are all three key elements of successful resolutions.

Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to discuss your plans for the New Year, including whether you’re looking forward to backward, whether you’re focused on quality or quantity performance, and whether that fits you best.

Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about establishing goals that you write down, that are measurable, and how to hold yourself accountable going forward.

Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that most of us aren’t that good at achieving the goals we set, how to differentiate reactive and proactive goals, and how to achieve the ones we set.

Kara Hoogensen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Principal 2020 Well-Being Index for small businesses, which shows that over two-thirds are very optimistic about their businesses.

Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of resting smart, which is just giving your brain and body a break, even if only for a few minutes.

Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reality of a paradox, that always comes with the half you don’t like and the half that is probably pretty good.

Doug Barry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the long-term likelihood of normalizing trade with China that’s fair and enforceable, plus the role that Hong Kong will play in that process.

Jim Blasingame reports on the benefits that the world accrues because small business owners are still crazy after all these years.