How are women business owners doing in the quest for investor capital? Kim Lavine joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why women are not getting their fair share of private equity investment and what she's doing about it.

Here is a great one-person small business success story. Nina Rappaport Rowan joins Jim Blasingame to tell her entrepreneurial story, including knowing the difference between being a contractor and small business owner. They also talk about her creation, the Kimochi characters.

What is the good, bad and ugly of a business planning contest? Tim Berry and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the reasons why a business planning contest can be beneficial, but also where these events fall short in helping you get ready for the real marketplace.

Here is an American small business success story. John Jansheski shares Dentek's small business success story with Jim Blasingame, including how he started, how he succeeded and how many times he failed.

Reporting on the advent of the late-blooming entrepreneur, Jean Newell shares her accidental entrepreneurial story with Jim Blasingame and how she is taking her experiences and helping others of the Boomer generation make the transition from employment to entrepreneurship.

Small business owners can't be shy about asking for help, according to Larry Robertson as he joins Jim Blasingame to report on how to ask for and receive start-up and management counsel from a number of different sources. Larry says make your own mistakes, not those others can teach you how to avoid.

With her award-winning woman-owned small business success story, technology entrepreneur, Sarah Stevens, talks with Jim Blasingame about winning the 2009 Make Mine a Million Contest.

Is there more than one way to define the "grit" that is required to be a successful entrepreneur? Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to talk about two ways to define grit and why that is important to understand when you're a small business owner.

Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key characteristics, traits and realities of being an entrepreneur, including important questions you have to answer for yourself and your family.

What is keeping small businesses from hiring? Gene Marks talks with Jim Blasingame about several reasons why small businesses are delaying their plans to put workers back on payroll, including uncertainty about public policy issues, such as health care reform, and others.