Is a dentist a small business owner? Dr. Robert Sorin joins Jim Blasingame to answer that question and talk about his small business medical practice, including how he thinks about his brand.

When the economy is soft, we have to maximize sales opportunities with campaigns that don't break our budget. Ryan Allis talks with Jim Blasingame about how to use email marketing to pull of this maximizing/minimizing trick. Ryan also explains how his company's capitalization strategy, including how he acquired venture capital.

If you knew then what you know now, would you have started your small business? Jay Myers talks with Jim Blasingame about the good, the bad and the ugly of being a business owner, including how to prevent employees from stealing from you.

Please meet the SBA's 2008 Small Business Person of the Year, Shawn Boyer. Jim Blasingame congratulates Shawn as they talk about this recognition, his company, Snagajob.com, and other cool things about this small business and its founder. Also, a surprise caller drops in -- don't miss this.

Celebrating Small Business Week, Jim Blasingame delivers his thoughts about why he celebrates small business this week and every week.

Are you succumbing to the hand-wringing some people are doing about the economy, or are you fighting back? Ruth King and Jim Blasingame talk about why the best business are fighting back during a slow economy, and winning.

Wrapping up his series on practicing business fundamentals, Jim Blasingame talks about happiness as a fundamental, and how to achieve it by defining success by more than money and stuff.

How would you like to win $100,000 for your small business? Well, that's what happened to John Sommatino when he entered the Administaff Small Business BIG $100,000 Sweepstakes, and he joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what he's going to do with the money and what he thinks the keys to success are.

How can public policy be a small business management fundamental? Jim Blasingame talks about why small business owners should understand how politics impacts their businesses and how they can get involved in that debate.while still running their businesses.

Rieva has stopped talking about it and is now doing it. Reiva Lesonsky has been talking to small business owners for years about how to do it, and now she talks with Jim Blasingame about the fact that she's taking her own advice and has started her own small business.