Shawn Murphy joins Jim Blasingame to report on the workaholic nature of Americans and why that has both good and bad connotations.

Jack Mencini and Adam Sonnhalter join Jim Blasingame to recommend paying some family employees to stay away, and they discuss associated the issues that have to be dealt with, like employee moral.

Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the special interest gauntlet a tax bill has to traverse before it becomes law.

Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps she went through to launch a franchise, including the three key elements that contribute to successful scaling.

Jay Howard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why business should celebrate milestones, like anniversaries, because it’s good for employees and customers like it.

Jay Howard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of success that contributed to the 30th anniversary of his business, including hiring the bests people.

Greg Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report that if E.U. type privacy laws and regulations become so pervasive across the world, it will likely become necessary for the U.S. to follow suit.

Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to report that social media marketing is different from traditional marketing in that it’s more difficult to accomplish a call to action ROI.

Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the many different resources available to small business startups and owners from the SBA to SBDCs to Chambers of Commerce, use them.

Troy Tate joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while personality profile tests provide important information, it’s not enough to determine whether you’re cut out to be a business owner.