Marianne is the 2005 Small Business Person of the Year who got to introduce President Bush before he spoke to the SBA Expo 2005. She tells Jim about how she founded her company, and what she considers to be the keys to her success. This is a compelling story. By the way, Congressman Don Manzullo, Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, is also part of this interview.

Jim and Hector talk abhout what small businesses and big businesses have in common and how business match making is helping small businesses compete.

Michael joins Jim during Small Business Week to talk about the many hats that small business owners wear. They also talk about the Business Matchmaking program and the Small Business Hall of Fame.

Alberto and Thomas join Jim live in Washington, D.C. to explain what their district offices of SBA do for small businesses.

Melanie joins Jim to help celebrate the opening of Small Business Week and to talk about the 2005 SBA Small Business Expo.

The governor joins Jim to talk about the myths and facts about Social Security reform.

Giovanni joins Jim to discuss current tax legislation as well as new from the IRS about how they intend to focus on small businesses.

Al joins Jim to introduce a program designed by the Department of Homeland Security to help small businesses prepare for potential disasters.

Melanie is more than a smart business woman, she’s a force. She joins Jim to wrap up his broadcast of the business matchmaking even in Nashville, Tennessee. She explains how business matchmaking has helped thousands of small business owners acquire millions of dollars in contracts. She also introduces two new features on the website businessmatchmaking.com, which are the virtual matchmaking resource and the training program for doing business with the government.

His Honor helps Jim sort through some of the legal cases currently in the news, like the killing of a judge's family in Chicago, the murders in an Atlanta courthouse, and Congress getting involved in a private Florida case regarding the termination of food and water to a person in a vegetative state.