As Jim celebrates Home-Based Business Week he talks about the historical significance of this type of business structure and how it's evolved over the past century. Jim is joined later in the show by the person who is responsible for this week becoming more or less official, Beverley Williams.

If you want to start a small business, how much capital (cash and assets) do you have to invest in it? Bev and Jim talk about some of the myths that abound about what it takes financially to start a small business, even a home-based one. Be prepared for some tough love.

Are you a micropreneur? Jeff joins Jim to explain what this term means and who it applies to. They also talk about various free -- or very low cost -- technology and applications that can help your small business grow.

Retire from a home-based business? It happens, and Bev talks with Jim about some of the issues. Jim also talks about actually selling a home-based business.

Should your business be participating in the Web 2.0 environment? Jeff Zbar talks about this with Jim Blasingame, small business expert and host of The Small Business Advocate Show.

Do you call in sick sometimes as an employee? Bev and Jim talk about what you have to do when you're a business owner who gets sick. They also talk about prioritizing your resources when you're getting your home-based business set up.

When you travel are you able to continue your work and stay connected to your small business? Small business experts JeffZbar and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the technology that help make this possible, perhaps even without your customers knowing you're not in your office.

How is the small office - home office (SOHO) environment these days? Terri and Jim compare notes on where this sector of the marketplace has come from, what it looks like currently, and what is required to be a successful SOHO practitioner.

More and more people are locating their businesses in old neighborhoods and homes, and Bev and Jim talk about some of the dynamics of this trend.

What would happen if you couldn't work for a while in your business? Bev talks with Jim about a real story of a home-based business owner and how he prepared for the possibility of disability, which actually came to pass.