Beverley talks with Jim about what she calls "Businesses In A Box." These are get-rich-quick schemes that prey upon inexperienced and sometimes desperate people who want to start a home-based business. She and Jim discuss ways to find out if the deal you're considering is legit.

Jeff and Jim talk about the power of professional digital assistants (PDAs) and what they're going to look like in the future

Bev joins Jim to discuss spring cleaning your customer list.

Jeff and Jim encourage their listeners not to believe the field of dreams myth, which is “If you build it, they will come.” Just because you have a business doesn’t mean customers will find you. And just because you have customers doesn’t mean that they will come back on their own. If you want more business from your customers, you have to reach out to them.

Beverley joins Jim to talk about when to expand to a non home-based office, whether that be a complete change of address or maintaining two locations.

Jeff and Jim talk about the advantages of the newer personal digital assistants (PDA), like the blackberry for example, that combine email, web browser, contact management and cell phone in one handheld device.

Jim and Beverley talk about the differences in how people perceive home based businesses today compared to ten and twenty years ago, including changes in both the culture and the marketplace.

Jeff and Jim discuss how small business owners find what Jeff calls entrepreneurial endurance, which is the ability to persevere as a small business owner in the face of long odds.

After Jim gets over his excitement for getting Girl Scout cookies, Beverley and Jim talk about the 21st century environment for home based businesses, especially for personal services and especially for retirees who start home based businesses.

Jeff and Jim talk about how micropreneurs can find opportunities through networking and replacing old opportunities with new ones.