Do a better job of hiring and you won't have to do so much firing. Leigh Branham joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why patience and discipline is necessary to find, interviewing and hire the right person for the job.

Are you managing with current financial records? Kathryn Gibbs joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the importance of managing your business with current financial records, plus her participation in the Small Business World Summit.

"What do you think?" Jim Blasingame reveals the magic four-word question that every business owner and manager should continually ask in order to operate between a democracy and a dictatorship.

How do you make decisions in your business? Jim Blasingame talks about the irony that a business works best in a democracy, but cannot work as a democracy, plus how to be a dictator without being a tyrant.

Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss more myths about what it takes to sustain a successful business, including businesses fail because they are under-capitalized and businesses have to expand all the time to stay profitable.

Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss myths about what it takes to sustain a successful business, including following your passion & the money will follow, entrepreneurs are huge risk takers, and competition is your enemy.

Be proud of your business accomplishments! Paul Casey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss celebrating your milestones as a source of free PR and to let you're customers know that you're successful.

Jack Nadel joins Jim Blasingame to explain that opportunities today are greater than ever and that the first thing you should do as entrepreneur is to find a need and fill it.

Donald Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to explain that start-ups need to do an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses to understand what each member of the team is bringing to the business.

What should small businesses growth position be? Bill Conerly joins Jim Blasingame to recommend a flexible stance on growth opportunity, to be ready to go either way quickly, as the economy changes.