You want to grow your business, but is it ready for growth? Gary Harpst joins Jim Blasingame with tips on how to help small business CEOs who wants to grow get their underlying business foundation ready for the growth steps.

What can small businesses do to help big business customers impact sustainability? Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how innovation is the best way for small businesses to serve their customers and get the best margins.

How can big business customers and small business vendors find common ground on sustainability? Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to report how big businesses and small businesses are working together to accomplish sustainability goals.

Why is sustainability more appropriate than "green?" Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to that more large companies are focusing on sustainability instead of a "green' agenda, and how this will impact small business vendor contractors.

Future earnings should not be part of a business' value? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to consider future earnings as part of the valuation process of buying a small business.

find a business' value by discounting risks to earnings. Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to value a business by discounting future earnings against potential risks that could derail them.

What basis do you use to price your products? Sarah Petty joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on how to price your products and services in a way that drives gross margins that will lead to the success of your small business.

Why is small business optimism still lagging? Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Small Business Index which indicates Main Street is still feeling uncertain about the future on sales, hiring and investment.

Conduct planning during uncertain times like a baseball player stealing a base. Bill Conerly joins Jim Blasingame to recommend taking a base-stealing stance when planning in uncertain times by preparing the positive and the negative.

Avoid grief by asking customers what they want. Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to encourage staying connected to customers and their expectations as a way to avoid the grief of business failure.