What are the operating lessons small businesses are learning? Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the key lessons small business owners are learning about cash management, organizational checks etc.

What are the most important questions to ask yourself about your ability to succeed in small business? Penelope Tzougros joins Jim Blasingame to reveal five questions that when answered honestly, will tell you about your ability to succeed as a small business owner.

Are you benefiting from lessons taught in the school of failure? Norm Brodsky joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what he learned from his mistakes and how we can benefit from our own. Norm says smart people learn from their mistakes, but wise people learn from the mistakes of others.

Are you harvesting and leveraging the intellectual property you own? Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you should be maximizing the intangible assets you own and have created.

Are you paying attention to the key operating fundamentals? Maureen Farrell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about several operating fundamentals to pay attention to, including cash flow, accounts "deceivable", property security, and of course, keeping business in the pipeline.

What happens when you're paid more than your worth? Jim Blasingame talks about why a big part of our economic problems comes from unions, especially those associated with governments.

Can a small business claim its own economic recovery? Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what small businesses are thinking about the economy and what they need to do to claim their own recovery.

How do you survive the "ping pong syndrome" of small business ownership? Kimberly Corp joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how small business owners can avoid crisis management when you're being pulled in so many directions at once.

Quality process = loyal customers and more profit. Quality expert, Leslie Kossoff, joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how having a quality process, rather than quality service, leads to more loyal customers and more profits.

Baby Boomers will be making their mark on the marketplace and society for a long time to come. David Stillman joins Jim Blasingame to explain why the Baby Boom generation will not retire into the sunset anytime soon.