What's the most important part of your brand? Howard Behar says it's the people, and he joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why putting people first is so important for your business to survive and grow.

With so much fear and uncertainty in the marketplace, how do we rise above all of it. Joe Bailey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about not just dealing with fear, but actually managing it as one of the very real issues of running a business.

How to keep your nose to the survival grindstone and your eye on the opportunity horizon. Paul Casey and Jim Blasingame talk about managing for survival while planning for future success.

Do you follow astrology? Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the idea of how astrological circumstances may play a part in how customers behave and markets respond.

What are the key issues small businesses should consider when taking dramatic reorganization steps in order to survive a recession and prepare for recovery?Dario Priolo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the results of a nationwide survey on this topic.

How's the economy doing? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report on the results of the Tatum Survey about the attitudes on the economy from business owners and managers around the country. This month's report is very encouraging.

There are thousands of Americans working in the foreign services, including ambassadors. Ambassador Donald Blinken talks with Jim Blasingame about what it's like going from the marketplace to the diplomatic world.

Do small businesses use social media more than big business? Who uses social media more, executives or managers? Chuck Martin shares his research on these and other social media questions with Jim Blasingame as they reveal surprising findings of Chuck's recent survey.

What are you doing to prepare for a tough economy? Gail Kaspar talks with Jim Blasingame about looking at our businesses and our customer relationships as they are this year and will be in the future, not as we wish they still were.

Capitalism has been weakened and is under assault by policies that are nothing less than socialistic. Jim Blasingame lists the reasons capitalism is the most logical "ism", and he identifies the socialistic assaults and why they are dangerous to the future of America.