What are the first steps President Obama will take with regard to health care reform? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the SCHIP program and why it's the "down payment" toward universal healthcare by the government.

Can you survive in 2009 by connecting with customers instead of just marketing to them? Charlie Fewell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about making sure customers know we appreciate their business and that our employees are trained to do the same thing.

What is one of the primary reasons small businesses fail? They don't ask questions when they don't know something, and Nora Klaver talks with Jim Blasingame about why this this kind of attitude could cause a business to fail.

If you don't operate with financial fundamentals, you won't survive in 2009. Jim Blasingame talks about some of the things small businesses must do on to stay afloat during this recession.

What's the best attitude to have in 2009? Jim Blasingame talks about critical 2009 attitudes, like "positive reality," discretion is the better part of valor" and "winning by surviving."

What caused the financial meltdown and is the government helping. Chuck Kadlec joins Jim Blasingame to discuss when and how things went wrong and the potential dangers of government intervention.

Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to discuss issues in this week's <i>Kiplinger Letter</i>, including investment options, economic conditions, the government transition, including the new SBA administrator, and other current topics.

What are the prime characteristics of a leader? Barry Conchie joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to be a great leader and how to get people to follow you.

How do we get our customers to be honest about who makes the buying decisions? Steven Gaffney joins Jim Blasingame with some valuable tips on how to do a better job of communicating with our customers and prospects.

Why is it important to think of your small business' health the way you do your personal health? Mark Richardson joins Jim Blasingame with tips about how to give your business a complete checkup.