Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that one of the key elements of a plan to weather an economic downturn is to stay as close to customers as possible because whatever is happening to them is happening to you.

Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that even in the Digital Age, you can’t minimize the power of low tech, which is usually associated with the human influence that we can never undervalue.

Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that we each have success drivers that have to be adjusted each year and that everyone has to learn how to count on others – you can’t achieve success alone.

Charles Goslin joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to behave and what to pay attention to as you move around your world among people who mean you harm.

Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to rethink your operational and budget calendar to front load them so that you aren’t under the gun so much in December.

Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the challenges of finishing the current year strong, while allocating some resources to helping the new year start out well, including outsourcing options.

Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the small business manufacturing sector’s sentiment about the economy, plus the continued increase in on-shoring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.

Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to rethink your operational and budget calendar to front load them so that you aren’t under the gun so much in December.

Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the challenges of finishing the current year strong, while allocating some resources to helping the new year start out well, including outsourcing options.

Andy Gause joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that Corporate America and the U.S. government are dangerously profligate with borrowed money, and why the small business sector has become the opposite model for operating prudence.