How do you become a successful small business owner? Andrew Oman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the importance of being unique and delivering a valuable product to a certain group of people, not necessarily the whole world.

What are the important issues when starting a small business? Andrew Oman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why delivering value is more important than what you sell or your price and serving others is key to serving yourself.

How do you get start up capital for your small business? Bill Diffenderffer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the importance of your story, whether you're seeking a loan or investment capital.

How is the landscape for raising capital? Bill Diffenderffer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the difficultly of raising capital for start-ups arising primarily from an increased aversion to risk.

What are the first financial steps for any small business? Donald Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why a start-up business owner should have an emergency fund before they start the business, plus learn how to create and manage with financial projections.

What is the first thing to do when you start a business? Donald Hunter joins Jim Blasingame to reveal first steps in a start-up: identify demand, then find and deliver a solution.

Gene Marks joins Jim Blasingame to talk about tax deductions for start-up expenses, the tax advantages for investments into small businesses, plus enhanced charitable deductions.

Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss using social media as a creative, and free, marketing tool – to get started, give people a reason to “friend” or “follow you” then provide continual information about your business.

Get the word out about your business with proactive marketing. Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to talk about maximizing your marketing budget in creative ways and the effectiveness of symbiotic marketing and advertising.

What would you do if you had to start over with nothing? Norm Brodsky joins Jim Blasingame to offer the most important lesson for business start-ups: discover what customers want and give it to them.