What does it take to be a successful restaurant owner? What does it take to be a successful franchisor? Listen to Todd Parent as he joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what went into founding and growing Extremem Pizza. This is a clinic on how to give yourself the maximum opportunity to be successful.

Since 1998, Jim Blasingame has been predicting that the 21st is the century of the entrepreneur and he talks about some of the reasons for this position, including technology, market shifts, social media, and of course, the pathological optimism of small business owners.

How is starting a business different today from the last recession? Jim Blasingame offers some insight into some of the issues that start-ups are facing these days, including where to look for opportunity, finding capital and the need for being patient and deliberate in your expectations.

As you think about starting a business, look for niches to fill. Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about focusing more on niches as a way to discover new market opportunities, instead of trying to be innovative.

How is women leadership different? Mary Cantando talks to Jim Blasingame about her work with women and what they need to grow their businesses. She also says leadership demonstrated by women is different from that by men.

Changing of the guard at the ASBDC is in place. Don Wilson's fine leadership of the Association of Small Business Development Centers is being handed to his replacement, Charles "Tee" Rowe, and they join Jim Blasingame to talk about where the organization is and where it's going.

How do you turn underwear into an entrepreneurial success? Lida Orzeck joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how she and her co-founder turned a birthday gift into an idea to produce and sell women's intimate apparel. Jim likes saying the name of their company, Hanky Panky,

Creating residual income - the work that keeps on giving is something Ruth King talks with Jim Blasingame about this, including several specific examples of how to set an income stream in place and just maintain it over time.

Who are America's most promising small businesses? Forbes Managing Editor, Carl Lavin, joins Jim Blasingame to announce the Forbes list of America's Most Promising Companies, what they do, where the are and what can be learned from these 20 small businesses.

Free small business resources are everywhere in the U.S., according to Charles Nagel and Jim Blasingame, who discuss the many sources where you can gain knowledge on how to start and run a small business successfully.