How does a small business balance the desire to make a profit and the imperative of maintaining positive cash flow? Steve Martin talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the things you can do to create a healthy balance between profit and cash.

How do you blend planning for the future while dealing with a clear and presently dangerous economy?Tim Berry and Jim Blasingame discuss how to prepare for survival while planning for the future.

Do you know who your most ideal customer prospect is? Chad and Jeff Koser talk with Jim Blasingame about these customer, which they call "Zebras," how to find them efficiently and stay focused on them.

Following the interview with Steve DelBianco on Internet governance, Jim Blasingame talks about the future of the Internet using a current United Nations analogy. It isn't pretty. Small business owners must get involved in this debate.

The top 10 Small Business survival steps to take in 2009, as explained by Jim Blasingame. Jim talks about cash management, bank relationships, and several other critical steps that will contribute to your survival in 2009.

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."