Our Brain Trust's resident business planning expert and our resident banking expert join Jim to talk about the importance of your business plan in a successful relationship with your banker. The guys what banks need, and how developing a business plan will help you get that information to your banker. This is a very valuable conversation that you might not find anywhere else. Don't miss this one.

Dale joins Jim for the first time to talk about how to be an effective boss. Dale talks about how the gifted boss finds the very best employees. Finding good employees is a major management challenge, and this conversation Jim has with Dale will help you meet this challenge and succeed.

Dr. McTeer joins Jim for the first time, and begins this visit by talking about what the Federal Reserve Board is and what it does. Bob also explains why we have regional Fed banks, how they work, and how they make the Fed a decentralized central bank. Bob explains what happens in an FOMC meeting where the decisions are make to adjust interest rates which ultimately affect the rates banks charge customers. This is information that you may only find on The Small Business Advocate show.