Monday - March 10, 2014
Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a company culture looks like - good and bad - and offer suggestions on how to improve your company culture and productivity.
Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to promote the practice of employee reviews, including doing quarterly reviews, plus annual 360 reviews.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on upcoming debates in Congress about Internet sales tax, including the proposal to use "origin-based" methods to simplify the process for small business.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report that the Obama administration and Congress have failed at one of the primary jobs they have, to pass a budget for most of the past 5 years.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new tax reform proposal originating in the House, what's good about it and what's isn't, and whether it has a chance of passing.
Brett Lauter joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that compiling, tracking and believing the data behind your e-commerce activity is the key to making necessary adjustments and find success.
Brett Lauter joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the business model of his online company, Decluttr.com, and offer lessons from how this business was launched in the U.S.
Amity Shlaes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Calvin Coolidge, America's 30th president, is perhaps our most underrated president because he actually decreased the size of government.
Amity Shlaes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three reasons why President Coolidge should be considered a great president, he reduced the size of government, lowered taxes and reduced regulations.
Amity Shlaes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Calvin Coolidge's philosophy of thrift and saving would not be a successful message in the current political landscape, plus why small business owners would have voted for him.
Tuesday - March 11, 2014
Alan Robinson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept and power of having and idea-driven organization, including how to turn your company into such an organization.
Alan Robinson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal research on the high performance of organizations that have created an environment and the practices that value and enlist the ideas of employees.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to review the historic behavior of Russia over the past century with regard to expanding its influence even to the extent of violating agreements.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why weak U.S. foreign policy has contributed to Russia's aggressive expansion and the options available to stop more expansion by Putin.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to explain why U.S. small business owners should be concerned about the behavior of Russia's Putin, and why his plans could hurt U.S. sovereignty and economy.
Jim Blasingame talks about how to balance using the power and productivity of cloud computing with getting in face-to-face with customers when the time is right.
Jim Blasingame to report on recent polling of small business that indicates the 2014 economy is not performing as well as had been projected at the beginning of the year.
Patti Greene joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business education program and her role as the National Academic Director.
Patti Greene joins Jim Blasingame to discuss her role as National Academic Director of the 10,000 Small Business Program, including the multi-faceted and comprehensive curriculum.
Patti Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant performance improvement of the companies that have graduated from the 10,000 Small Business entrepreneurial education program.
Wednesday - March 12, 2014
Mitchell Gold joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he and his partner began their entrepreneurial journey that has resulted in 25 years of success in the tough furntiture industry.
Mitchell Gold joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how being able to reinvent yourself over time is one of the keys to the 25 years of success of his furniture manufacturing partnership.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why business owners should discover the work that they love and do best within their own businesses.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why business owners should identify who the farmers and hunters are in the organization, including themselves, and delegating work around that make-up.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of delegating so that every member of the organization, including the owner, are doing the tasks that suit them best.
David Howitt joins Jim Blasingame to talk about balancing the work you've chosen with the life you want to live, by seeking happiness in the recognition that all work is noble.
David Howitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of finding value in your work and converting that into recognizing your value.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal innovations in old knowledge about how magnets can be used to lower the temperature of the cooling medium in refrigeration appliances.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on new ideas around using thousands of wind turbines offshore to lower the wind speed of approaching hurricanes.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new research that indicates Alzheimer's disease may be diminished and even cured with regular consumption of certain fruits and vegetables.
Thursday - March 13, 2014
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the current potential for the younger generations to become prospects to buy a franchise.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why members of Generation Y may be more likely to create a business that becomes a franchisor before their peers qualify to become a franchisee.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on President Obama's intention to unilaterally change the way employers treat salaries employees with regard to overtime, without any input from Congress.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on several small business friendly issues being debated this year that could be passed by Congress in a bi-partisan way.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the proposed ruling by the IRS that would essentially violate the first amendment rights of certain advocacy entities.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the power of simple can produce may results, including manifesting in a more sustainable level of happiness.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that new media strategies aren't really that different from your traditional strategy, and should be developed with the same customer-centered principles
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how new talent can help you get your online strategy going, including when to hire or engage them.
Anita Rosen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the online strategy secret that we've known for 10,000 years: Ask customers what they want and how they want you to connect with them.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of simple, how to identify it, value it and claim it as a way to de-cluitter your life personally and professionally.
Friday - March 14, 2014
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what ramsom mal-ware is, how your computer gets infected by it, how damaging it can be, how to fix it and how to avoid it.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal an increasing problem of bad guys obtaining your identity and filing a fraudulent tax return that steals your refund.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the tax filing deadline for C and S corporations, including how to file for an automatic extension.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the tax filing deadlines facing individuals, LLCs, partnerships and sole proprietorships, including how to file an automatic extension.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key elements of preparing for the possibility of an IRS tax audit, including how many years or records you have to keep.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how demographic make-up in a number of countries will create challenges for replacing retiring workers, plus three questions to ask your team.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the issues that face managers today as they run businesses today with members of up to five generations.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the coincidence that the government sold its GM stock shortly before a contingent liability was released that it would have known about.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the arbitrary changes President Obama is making to Obamacare, and whether these are constitutional or not.
Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal who may be subject to the Obamacare individual mandate, how much it could cost you, and how to avoid it.
Monday - March 17, 2014
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to connect with customers on an emotional, relevant level, well above the competitive consideration.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the new expectations of customers are evolving in such a way as to give small businesses a great advantage over big business.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to remind that she and others--including Jim--predicted the failure of Obamacare, with the exception of the website failure. Anyone can build a website.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the failure of Obamacare that has caused more than three dozen changes to have to be made, included several for political reasons.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what healthcare in America is likely to look like, including replacing Obamacare elements with free-market components.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what a freelancer is, how they work, how they grow, and how they fit in the marketplace.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to announce the Creative Freelance Business Conference for 2014 in Boston in May, which is designed to help freelancers grow their businesses.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Crowdfunding is, how it works, how to make it legal, and is it for you.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the conditions that come with investor capital and why you must take them into consideration before you take the money.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the small business capitalization landscape, including the future of equity investing, and borrowing, whether from banks or individuals.
Tuesday - March 18, 2014
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the 180 Rule works and how to use it to help you get over your fear of speaking and become a successful thought-leader.
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to use the 180 Rule to overcome our natural tendency to have a negative bias toward public speaking, and transition into a powerful speaker.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the increasing direction of "things" being connected to Internet, and what that means for people connected to the Internet.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal advantages of having the "Internet of Things," -- the world around us, machines, for example -- increasingly connected to the Internet.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the challenges and potentially negative implications as the "Internet of Things" increasingly becomes part of our world.
Susan Vitale joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to increase your hiring success by increasing your level of technology sophistication and search practices.
Susan Vitale joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how employers have to make adjustments in their hiring search practices when looking for employees in Generation Y,.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what ICANN is, why it was founded, who is responsible for it, and why its success and independence is critical to everyone who uses the Internet.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to ask why the Obama administration has chosen now to relinquish control over ICANN and the governance of the Internet when it doesn't have to.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the Obama administration's plan to relinquish control of the Internet and whether this can be averted.
Wednesday - March 19, 2014
Mark Pastin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the ethical landscape in the contemporary marketplace and the ethical behavior of successful small business owners.
Mark Pastin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four types of ethical behaviors you find in the marketplace, and how to deal with each one.
Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the demographic nightmare facing Putin in Russia, including a significant decline in population.
Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the motivation of President Putin is not so much a land-grab as a urgency to correct the demographic decline of Russia.
Ken Gronbach joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why western small business owners should care about Putin's invasion of Crimea in eastern Europe.
Jim Blasingame reveals how the rules of business have changed since customer expectations are expressed as relevance factors long before they discover whether you're competitive or not.
Jim Blasingame talks about how to take advantage of the resources he makes available for free to help small business owners come into The Age of the Customer.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to talk about Fed Chairman Yellen's first Open Market Committee meeting and whether they will make any adjustments to their monetary policies.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to report on what she says are misleading reports about the damage of income inequality, and that income redistribution policies are not the answer.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth joins Jim Blasingame to report on why building the Keystone Pipeline is a good idea on several fronts, including environmental safety, economic impact and geopolitical implications.
Thursday - March 20, 2014
Sheila Heen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the art and science of receiving feedback, which is a lot different from being good at giving feedback.
Sheila Heen joins Jim Blasingame to provide the surprising news that men and women are not different in their natural challenge at successfully receiving feedback.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index of small business optimism to report that the indicator declined in the previous month likely to to uncertainty, not weather..
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Index of small business optimism that shows Main Street sales decline in the last month, as well as capital expenditures.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with the NFIB Report that reveals uncertainty about the future prevails among small business owners, largely due to anti-business policies from Washington.
David Giuliano joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the challenges small business owners face balancing life and business, and how a CEO coach can help.
David Giuliano joins Jim Blasingame to talk about his experience coaching family-owned businesses and what are the most common issues he sees.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some financial spring cleaning tips for small business owners, including getting rid of outdated paperwork and updating credit report.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to recommend several ways technology can help small business owners get their personal financial and tax records organized.
John Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the challenges small business owners face when trying to capitalize and grow their business while simultaneously have a personal retirement fund.
Friday - March 21, 2014
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to redefine the concept of being "remarkable" and how achieving this level with customers is an important goal.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what it means for customers to find your business remarkable in the strict definition, and why that's a marketing practice.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likely reasons Facebook paid $19 BILLION for Whatsapp, which is to maintain their base of young users.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the changes businesses are seeing as they attempt to create and execute a social media strategy.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about concerns that the Obama administration is planning to end it's successful stewardship of the Internet.
Denise Lee Yohn joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what small businesses can learn about branding from the great brands, including how to start from the inside.
Denise Lee Yohn joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what great brands do, including sweating the small stuff, and leading trends instead of following them.
Chuck Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the early stages of the Internet, before the public had access, and to identify how the current governance system was established.
Chuck Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the Obama administration's plan to relinquish control of the Internet to a global, "multi-stakeholder community," and why this is a dangerous plan.
Chuck Martin joins Jim Blasingame to consider the implications for your business if the Obama administration's plan to give the Internet way goes into effect.
Monday - March 24, 2014
How do you incubate ideas and solutions to challenges? Jim McCann joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the concept of conversation leadership as a way to incubate ideas within your team.
Every small business is a family business. Jim McCann joins Jim Blasingame to encourage conversation leadership practices as business owners manage their businesses and involve their family members.
Are you a freelancer or a business owner? Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what makes someone a freelancer, which is typically that you deliver personal services, like consulting, etc.
How many ways are there for a freelancers to grow their businesses? Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three ways for a freelancer to grow, including hiring more people, upgrading clientele and fees, offering products.
If you're a freelancer, should you offer products as well as services? Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the growth option for freelancers of offering products, in addition to services.
Do we really need the big banks? Richard Bove joins Jim Blasingame to explain that in order to be globally competitive, the U.S. needs domestic big banks that can capitalize our domestic growth, even in the face of moral hazard.
What can be done to protect community banks from regulators? Richard Bove joins Jim Blasingame to report on how community banks have been harmed by a one-size-fits-all regulatory regime from a federal government that doesn't care about small banks.
France may be moving away from socialism? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to report on an apparent move by France's leadership to embrace more capitalistic policies.
When did Pope Frances become a global economist? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to point out that Pope Frances hasn't learned the lessons of Pope John Paul II on the value of capitalism over socialism in raising people out of poverty.
A new magazine focused on natives of France living in the U.S. Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his plans to launch a print magazine that serves the 500,000 French natives living in the U.S.
Tuesday - March 25, 2014
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why older entrepreneurs are better entrepreneurs, plus why entrepreneurs over 50 are more successful than younger entrepreneurs.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to explain that one of the reasons entrepreneurs get better with age is that they refine an idea and make it better as times change.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to explain that despite the changes in technology and an increased pace of business, humans are not much different than we've always been.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to explain that the connection between innovation and strategy is people and that you must have people in your business who are listening to your customers and in touch with the market.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the devotion to the share price become the enemy of sustainable strategy.
Charlie Dromgoole joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Lake Houston Business Expo, which is focusing on helping local businesses succeed and grow.
Charlie Dromgoole joins Jim Blasingame to explain that chambers of commerce have to continue to be relevant to small businesses by continuing to help them grow.
Don Cooper joins Jim Blasingame to explain that some believe that profit is wrong or achieved at the expense of others and why that thinking is incorrect.
Don Cooper joins Jim Blasingame to explain that profit is not evil and that as a business owner you can not feel guilty for making a profit or you won't stay in business.
Don Cooper joins Jim Blasingame to explain that profit is a moral imperative and that the more money your business makes, the better you can take care of your employees, your customers, and your community.
Wednesday - March 26, 2014
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the parameters that dictate whether your customer publication should be delivered in print or digitally, or maybe both.
Rob Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the parameters to use when deciding whether to to use print or online options to advertise your business, or when to use both.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the culture in Malaysia and how that contributed to this country's inability to deal successfully with a global public relations challenge.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of the Malaysian society and culture that contributed to their failed public relations action regarding flight 370.
Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how China's 40-year "one child" policy made the loss of life in the crash of flight 370 that much more anguishing for the Chinese.
Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to ask him to answer questions she's received from her viewers, including how one employee can deal with another employee who isn't pulling his weight.
Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to ask him to answer questions from her viewers about how to deal with members of Generation Y who are constantly late to work.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to lament the fact that the size and dysfunction of the federal government is putting all other aspects of American life in jeopardy.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the Obama administration's dangerous plan to divest the U.S. of ultimate control of the Internet and convey it to global stakeholders,
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming annual America's Small Business Summit being conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and what will be happening there.
Thursday - March 27, 2014
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how recent acquisitions by Facebook might have implications for how your business uses this platform as a marketing resource.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips how to use the new tools of social media to support and contribute to your traditional marketing strategy.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the fact that the U.S. has the ability to not only be energy self-sufficient, but to be a major energy exporter.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the Obama administration's war on coal is actually a war on the thousands of small businesses that operate in the coal industry.
Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on the economic and geopolitical advantages the U.S. could achieve by promoting liquid natural gas production and exporting.
Jim Blasingame reports on the Obama administration's plan to divest the U.S. of its ownership control over the governance of the Internet, and why this is a bad plan.
Jim Blasingame reveal a few of the perilous implications that are possible if the Obama administration is allowed to divest control of internet governance to a global entity.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on the history and success of more than 40 years of successful Internet governance by the U.S., and why it should remain that way.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the Obama administration's plan to divest U.S. control of the Internet to a multi-stakeholder entity is a dangerous idea that could have disastrous results.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the U.S. plan to divest control of the Internet, and how the possible unintended consequences that it could create for small business.
Friday - March 28, 2014
Heather Meeker Green joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the similarities of conflict resolution and negotiating, and explain how to become better at both.
Heather Meeker Green joins Jim Blasingame to reveal tips and best practices on how to resolve conflict with employees, co-workers and even managers.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the Pareto Principle, how it works and how to apply it to improve the performance of your business.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to take the Pareto Principle to the next level by breaking identifying all elements of performance, from good to bad.
Yevgeniy Feyman joins Jim Blasingame to provide an update on the progress of Obamacare and the partisan nature of the various changes to the law by the Obama administration.
Yevgeniy Feyman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the greatest defect in the Affordable Care Act: it's not affordable, and that is impacting the level of adoption.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how user generated content, UGC, has become a powerful element of any successful marketing strategy.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the increasing demand by customers for quality in all levels of a relationship, and why this is good news for small businesses.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different kinds of influencers of your marketing plan, including the new group, users.
Monday - March 31, 2014
Leerom Segal joins Jim Blasingame to explain that big data allows companies to become relevant to customers by learning their preferences and customizing their experience.
Leerom Segal joins Jim Blasingame to explain how businesses can you big data to execute and evolve faster by personalizing each employee's work experience.
Greg Link joins Jim Blasingame to explain that trust is the lifeblood of business and small businesses can't afford to have untrustworthy people on their team.
Greg Link joins Jim Blasingame to define low-trust, plus he explain that people are hardwired to trust & desire to be trusted, but business has lost the essence of trust as a best practice.
Greg Link joins Jim Blasingame to explain that if you do what you say you're doing to do as a small business owner and build a reputation around that, you will be trustworthy to customers.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to explain that if you're building a business, you have to build respect between you and your customers, your employees, and even your competitors.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to discuss being professional when working from home, plus be proud of your accomplishments & let people know about them.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to explain that CEOs should spend time with other CEOs because you can do more with collaboration than with competition, plus why small business CEOs are sometimes hesitant to meet with others.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to discus what you can learn from collaboration and why getting face-to-face with your peers when you have challenging issues is important.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to explain that all business owners need a peer group that will help you address problems in your business.
