Thursday - October 01, 2015
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key components of preparation when anticipating an employment interview.
Vicky Oliver joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things you can do once you believe you didn’t perform well on an employment interview.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal why you should think about personality types when developing and working in teams.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal why the people you hire should also be tested to see if their personality will work in the teams they will join.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal research that shows extreme conditions, like stress, can cause an employee to revert even deeper into their default personality type.
Jason Levesque joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he accomplished his dream of bringing jobs back to the U.S., especially Maine, and incredibly, the jobs he brought back were for call center services.
Jason Levesque joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of adding customer service features to your small business website, like the chat feature.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to identify what it means to have a long term customer and how to start the process of acquiring them.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that more than salesmanship, leadership is the most important element in successfully acquiring long term customer relationships.
Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of asking questions and listening to customers as a powerful practice to accomplish long term relationships.
Friday - October 02, 2015
Karen Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the best tips and practices when making a proposal presentation, including the power of asking questions and shutting up.
Karen Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to tell more stories as you talk with customers, especially in the proposal presentation process.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of owning your numbers, including how to find and use those numbers on a regular basis.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the specific areas of financial management that you have to own if you’re going to make the kind of sophisticated CEO decisions needed to sustain success today.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why forecasting your activity is one way to become a better and more informed decision maker, and why checking your plan against actual activity is powerful.
Monday - October 05, 2015
Dale Buckner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss investment strategy in the midst of an ever-changing global market.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the leadership style and results of John Boehner as Speaker of the House and whether criticism of him was justified.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the proposed replacements for John Boehner as Speaker of the House and how that process works.
Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the change in attitude among the electorate in both parties to make their representatives become more adversarial, instead of using the debate and compromise approach.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why too many people are afraid to speak in public and how to lower the anxiety by improving the preparation process.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tips and best practices of how to properly and successfully bring a new hire on-board as a new member of your organization.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to report on new research that shows two-thirds of execs can’t pass the most basic financial literacy tests, even with true and false questions.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps to take to determine the financial indicator called EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization – and why every manage needs this information.
Joe Knight joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the direct connection of EBITDA and ROI and why you need to know both in order to make a business investment decison.
Tuesday - October 06, 2015
Sean Quigley joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of building a solid liquidity plan for your personal and business live.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to continue their reporting on why and how the financial industry and often corporate America is conducting financial capitalism by manipulating financial practices instead of investing in the economy.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to report on the admission by former Fed Chairman Bernanke that he thought some of the people on Wall Street that caused the 2008 financial crisis should have gone to jail.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what caused the 2008 financial crisis and whether we’ve learned anything in order to prevent another one.
Zain Raj joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that branding has changed from a passive message-driven activity to one that requires constant active and aggressive steps to stay in front of customers.
Zain Raj joins Jim Blasingame to ask the question of what level of commitment do customers have with your brand and business, is it a habit, a routine or a ritual.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how IEEW began and how it’s created over 500 women entrepreneurs in Rwanda and Afghanistan in the past 10 years.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to talk about an upcoming trip to Rwanda to continue their Peace through Business initiative and train Rwandan women how to become entrepreneurs and start their own business.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to talk about her plans to expand the Peace Through Business initiative of IEEW into other African countries.
Wednesday - October 07, 2015
Jim Alampi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the two best ways to acquire key employees is either to grow them through your internal training methods or poach the best from other companies.
Jim Alampi joins Jim Blasingame to ask what you’d do if you knew you were in danger of losing a key employee, and to consider doing those things now, before they leave.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the process of choosing a new Speaker of the House in Congress, and whether McCarthy has a chance of becoming the next speaker.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on his trip to Hungary to witness the movement of refugees from the Syrian conflict into Europe, and to report that perhaps as few as one in five are actually from Syria.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the disastrous foreign policy of the Obama administration, and to reveal how bad things have resulted as a result of the vacuum Obama left in the Middle East.
Jim Blasingame offers three examples of how life on the farm prepared him for life and business in the non-farm marketplace.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent poll of small business owners to determine which of four issues it the greatest one they need help with.
Adrian Ott joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the Scrub quality method and the Agile practices that can help you improve the productivity of your organization.
Adrian Ott joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the “Stand-up” and “Sprint” practice of Agile quality management as a way to improve the effectiveness of your teams as they focus on projects.
Adrian Ott joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that organizations using the Agile quality practices have reported decreases in crisis management, better team moral and getting closer to customers.
Thursday - October 08, 2015
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what it would take for your organization to do better than it is, and what are the likely things holding you back.
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how companies have grown exponentially by focusing on selling and delivering value over trying to be the price leader.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the impact these two largest of generations have and will continue to have on the economy, society and politics, largely because of their size.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Gen X is much smaller in numbers from the two generations on either side, and how that fact is impacting them and the world around them, especially the marketplace.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the dynamics and challenges of managing a business in a multi-generational workforce and how to do it successfully.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that being happy in business doesn’t happen accidentally, and how to be more intentional and take advantage of the spillover effect.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to talk about corporate culture that is focused on the concept of happiness that produces productivity and more customers.
Dan Poynter joins Jim Blasingame to share his story about how he got into skydiving and how he turned that love into a career and successful business.
Dan Poynter joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how skydiving has become an industry with many different disciplines and thousands of jobs.
Dan Poynter joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the future of books, both regarding the form – physical or electronic – and how we’re beginning to think of information instead of the delivery method.
Friday - October 09, 2015
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two ways you can expand your business, including buying marketshare, or by merging with or acquiring a competitor.
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three more ways to grow your business, including farming, hunting and adding new products.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Halal restaurant chain that grew from a single hotdog stand on wheels to a growing chain of restaurants by knowing and leveraging the power of their brand.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Ample Hills ice cream company’s growth history that was driven by a brand known for quality and how a little luck gave them a big boost.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the power of a quality brand to take a tiny operation to a national Main Street level and an IPO on Wall Street.
Alanna Locast joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how she and two teammates began talking about the challenges of being a female athlete, and turned it into a business.
Alanna Locast joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how their business was formed and how they used Internet resources to offer products, attracted customers and built a community.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to talk about her book on financial fundamentals for business being printed in China and how Chinese businesses would operate without central planning of the state.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to explain how her five week program is designed to help small businesses with a path to find new profit opportunity.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the markers of a professional business manager in tracking the financial performance of the business, including the gross profit of each customer.
Monday - October 12, 2015
Jon Mertz joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the work he’s doing to help Millennials to be successful as they enter the marketplace and workforce.
Jon Mertz joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why Millennials' behavior is sort of like the way Aspen trees grow, and why understanding that will help manage them.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the background on some of the candidates for Speaker of the House and why the chosen one could have a negative impact on your online business.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the work that’s being done to minimize the damage Obama has done in his effort to give the Internet away to an international entity.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the bad things that could come to pass if the next president acts like Obama has regarding the Internet.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the ways “social engineers” have found to infiltrate your business and computers and steal your data, and how to minimize that risk.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices and tips you can use in order to secure your data on laptops, tablets and phones, including password length.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to recommend strategic steps to take in order to create a relationship with your banker before you need to ask for a loan.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to make your bank a critical partner in your business, including letting them know what your long term plans are and taking them on road trips to see how you’ll use loan proceeds.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things to tell your banker when you ask for a loan, including how the money will be used and how the bank will be paid back.
Tuesday - October 13, 2015
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of a product and why every business must be in the constant motion of upgrading and replacing existing customer offerings.
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three ways to think about expanding and focusing your product offerings.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the dramatic changes you’ll soon experience with your LinkedIn groups that you may or may not like.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the challenges Twitter is having as well as what the company is doing to change in order to maintain their relevance.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you need to conduct content audits on your online publishing activity, but also how to get help doing it.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the same person capable of accomplishing so much, also holds the capacity to hold us back, and how to focus on the right side of us.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new research that shows us how we excel and how we hold ourselves back based on what we believe about ourselves.
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new law signed by President Obama that changes the way small companies offer health insurance and comply with the law.
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to report on the onerous compliance requirements of Obamacare on small businesses with between 50 and 100 employees.
Janemarie Mulvey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how the two political parties will use healthcare as a debate issue to gain new voters during the election cycle.
Wednesday - October 14, 2015
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are at once having great success as well as derailing themselves.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the factors that derail a person or organization and ask if the values of America are moving in the derailing direction.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the tasks of a bookkeeper, how an accountant’s job differs, and how to know when to upgrade.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the different ways to acquire more professional financial management whether by hiring it or outsourcing.
Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role of a CFO for any business that is trying to get to a higher level of capitalization than a typical local bank relationship.
Jim Blasingame reveals what eminent domain is as a constitutional power, how it’s been corrupted by state and local governments, how the Supreme Court gutted the rights of property owners and how this will come into play in the next election.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to explain how small businesses can use SCORE resources to grow and solve problems.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways to get help from SCORE volunteers by asking for specific help and counsel.
Ken Yancey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what you can expect to happen when you have a first meeting with a SCORE volunteer, and how to make sure you get the help you need.
Thursday - October 15, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that too many people think their assignment in a job interview is to show up, when the most important thing is to know how to ask for the job.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the different devices we have for different jobs, how they overlap and which will wind up becoming irrelevant.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some best practices that will help you get more participation from your people when you need feedback on changes you want to make.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that with all of our new technology, people are still drawn to communication that emphasizes the human connection.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how those at the top should see their company at the level where employees serve in order to get the best picture.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to recommend your service philosophy should be like a kaleidoscope with lots of attractive facets of light and color.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that you have an infinite number of ways to customize service for customers as you continue to meet their evolving expectations.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the political Left are trying to stop dissenting voices and squash ideas that are counter to their ideology by taking the market out of the marketplace of ideas.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to ask how the Democrat presidential candidates intend to pay for the new government intrusions into our lives that they’re campaigning on.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on his work tracking what he calls regulatory dark matter that imposes itself on businesses and citizens without going through the legislative process.
Friday - October 16, 2015
Bill Diffenderffer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss his novel that deals with the fact that humans have the capacity to build more technology than we’re capable of using safely.
Bill Diffenderffer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how his sci-fi novel explores the ability for humans to create more technology than we have the capacity to control and manage.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the factors that are changing the way businesses capitalize their growth and how this is impacting the future of banks.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the emerging elements of capital that will change the banking industry and its relationship with small businesses.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how your plan for capital acquisition and allocation will change over the next five years.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how one company tested their new idea with a crowdfunding campaign, and how the response got them more than capital.
Monday - October 19, 2015
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of humility in an organization that also seeks excellence, and why the combination improves your odds at being successful.
Michael Stallard joins Jim Blasingame to explain why having operational humility can be powerful and offer three practices that will help you accomplish this level of excellence.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of organizational chaos and identify some of the reasons it occurs in small businesses.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how chaos sucks productivity right out of your day, and to offer three best practices that will help you overcome chaos manufacturing factors.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to recommend two more best practices that will help you fight organizational chaos that can suck productivity right out of your day.
Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways workplace romance manifests and how to deal with them as potential participants and as a manager.
Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to talk about a real situation where a person has a gap of several years in her employment timeline and how to enter the workplace with that issue.
Judith Glaser and Joan Pryde join Jim Blasingame to recognize breast cancer awareness month by telling their stories about how their condition was found and how they handled their treatment and survival.
Judith Glaser and Joan Pryde join Jim Blasingame to talk about their sustained experience with breast cancer, one without any re-occurrence and one with a recent second diagnosis and subsequent treatment decision.
Judith Glaser and Joan Pryde join Jim Blasingame to share their thoughts on getting screened, dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis, how men can help and why women should be patient with them as they try.
Tuesday - October 20, 2015
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how small business owners think their perfect way of doing things holds their company back when they need to delegate to employees who can only do excellent.
Marsha Egan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the trigger moments when you have to take action and go with excellent instead of holding out for perfect.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why helping small businesses is not the reason why some politicians want more patent reform.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are several patent reform bills that need to be coordinated and debated so small businesses aren’t harmed.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the sinister forces behind the current patent reform movement, often using small business as their straw man.
Barbara Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to evaluate some of the offers you get in the mail and by email, as to whether they’re illegal or just not a good deal.
Barbara Luther joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key specifications you need to use when choosing an intellectual property (patent) attorney, and how to work with the one you choose.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the best practices that will help you have a great year-end finish in sales, including making sure you focus on those customers who can close this year.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to report on proposed changes that will require small businesses to change how they pay hourly and salaried employees.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to report on the government proposal that will require small businesses to give all employees seven days of annual sick leave.
Wednesday - October 21, 2015
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are many consumers called HENRYs – high income, not rich yet – you should be courting because they’re spending money.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of focusing on delivering an experience customers won’t forget, including being open during the hours that suit them, not the ones that fit your schedule.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Congress won’t establish key tax provisions that stay in effect all year, which prevents small businesses from being able to make capital expenditure decisions.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Congress is still sitting on tax provisions for income producing real estate owners that help these investors know how to invest in upgrades and maintenance.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about whether the failure of the government to enact a dependable tax policy we can plan for will have an impact on the next presidential election.
Jim Blasingame reveals the malady of professional scurvy, and identifies four kinds of professional Vitamin C that can help you cure and avoid this marketplace disease.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent poll which asked whether you are prepared to defend your business from an armed intruder, or if your plan is to dial 911.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the problem small businesses create for themselves when they don’t provide sales training for their people.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the five key criteria to use as you train your sales team about how to become professional sales people.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that nothing happens – in the world – until someone in the marketplace makes a sale, and why the government should remember that.
Thursday - October 22, 2015
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and best practices on getting the brain power of your team members available to the entire organization.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the importance of having one brand message for the company that all employees are trained to discuss outside the company.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of small business optimism that shows the U.S. economy is still languishing at a poor growth rate.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of small business optimism, which shows there isn’t very much of that, especially in the area of investing in growth.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the anti-business behavior of the government, including President Obama, Congress and the Fed.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to turn your passive prospecting/marketing activity into more active practices that accomplish relevance with prospects.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal several lame excuses business owners use to avoid doing the marketing work they should do.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the impact of immigration between the various GOP factions as they seek a new Speaker.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the fact that the two parties in Washington seem to rather treat immigration as a political football to score points instead of accomplishing real reform.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to report on the likely impact of immigration on the success or failure of both political parties in the next presidential election.
Friday - October 23, 2015
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the steps you can take to make sure the cover of your book looks professionally published.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how to make the page design and architecture of your book look professionally published.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on how brands like Uber have used new media resources to power their brand introduction and building, but why it all comes back to innovation.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Red Bull used technology and new media to build its brand, but the power of this strategy still began with innovative thinking.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on how two women identified a unique way to do business and turned Birch Box into a multi-million dollar enterprise.
Monday - October 26, 2015
Rick Lepsinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there are four foundational elements that produce trust in a relationship, including credibility, reliability, intimacy and self-orientation.
Wayne Allyn Root joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story of how he was impacted by his mother’s relentless spirit and why that trait is so compelling and attractive to others seeking a leader.
Wayne Allyn Root joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how people are attracted to politicians who are relentless, sometimes even when their values are not aligned.
Wayne Allyn Root joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reason why relentlessness is best found in a person who also has quality values, as opposed to a desire for power at all costs.
Matt Tagliavia joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the challenges inventors have in getting their ideas for the drawing board to the store shelves so they can make money, and how his company helps them.
Matt Tagliavia joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways inventors are using crowdfunding options for getting their inventions funded to the level they can take it to the next level of commercialization.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on how some states are reforming tax laws that could become good or bad influences at the federal level.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on various tax reform ideas by the various candidates on both sides of the aisle.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the chaos among Republicans in the House as they struggle to coalesce around a new Speaker.
Rick Lepsinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how trust as a marketplace factor has not only endured the test of time, but is more important in the digital age than ever before.
Tuesday - October 27, 2015
Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things that are different about asking for a raise as a small business employee than as an employee of a large company.
Katherine Crowley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the practices to use to compensate employees, including raises, that works for the company and employee long-term.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on why Obamacare is failing to deliver on the fundamental goals because of its flawed structure and funding assumptions.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why many will experience significant price hike in their Obamacare premiums, plus lower coverage for those premiums.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the legal and illegal ways the Obama administration has had to adjust Obamacare in order to hold it together this long.
Jim Blasingame to reveal why the forces in The Age of the Customer are impacting your business whether you accept that reality or not.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of know how to ask questions when trying to take your business into the future.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of asking questions and to suggest a few specific ones to ask, in order to prepare your business for the future.
Jack Uldrich joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to get your people to question your positions, ideas and decisions in a way that contributes to long-term success.
Wednesday - October 28, 2015
Alan See joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of small business owners having two brands online: one for the company and one for themselves as a thought-leader.
Alan See joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how becoming a publisher of content is a great way to create and promote a brand, especially your personal brand.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to introduce the business loan brokerage industry, and explain how it works and how it could work better.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his company is putting its money where its mouth is by making his customer activity transparent to the industry in a challenge to create more transparency.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the impediments to making the business loan brokerage industry more transparent, and what it will take to make that happen.
Jerry Silberman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how wild the business funding landscape is and what small business owners need to know to avoid getting in trouble.
Jerry Silberman joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the debt workout process works in his company, including even the most desperately indebted.
Jim Blasingame explains how the Federal Reserve Board works, how it is regarded internationally and what it tries to accomplish.
Jim Blasingame reveals how the Fed’s QE monetary policies have created collateral damage out of the main Street economy, and small businesses.
Jim Blasingame reveals the problems that were created by the Fed’s monetary policies which cause Wall Street to operate its business without investing in the Main Street economy.
Thursday - October 29, 2015
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to talk about when and how to use the power of the new media technology and leverage to accomplish a face-to-face meeting.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on how mobile network providers are changing the way they price new smartphones as part of their service bundle.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the manufacturing sector and explain why it’s contributing to the slowdown in the economy in the 3rd quarter.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the job-killing executive orders from Obama’s agencies that are costing American manufacturing jobs.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Obama’s National Labor Relations Board has tried to pierce the human resources element of business contracts in favor of union organizing.
Jim Blasingame reveals some of the reasons why Congress’s new Twitter hashtag should be #WITHOUTANYSENSEOFSHAME.
Jim Blasingame to report on a recent online poll that reveals the four things small businesses think are holding back the economy, with the big reason being anti-business policies from Washington.
Paula Lovell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about whether there is an extra degree of difficulty for a woman to be a small business owner than for a man.
Paula Lovell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how she and her company dealt with a life-threatening illness, treatment and recovery.
Paula Lovell joins Jim Blasingame to talk to young women entrepreneurs about what it takes to be successful and happy as a small business owner.
Friday - October 30, 2015
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your customer’s expectations are changing with the speed of technology and how to stay connected at this pace.
John Patterson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how your customers are on a journey, from when they first learn about you, through shopping, buying and after they leave.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to ask if you know how to tell if your organization is executive effectively, or if you’re just working.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about a lead executing task and a lag executing goal and why you have to differentiate these two with employees as you go to market.
Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some CEO best practices for executing on the work you have to do in the time you have available.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key steps and practices to take when you have to conduct an internal investigation in your business.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to identify some of the key elements you need to address when conducting an internal investigation in your business.
