Wednesday - November 01, 2017
Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to report that weeks after the hurricane destroyed much of Puerto Rico, 70% of residents still don’t have electricity, and what will it take to resolve this impediment to recovery.
Nicole Gelinas joins Jim Blasingame to report on the devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma, and with its bankrupt government, how will it ever recover?
Greg Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report that privacy laws in the European Union run with their citizens, so that if one of them comes into contact with a U.S. business, that law, and penalties, applies to the business.
Greg Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the European Union’s privacy laws which are in effect for any business that sells to an E.U. citizen – online or in-person – including restrictions on how you can market to them.
Greg Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report that if E.U. type privacy laws and regulations become so pervasive across the world, it will likely become necessary for the U.S. to follow suit.
Jim Blasingame reveals how Jeff Foxworthy’s comedic routine can be used to the advantage of small businesses.
Jim Blasingame reports on a recent online poll that shows 84% of small business owners would or might not hire a person who had body modifications showing, like a tattoo or a body ring.
Andrew Gause joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the economic, monetary and fiscal factors that are informing the Federal Reserve Board on what to do with interest rates.
Andrew Gause joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what’s informing President Trump regarding choosing the next Fed Chairman, including his most likely choice, Jerome Powell.
Andrew Gause joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the present and future of Bitcoin, as a non-governmental crypto-currency, and whether it will be sustainable or a gimmick.
Thursday - November 02, 2017
Jay Howard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements of success that contributed to the 30th anniversary of his business, including hiring the bests people.
Jay Howard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why business should celebrate milestones, like anniversaries, because it’s good for employees and customers like it.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps she went through to launch a franchise, including the three key elements that contribute to successful scaling.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you want to keep your best people, you have to give them the opportunity to grow in their assignments, including taking risks and having authority.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the dangers of conflating your good nature and generosity during the holidays with the timing of annual performance reviews.
Amy Friedrich joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Principal Well-Being Index of small businesses that shows this sector’s optimism has more than doubled since the last report.
Amy Friedrich joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Principal Well-Being Index shows more small businesses intend to increase benefits going forward, plus the difference between how men and women think about insurance.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the special interest gauntlet a tax bill has to traverse before it becomes law.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what “the swamp” is, and whether it’s possible to end the double-dealing, corruption and influence-peddling.
Richard Galen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal whether it’s possible to end the double-dealing, corruption and influence-peddling by the new special counsel, Mueller, and whether he’s the man for the job.
Friday - November 03, 2017
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to make sure you get your share of the business abandoned by the big retailers before Amazon moves in, including delivering experiences that make customers tell others.
Chip Bell joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many disruptions that are happening in the marketplace and how to make sure you’re on the right side of these changes.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the local governments raising minimum wage above the federal level, and how that’s hurt small businesses and any low-skilled employees.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the way some states treat tips for income purposes are hurting employees when there is a local minimum wage increase.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report that after years of failed employment policies, France is trying to end them, while some U.S. politicians are trying to start them here.
Monday - November 06, 2017
Leslie Shore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the apparent universal phenomenon of men interrupting women, and Jim gets through the interview with his life and without adding too much additional evidence.
Leslie Shore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges women have talking with men in the workplace without being interrupted, and advice for both.
Tuesday - November 07, 2017
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that fear of the unknown causes too many small businesses from having a functioning intellectual property plan, and the solution is to just take the first step.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your intellectual property strategy should be driven by aggressive steps to control market segments, as well as to make sure you’re not violating the IP of a competitor.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal 10 ways you can make sure your customers are happy and feel special every single time.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you expect an investor to take your seriously, you have to be able to convey the essence of your value proposition in a very short sentence.
Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your numbers have to be attributed to some market research, especially if you have actual sales.
Jim reveals the power of the Cloud, including five applications, as well as how to avoid one of the biggest problems with it.
Jim Blasingame reveals that we have to begin thinking about how to evolve our analog ethical catalog into a force that will be effective against digital leverage.
Lennox Cornwall joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that taking time off away from your business is an essential best practice, even if you think you can’t risk being gone or can’t afford it.
Lennox Cornwall joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that anything you can do to lower the volume inside your head, and listen to your dreams, will lead to more clarity on challenges and opportunities.
Lennox Cornwall joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that journaling, and/or writing down the ideas that pop into your head, over time will result in a collection of thoughts that will lead to clarity with problems and opportunities.
Wednesday - November 08, 2017
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the new fire-hose of information coming at us today requires that we learn how to be more discerning of the content and the source.
Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that we should be careful to avoid listening to only those sources of information that we agree with.
Robert Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that so-called “soft skills” are really just the basic skills that each of us use to live, work, sell, manage, and therefore, aren’t really soft at all.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that there is nothing soft about selling skills, because anything that makes everything else possible must be, almost by definition, not soft at all.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the best way to mine gold in the marketplace is to ask prospects and customers what they want – and what their customers want – and then listen for golden responses.
Paul Geiger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the only thing preventing you from becoming a – or a better – public speaker is yourself and a few fundamental steps, like being able to net out your idea.
Paul Geiger joins Jim Blasingame to offer several public speaking tips, including limiting your ideas to three, own your breathing, and practice your gestures.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that people who earn their money and get rich are to be admired, but those who’re rent seekers, influencing the government for financial gain, are to be derided.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that a “rent seeker” is someone who influences the behavior of government in order to carve out a unique financial gain for themselves.
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that tax cuts are less likely to contribute to good fiscal policy, while tax reform takes every part of government and taxpayers into consideration.
Thursday - November 09, 2017
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why staying focused on your best offering to the marketplace is, and avoid the seduction of other options derailing that focus.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that even though your smartphone operating system company sends updates, you don’t have to comply until you’re ready.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you should direct deposit bonus checks and why the best time is NOT connected with the holiday bonus.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the math she recommends to help calculate a logical and fair way to divide the bonus pool.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal all the reasons why giving bonuses can create challenges, but also why when done properly, they’re an excellent management tool.
Garrett Sutton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different methods of legal structures available for your business, including corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships.
Garrett Sutton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that in the future, the IRS will contact the LLC’s management for information, rather than going to the members.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the steps you can take and rights you have in the face of breaches of privacy at companies that were holding your personal information.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report that you should read the fine print on your trip insurance policy, the best-dressed passengers get the best service, plus several low-cost franchises.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to lament the fact that Americans seem to have difficulty being tolerant of people who don’t agree with them.
Friday - November 10, 2017
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that a start-up is not the same as a scale-up, in that the latter is less likely to be dependent upon the founder when it begins to grow change shape.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that a scale-up entrepreneur founded a company with the intention of growing it to a point where someone else can take over and grow it even more.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he scaled his business and what to do in the current marketplace.
Jim Alampi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that without an innovative culture, your business will become marketplace road kill, and how to get all team members innovating outside of their assignments.
Jim Alampi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal tips and best practices on how to motivate your teams to be innovative and stay that way.
Joe Davis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the reasons we celebrate our military veterans, including some of the events going on in our nation’s capital and around the country.
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Fed Chairman nominee, Jerome Powell, and discuss how he will be different from the current chairman, Janet Yellen.
Doug Obey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the next likely steps by the Fed will include quantitative tightening, which will reduce liquidity and perhaps slow the economy.
Arun Gopalakrishnan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that 21st-century customer data should be focused more on what they’ve been doing than who they are.
Arun Gopalakrishnan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that 21st-century customer data should be focused more on their buying habits than their generation, income, location, etc.
Monday - November 13, 2017
Jim Blasingame reveals what he was doing and thinking the year before he decided to begin his radio talk show, as he celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Jim Blasingame marks the 20th anniversary milestone of his radio program, and the 18th anniversary of his e-zine, and discusses what it took to make that happen all these years.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements that might impact your planning under the proposed tax changes.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Congress delivers more lip service on small business tax reform than actual broad-based tax cuts.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the future changes to small business taxes, including a pass-through tax, more cash accounting, etc.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that one of the things President Trump is working on outside of Congress is an executive order that will make association health plans a reality.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the Trump Administration is dismantling Obamacare one piece at a time, including allowing for temporary policies and new rules for spousal reimbursement.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to report on the U.S. economy on the 100th anniversary year of the founding of Forbes magazine.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether Republicans will be able to govern enough to push needed tax reductions through this year.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to report that capitalism is still the best economic system after a century of proving that communism and it’s little brother, socialism, are big losers for the people.
Tuesday - November 14, 2017
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report that there is an increasing market for short, very specific, one topic, how-to books that can be sold electronically for 3 or 4 bucks.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on what he thinks is the future of big idea books, but how that market is different than it has been.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impact of mining, aggregating, and employing data is creating a new disruption on the economy, especially small businesses.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the data mining disruptions, and reasons small businesses will have get better at tracking individual customer behavior, over demographic trends.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how innovations have created a more distributed economy, from manufacturing to retail, from capital to employment.
Camden Fine joins Jim Blasingame to report on the direct connection between independent banks and small businesses, plus a report on important new small bank regulatory relief.
Camden Fine joins Jim Blasingame to report on the bi-partisan law that will differentiate small banks so they won’t have to do the same compliance requirements as large banks.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what caused her to become an enrolled agent and tax expert.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the people who will benefit from the new tax proposals and some who will pay more, like certain traveling professional salespeople.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about ways to secure and store your paperwork and records online.
Wednesday - November 15, 2017
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways marketing has changed in the past 20 years, including the way customers can tell the world about your service.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to discuss more things that have changed in the past 20 years, including the way we use mobile and office phones.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on reasons why the NFIB Index shows small business optimism remaining strong, including not having a president that acts like the enemy and associated regulation reductions.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that shows small businesses getting more sales, hiring more people and paying them more.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index that will just get better when regulations helping small banks becomes law, plus what the Fed will do on rates in December.
Gerald Celente joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent actions taken by Saudi Arabian leadership that could change/disrupt Middle East conditions and therefore, the price of crude oil.
Gerald Celente joins Jim Blasingame to report on whether the stock market is ready for a bear market correction, plus what’s the future of crypto-currency.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways that training sales teams have changed in the past 20 years, including how the training is delivered.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why and how he developed a new sales training app to do what he used to do 20 years ago in person.
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how training Gen Y salespeople are different than the generation he trained 20 years ago.
Thursday - November 16, 2017
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the small business elements that are on the tax bill being debated, including the pass-through rate, and the marginal rates.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the tax bill being debated may not be finished until after January 1, 2018, but it will include several reform elements, like ending the AMT, and ending the Obamacare penalty.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to report on their research on the importance of employee values in the successful management of a team and development of corporate values, which can evolve.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal the difference between morality and values and how they sometimes can cross-over, plus several of the 16 basic value indicators.
Pierce and Jane Howard join Jim Blasingame to reveal that by being in tune with employee values, you not only increase engagement, but also strengthen customer relationships.
Jay Mincks joins Jim Blasingame to reveal examples of how his company faces difficult challenges over several decades, and how they dealt with them.
Jay Mincks joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how managing a sales team has changed, and how some things don’t change, like accountability.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the concept of “networking up” as a way to get in front of someone who operates in a higher orbit than you.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take when trying to meet an influencer in a higher orbit than you, including hanging out where they do, and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that networking up must be done in context, which means finding out what’s on the mind and of interest to your influencer.
Friday - November 17, 2017
Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame to explain why removing the state income tax deduction in the new tax bill won’t hurt that many taxpayers in states like New Jersey.
Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons why the top tax bracket in the new tax bill for businesses should be the same for big and small businesses.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on several awards given to Karen Kerrigan and why we should celebrate Entrepreneurship Week around the world.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to debate the good and the not so much about the new income tax bill regarding how it will impact small businesses.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the IRS can take some of the languages in the new income tax bill and use it to hurt small businesses, plus will Obamacare reform be in the new bill.
Jim Blasingame celebrates his 20th anniversary on the air discussing the three things he started out telling small business owners to focus on in 1997.
Jim Blasingame celebrates his 20th anniversary on the radio by revealing that in the next 20 years, we’ll have to focus on the ethics of using digital leverage.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why his “what has changed most” topic is all the different ways technology has empowered small businesses.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the thing that has changed least in the past 20 years is the high-touch aspect of dealing with human customers.
Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to help him wrap up the celebration of 20 years of radio broadcasting.
Monday - November 20, 2017
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that one of the very first things you should do before paying money for a franchise is to spend a day with someone who owns one just like the one you’re thinking of buying.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the questions to ask the owner of a franchise like the one you’re interested in, including surprises, mistakes and how the franchisor treats its franchisees.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the issues Baby Boomer business owners have to face as they enter the end of their careers, one way or another.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the reasons the Baby Boomer generation is unique in the way they work, start businesses and consume, and how much different Gen Y is.
John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenge that millions of Baby Boomer business owners will have when trying to sell their businesses to the Millennial generation.
Howard Hibbard joins Jim Blasingame to share his story of military service, how he became a victim of PTSD, how it impacted his life and what he’s doing for others with this condition.
Howard Hibbard joins Jim Blasingame to report on his new “20 Vets a Day” program that focuses on helping combat vets leave the military in a more positively-adjusted way, instead of just being dropped off on the corner.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the new tax proposals aren’t dealing equitably with small businesses, and why the imbalance won’t drive the economy.
Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report why he thinks the new tax law being debated won’t become law until 2018 -- primarily because it has too many detractors.
Tuesday - November 21, 2017
Charlie Fusco joins Jim Blasingame to tells her entrepreneurial story about how she started and grew her business while she started and grew her family.
Charlie Fusco joins Jim Blasingame to discuss one thing that challenges many small business owners - creating a personal brand of the founder concurrent with the company brand.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the aspects of the religion of Islam and how it fits into the future of America.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the aspects of the religion of Islam and why the mainstream Muslims must take back their faith from the radicals.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the proposed tax reduction for corporate America and whether they will invest that windfall in the economy, or practice more financial capitalism.
Steve Wallace joins Jim Blasingame to tell his story about leaving his law practice to travel to Ghana, Africa to start the first and only chocolate company in a country that grows the world’s best cocoa beans.
Steve Wallace joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps he took to start and grow a chocolate business in the African country of Ghana, and the global statement he wants to make.
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Conversational Intelligence is, how it has progressed, whether it’s regressing, and its association with our ethical catalog.
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to explain how we can each expand our Conversational Intelligence capacity, including being open, listening, and a few others.
Judith Glaser joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the speed of digital leverage and how we reconcile that power with Conversational Intelligence and our ethical imperatives.
Wednesday - November 22, 2017
Grant LeBoff joins Jim Blasingame to review the evolution and relative effectiveness of social media marketing a decade after it began, including how small businesses should think about using it.
Grant LeBoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the similarities/differences of social media marketing in the EU and the UK, compared to the U.S., plus a report on how the BREXIT steps are going in the UK.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why even most brilliant, hard-working leaders fail is because they fail to get out of their own way, and commit unforced errors.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how even nice people, who are hard-charging entrepreneurs, can come across as arrogant at times and derail their success.
Rick Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of avoiding unforced errors and how to get on the right side of the intangible dynamic.
Philip von Mecklenburg-Blumenthal joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the elements that go into considering all costs of a product, including landed costs, and how to gain more control over logistics costs.
Charles Hughes joins Jim Blasingame to continue the report on professional licensing, and report on some of the new laws and regulations on operating aerial drones.
Charles Hughes joins Jim Blasingame to report that the government in some cases, is easing the approval process of certain innovations that use DNA and other biometrics.
Charles Hughes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the professional licensing that puts an unnecessary burden on business startups and job creation.
Philip von Mecklenburg-Blumenthal joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his company, Freightos, is a technology company that works as a clearing house to put together logistics contractors and logistics customers online.
Thursday - November 23, 2017
Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to report on the events that led to over 100 Europeans landing on the shores of the New World in the 17th century and, ultimately, a great American holiday.
Kenneth Davis joins Jim Blasingame to continue the story about the origins of America’s Thanksgiving holiday, including how a bilingual, world-traveling Indian saved what was left of the Mayflower expedition. And the rest is history.
Jim Blasingame differentiates between being thankful for the stuff you have, and being grateful to whomever made that stuff possible.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Americans should be more than thankful, but rather, grateful to those who made this country and gave it to us, warts and all.
Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the immigration policies that are hampering high-skilled immigrants coming into the U.S. legally, not just the lesser skilled.
Jim Blasingame tells the story about one of the great moments in the annals of serendipity, when the Mayflower survivors had landed on the only place in the New World that was near an Indian named Squanto, who could save them.
Jim Blasingame reveals the difference between being thankful for what we have, and learning how to be grateful for the people who made it possible, including our forebears upon whose shoulders we stand.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many reasons why America, warts and all, is the most unique and benevolent country in the world.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether Americans are losing the ability to be grateful for what we have, since so many of us have never had to sacrifice anything for what we have.
Bob Dilenschneider joins Jim Blasingame to predict that the United States of America is now on an upward trajectory, even as we experience an unprecedented housecleaning in our legislative branch.
Monday - November 27, 2017
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research that shows people on both sides of the political aisle don’t feel comfortable bringing up politics with people they don’t agree with. What’s the psychology behind this?
John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that political correctness and the word-police have replaced one of the great elements of America, honest and respectful debate among disagreeing people.
Robert Levin joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that your work and your customers’ schedules might not coordinate with the Gregorian calendar, so take the long, multi-year view of your business’s performance.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that less than 90% of visitors to your website are ready to buy, so make sure you’ve got something to help that group keep coming back until they’re ready to buy.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to recognize that most people in business aren’t steeped in content marketing acumen, so find professional to help with this essential, new strategy.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to report on the different ways that the U.S. becoming a net exporter of energy products has made a huge contribution to economic expansion.
Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how our new energy exporting has resulted in other countries, including some OPEC members, investing in industries in the U.S.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the crypto-currency, Bitcoin is, what’s behind it, and whether its recent jump in price is becoming a bubble.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to report on how some are going to the global market to raise startup capital using blockchain technology, how it works, and some of the risks.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the ways blockchain is being used to raise capital, and the challenge ahead by the industry and government regulators to prevent fraud.
Tuesday - November 28, 2017
Karen Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how she took one step outside of her business and it led to a still-unfolding journey of rich new business, relationships and joy.
Karen Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the five crucial communication factors she learned from a global diplomat and educator, which includes curiosity, respect and three other factors that might surprise you.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the unaccountable Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, which has great power but is unaccountable to neither the executive branch or Congress.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to reveal examples of when and how government regulators use their own political ideology to promulgate and enforce laws into regulations.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming tax reform bill that adds a new tax level for small businesses, and therefore, could give the IRS a new lever against small business decision-making.
Jim Blasingame reveals reasons why if you’re prospecting like it’s 1999, you’re probably not going to make it, and how to fix that condition.
Jim Blasingame reports on some of the examples of the existence of a “deep state” in America’s government, that are becoming more aggressive and, therefore, more dangerous, and are a threat to our nation.
Peter Scott joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons why his book, which warns the potential of artificial intelligence, is needed now, rather than 10 years ago or 10 years from now.
Peter Scott joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the existing and future examples of how AI is impacting our lives, especially, more recently, how we work and employ people.
Peter Scott joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how beneficial AI can be, how existentially dangerous is can also be, and how close we are to finding out which blade will be more in our future.
Wednesday - November 29, 2017
Peter Strauss joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to insure your property and casualty assets without doing business with a regular insurance company and making money in the process.
Peter Strauss joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the problems you can have with your property/casualty insurance if you don’t understand the “fine print” and recommend using a policy profession reviewer.
Jon Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal Gallup research that shows people around the world want one thing more than anything: a good job and what people say about working at a great place.
Jon Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent Gallup research that shows whether people around the world are more or less happy than in the past, and who people hold in the lowest and highest regard.
Jon Clifton joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Gallup global happiness research that shows how people responded to questions about their level of happiness.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of self-derailing behavior, like sexual harassment or anything that harms another person physically, emotionally or professionally.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how people, especially men behaving badly, rationalize our behavior, including arrogance and feeling entitled.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that after a long time, it’s not a matter of whether small businesses will have to collect Internet sales tax, but how much of an imposition it will be.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the current net neutrality laws from Obama differ from the Trump plan, with the big difference in being able to justify making investments in new bandwidth capability.
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Trump net neutrality plan shouldn’t hurt a small content provider, but it still bears watching.
Thursday - November 30, 2017
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to continue his report on the full-length film he’s been making for the past 4 years with all volunteers, and how he turned $20K of expenses into a $6 million production.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to report on his business plan for the full-length indie film he’s produced with all volunteers in the past four years.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some tips on how to keep employees happy, including recognizing their anniversary with the company, giving them their birthday off, etc.
