Monday - August 03, 2020
Louie Gravance joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of service as the key to your sustained success, and why you have to instill that in employees, especially the younger ones.
Louie Gravance joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four key factors customers are looking for that we can learn from the Disney organization, including safety, courtesy and yes, even showmanship.
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the two main issues that came up during the big four tech CEOs’ testifying before Congress, including anti-trust and political bias.
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power differences between Big Tech and past targets of anti-trust cases, especially regarding the power Tech has that past companies never did, like our private data and political influence.
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to debate which is more dangerous: politically powerful – and biased – Big Tech companies, or big government having the power to reign them in.
Jim Blasingame reveals why Brainstorming is more important post-pandemic that ever, because it helps you get out of your own way and pivot to the New Regular customers are expecting from you.
Jim Blasingame reveals how his company got caught in the web of a troll law firm that extorts money from businesses that accidentally breach a copyright online, and why this is akin to cyber-crime, ransomware.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the very expensive ransomware attacks on small businesses and how to avoid becoming one of the victims.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that in addition to training your people how to not be a ransomware sucker, and using ordinary back-up, also use a worm drive back-up system.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the different ways cyber-criminals are using the web to spy on you and steal your identity to be able to get into your accounts, like the bank.
Tuesday - August 04, 2020
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate a flawed system that has lifted more people out of poverty than any other ism – capitalism.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate the power of capitalism to create opportunity for every American, regardless of background, and why it’s worth preserving and improving.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons that the great safe harbor of the world, the U.S. dollar, is currently being devalued by debt, divisiveness and other forces internal and external.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the many internal and external causes that the U.S. credit rating has been downgraded, including the national debt and pressure from the expensive pandemic response.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the dangers of geo-politics on the U.S. election in 2020, and why Americans need to focus more on what we have in common against outside enemies, instead of fighting with each other.
Sam Zietz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the catastrophic damage the pandemic has had on millions of U.S. small businesses, as well as report on how many have shifted to comply with the reality they see in front of them.
Sam Zietz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how his company, GRUBBRR, uses new point-of-sale technology to provide a coronavirus interface between business and customer that serves doing business and staying safe.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the urban attacks by organizations like antifa, blended with the hard-core of BLM, have gone beyond protests, and is in fact terrorism, because they seek to create chaos rather than solutions.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the dangers of the “cancel culture” as an anti-free speech force not only refuses to debate those who disagree with them, but rather seek to silence and harm them.
Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why creating chaos and refusing to allow diversity of thought is not only bad for small businesses, but by definition, is bad for the children of those business owners.
Wednesday - August 05, 2020
Felice and Michael Friedson join Jim Blasingame to report on the massive explosion that took place near the port of Beirut, Lebanon, and whether it was associated with bomb-making by Hezbollah, and the impact it will have on the regional economy.
Felice and Michael Friedson join Jim Blasingame to report on the devastating impact on the Israel economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, including that the government isn’t helping small businesses and the unemployed as much as in the U.S.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reality of the U.S. dollar in decline against other currencies, and the associated economic and geopolitical implications.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the economy is impacted when the dollar declines against other world currencies, like the Euro, as well as the geopolitical implications.
Gary Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the pressures that are deflating the value of the U.S. dollar, including our national debt, deficit spending, and social unrest.
Quint Studer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of abundance thinking – instead of zero-sum – as a way to help Americans work together on what’s right about our country.
Quint Studer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the negative impact of shutting down our schools is having on the educational, emotional and psychological well-being of our children.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the behavior of Senator Mitt Romney and Chief Justice John Roberts, and why their performance as leaders is troubling to many.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the damage that Obamacare has done to Main Street, and why the Trump short-term policies have helped millions provide insurance they couldn’t afford under the ACA.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the stark difference in the future of health care in America between another term for Trump or a Biden presidency.
Thursday - August 06, 2020
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant disruption the pandemic created for manufacturers, and that while full recovery may take two years, the recovery trend at this point is in the right direction.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the new trade agreement across North America will be good for all parties, especially manufacturers, and will move the global supply chain away from China.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the downward pressure on the dollar is good for many U.S. manufacturers, but not all, and why this sector needs H1B visas.
Diane DiResta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to transition from the initial casual nature of virtual online meetings to a more professional level of presenting yourself, including the screen background you choose.
Diane DiResta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to increase the professional production value of your virtual meetings by including PowerPoint presentations, as well as using professional Bluetooth mics instead of the one on the computer.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on his involvement in improving the Chapter 11 reorganization laws to make it more viable for small firms of all forms.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new law that creates a subchapter of Chapter 11 that makes reorganization for small businesses faster, less expensive and less perilous, even if the business has already closed.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on how a small business can reorganize under the new Chapter 11 law and continue to operate, with the courts allowing the petitioner to “cram down” a settlement plan without liquidation.
Friday - August 07, 2020
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to report on how her company has managed and shifted during the pandemic economic shutdown, what they had to do to survive, and what they learned.
Amanda Elam joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research by Babson College’s Diana Project, which shows how well women business owners have handled the effects of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
Bill Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to explain the difference between digital currency and crypto-currency, and the different applications and implications of each.
Bill Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the advent of crypto-currency in our lives, and how long before, and why the government would issue a federally-backed crypto-currency.
Bill Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether governments will intervene when private entities attempt to create and distribute their own crypto-currency.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to share his thoughts as a veteran road trip vacationer – he has a camper and everything – and what you need to know before you set out.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the unprecedented information you need to have before you take off across the country on an interstate road trip.
James Steele joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the origins of the decline of the middle class in America began during the 1980s with the corporate downsizing and merging era.
James Steele joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how Wall Street evolved into financial capitalism that caused it to become less relevant to the real U.S. economy, and the problems it created and that continue.
James Steele joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the future of America and how to redirect the collusion between Wall Street and Washington.
Monday - August 10, 2020
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to explain the power of referrals for professional salespeople, and a number of tips on how to do it effectively even when there’s a global pandemic.
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the best way to establish a successful referral strategy, including how to talk to influencers about referring you, as well as the power of performing as a referral strategy.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the stressful reality of working from home, which includes feeling isolated from individuals, but also from the organization.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to report on how she’s been working with HSN to sell her products, as well as some remote work issues she’s learned how to manage.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to manage your people after the initial excitement of working from home has worn off, and you have to think about each person’s ability to deal with isolation.
Laurie and Yale Hauptman join Jim Blasingame to report on the estate planning product called long-term care insurance, who should consider it, and how it works.
Laurie and Yale Hauptman join Jim Blasingame to reveal how long-term care insurance has changed over the years, and how to evaluate the different kinds, including the 2nd generation hybrids.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how some competitors offer deep discounts which aren’t necessarily what’s best for the customer, and how to help them make that evaluation.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how getting multiple positive customer reviews is the best way to fight a deep discount campaign from a competitor.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the role playing you can do with your employees to help them address competitive offers customers bring up that sound like a good deal, but probably aren’t.
Tuesday - August 11, 2020
John Shier joins Jim Blasingame to report on their global survey of organizations that use cloud computing – which essentially is everyone – and how their experiences with cyber-breaches are increasing.
John Shier joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things small businesses can do to strengthen cloud security, including, especially, multi-factor password strategies, and updating with patches regularly.
Gary Pittsford joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the CARES Act adjusted the retirement program rules, as well as new provisions for Net Operating Loss so you can claim past profitable years against losses this year.
Gary Pittsford joins Jim Blasingame to report on an increase in business exits by Baby Boomer owners due to the coronavirus, and some of the ways to help a buyer capitalize the purchase.
Gary Pittsford joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the difficulty of funding a growing business, while simultaneously building a separate retirement fund, and some of the ways to do that.
Jim Blasingame reports on an increasing level of niches in the post-pandemic economy, some of which will be new, and some will be variations on past niches, but all will be to serve current customer expectations.
Jim Blasingame reports on the current state of PPP forgiveness documents and policies between you, your bank and the SBA.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the history of prospecting, how inbound and outbound have evolved, and how the coronavirus shutdowns have altered both.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fundamental nature of THE School outbound prospecting, and why it’s more relevant in the post-pandemic era.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the number of “touches” that are required for successful outbound prospecting, including every one; email, call, social media, etc.
Wednesday - August 12, 2020
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the transactional dimension of recovering your business post-pandemic, including being creative about your organization, including how you charge, bill, hire, fire and train your team.
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to think about action-oriented steps like honest product evaluation, competitive acquisition or downsizing, and onboarding strategic new hires.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB’s Index of Small Business Optimism, which has delivered a response that is down from a year ago, but on par with the study average, and above the entire Obama-era average.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB’s Index which shows an overall drop in optimism because of hiring and sales, but boosted by compensation and capital spending.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the financial strength and operating courage of America’s small businesses and how this sector helped prevent a depression, instead of a recession.
Michael Fillios joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the concept of “tech debt”, which is a 3-factor condition of allowing the cost of technology to move in a direction that doesn’t serve your evolving business model.
Michael Fillios joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the existential potential in being slow to manage technology investment, application and maintenance, both from a cost and a performance standpoint.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to report on how she sees the pandemic today, which is that we still have a long way to go before we’re out of the woods and back to any semblance of normalcy.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of burnout for medical doctors – including the high incidence of suicides – and how technology can become a factor in minimizing this national problem.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current crisis of managing medical records, and how blockchain could become the silver bullet technology, plus the pressure the advent of telemedicine will have on our broadband system.
Thursday - August 13, 2020
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the essentialness of building business relationships as a best practice for long-term success.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of relationship building as the primary source of another powerful business practice, getting referrals.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss federal financial assistance for small businesses, and why there is still billions of Paycheck Protection Program money still unclaimed.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges sole proprietors and independent contractors have in getting a business loan, plus whether Congress will pass a COVID-related liability law that protects small businesses.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate the courage and perseverance of small business owners as they defy the odds and reopen their businesses in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the new ways to think about reaching customers as we move into the next phase of the post-pandemic economy, including how to capitalize on chaos.
Rick Mathieson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal more marketing pivots to employ to help your business survive into next year, including playing into your differences.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the broadband infrastructure deficiencies that have been revealed as the pandemic forced us to work and be educated remotely.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how customer expectations are going to require a different perspective on technology investment, especially for online platforms.
Andrew Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the need for small businesses to be legally insulated from COVID-related charges by employees and customers through liability legislation at the federal level.
Friday - August 14, 2020
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that the velocity is the only thing new about change and what’s required to lead change in the 21st century, especially post-pandemic.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to encourage business owners to include employees in the planning before execution of any proposed changes, so they become stakeholders in the new direction.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the technical and legal steps to take when compensating employees with equity in the company, instead of more in the paycheck.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while a minority shareholder is always at a disadvantage, there are some things that can be done to provide leverage for this equity position.
Cliff Ennico joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things that can create opportunity when buying a business in 2020, but also that there are potential problems that make such an acquisition different this year.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the practical steps to take to begin your journaling career, where you begin writing down what happens on any given day that you learned, and over time, could become your book.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to recommend writing down what’s on your mind a little every day to use a future frame of reference when that thought would otherwise have been forgotten.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report that credit card companies are lowering credit limits on customers overnight as a way to protect themselves during the economic downturn, and how to protect yourself from being harmed by this.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to offer her thoughts on why remote working will not be as broadly applied post-pandemic, especially when the next round of new hires are being onboarded.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the activity of some on social media doesn’t represent the best role model behavior we should be exhibiting for our children.
Monday - August 17, 2020
Simon and Louis More join Jim Blasingame to discuss their food brokerage business that Louis founded, which has major distribution over the upper two-thirds of North America, including how they’ve focused on the younger demographics.
Simon and Louis More join Jim Blasingame to report on how their Canadian food brokerage business has been impacted by the coronavirus, the USMCA trade deal, and the supply chain disruptions.
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to discuss several examples in recent history of Fed monetary intervention in the economy, and the short, mid and long-term implications as a moral hazard.
John Horvat joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how Fed monetary intervention in the economy has been beneficial, even necessary, and when it creates multiple long-term problems that will eventually have to be reconciled.
John Horvat joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the ultimate bill that is/will come due in time on the $trillion of Fed monetary intervention, including the geopolitics of weakening the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency.
Jim Blasingame reveals how to use the one-liner schtick of comedians to think about staying relevant with prospects and customers.
Jim Blasingame defines how relevance is determined in an agnostic marketplace, and what you have to do to manage not becoming irrelevant.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the need to fund startups outside of New York and San Francisco, and that the true failure rate of new ventures capitalized by investors is, incredibly, as much as 400:1.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Post Office may use blockchain to manage mail-in ballots, how Overstock is distributing dividends as digital tokens, and Honeywell is tracking their supply chain with blockchain.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to report on how South Korea is using blockchain to manage driver’s licenses and China is being innovative with blockchain to find other efficiencies.
Tuesday - August 18, 2020
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the theme of her new book, “The Bill of Responsibilities,” which is devoted to promoting more personal responsibility as a way of restoring civility in America.
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why being more responsible for ourselves, as well as the well-being of others, can be accomplished by becoming devoted to mutual respect and the power of relationships.
Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to grow a business idea into a franchise model that can be licensed to others who take the idea to market.
Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a franchise relationship works between a franchisor and franchisee, and how that creates a consistent product customers can count on wherever they find it.
Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of pivoting that even franchises will have to do in order to meet the post-pandemic expectations of customers.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the history of the 401k method of building a retirement fund, and whether that system will continue to be relevant for the younger generations.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to report on Multiple Employer Plans and Pooled Employer Plans that will become law in 2021, which will help make retirement funding easier and less expensive for smaller businesses.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on his half-century technology perspective on why no one involved in the creation of the Internet ever imagined it would evolve into such a powerfully complicated and pervasive phenomenon.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the Internet is being used by despotic nation states, like China, Russia and Iran, to harm America by making us fight with each other, instead of defending against the evil they export.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why all Americans have to become more discerning consumers of information, and why we have to avoid getting our information from social media and many online sources.
Wednesday - August 19, 2020
Kristin Zhivago joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of letting your customers provide your marketing message, including what you know about their experience with your business and products.
Kristin Zhivago joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to use the state-of-mind of customers as a basis for your marketing messaging, including their desire for peace of mind.
David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to report on the circumstances that created the American middle class, and what happened to begin its decline.
David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the factors that, beginning in 1968, began the decline of the middle class in America, including a more competitive global economy.
David Stebenne joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the future of the American middle class, and whether the small business sector will become the force that helps this group recover to past levels of prosperity.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the effective ways to address a problem that seems impossible, including determining if procrastination tendencies are a problem.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal where most of us are stuck when it comes to solving problems, including evaluating our own methods of approaching a solution with urgency.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the issues around parents having to return to work and children to school, with the uncertainty of whether either return will be sustained.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the pandemic has accelerated change in remote work, medicine and education, plus the weak links in the U.S. broadband service to households located at or near the last mile.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to report on how small business relationships with big customers can be compromised by a remote worker’s un-secure connection off the company network.
Thursday - August 20, 2020
Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to recommend several ways to upgrade how you present yourself on online video meetings, like Zoom, etc., including how you dress, behave, and location of camera.
Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to share her thoughts on how to improve how you look and sound on an online video meeting, plus how to get more out of your email prospecting.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on how small businesses benefited by the Trump administration reducing thousands of intrusive and onerous regulations that were established by the Obama administration.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the executive order President Trump made that created a transparency portal through which all new regulations must pass, to prevent them from being implemented under the radar.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Regulatory Bill of Rights created by the Trump administration to help small businesses deal with future accidental reg breaches without being punished.
Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenges and discoveries of his team being forced to work remotely, and his ideas on how this practice will be used post-pandemic.
Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to report on supply chain challenges from the trucking industry perspective, including the inflation of rates, and whether we’ll ever have driver-less semis on the road.
Robert Litan joins Jim Blasingame to report that he believes the virtual convention is not only better than the old way, but will be the model of the future.
Robert Litan joins Jim Blasingame to report on what is required to achieve a “herd immunity” condition against the coronavirus, and the potential politics of a vaccine.
Robert Litan joins Jim Blasingame to report on his ideas about what could happen if a coronavirus vaccine is found and its availability and acceptance becomes more political than medical.
Friday - August 21, 2020
Laurel Delaney joins Jim Blasingame to report on the potential for global growth in business between women-owned businesses, especially facilitated by new technologies.
Laurel Delaney joins Jim Blasingame to report on her Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global non-profit that exists to educate women business owners about international business opportunities.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how he became the founder of Travelocity as an American Airlines executive, by splitting off a corporate division so it could become more entrepreneurial.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that small businesses were already being disrupted by technology transformation before the pandemic, and what you have to do to avoid becoming irrelevant.
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how many of the disruptions being attributed to the pandemic were already inevitable, but now have been pushed into a much shorter adoption period.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate a flawed system that has lifted more people out of poverty than any other ism – capitalism.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate the power of capitalism to create opportunity for every American, regardless of background, and why it’s worth preserving and improving.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons that the great safe harbor of the world, the U.S. dollar, is currently being devalued by debt, divisiveness and other forces internal and external.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the many internal and external causes that the U.S. credit rating has been downgraded, including the national debt and pressure from the expensive pandemic response.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the dangers of geo-politics on the U.S. election in 2020, and why Americans need to focus more on what we have in common against outside enemies, instead of fighting with each other.
Monday - August 24, 2020
Tom Borg joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to look around for sources and resources you already possess, like people you know and fundamentals you know you can trust, to call on to help you with the current level of uncertainty.
Tom Borg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of acquiring what you don’t have – like knowledge and experience – that can help you deal with the current level of uncertainty.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to consider the higher level of intrusiveness of a phone app on your contacts and privacy, over accessing the same information from a website.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to recommend some new thoughts on how to get others to see things your way, including avoiding the tendency to be manipulative, plus help them see what’s in it for them.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss both of their journeys of dealing with coronavirus safety protocols for themselves, as well as the impact we have on those around us who want to stay healthy.
Jim Blasingame reveals that as disruptive as the coronavirus has been, some of the changes were coming at us anyway, but the pandemic merely accelerated their arrival, like ubiquitous teleworking.
Jim Blasingame talks about some of the factors that are hurting the future of America, including focusing on our past failures instead of what’s been accomplished, plus demonstrating more intellectual honesty and respect for the positions of others.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of data analytics and why becoming literate and proficient at it in your business is no longer an option.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on surveys that indicate a high percentage of companies doing business overseas are increasingly considering bringing their manufacturing activity back to the U.S., or at least this hemisphere.
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the things to work on that raise your level of professionalism when working on online video platforms, including your background and your sound equipment.
Tuesday - August 25, 2020
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to report on the great difficulty still being experienced by small business retailers across the U.S., and what has to be done to pivot to what customers expect in the post-pandemic world.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things to do to survive the pandemic, including avoiding an inventory mistake called the paradox of choice, which is spreading your inventory cash over too many options.
Chip Rogers joins Jim Blasingame to report on the disaster the coronavirus pandemic has caused the U.S. lodging and hotel sector as it was just coming off of a record year.
Chip Rogers joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the inevitable changes that were accelerated by the coronavirus, including no-contact check-in, plus progress on the HOPE Act, which would target federal assistance for this industry.
Chip Rogers joins Jim Blasingame to forecast how the hotel and lodging industry will be changed by the coronavirus pandemic experience, including many bankruptcies, as well as a return to previous levels by 2023.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the ways women are different from men – some might say better – in leadership roles, including sensitive to work-life balance and being empathetic.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the traits that give women an edge in leadership, like emotional intelligence, while giving an edge to men for their self-confidence, whether justified or not.
Paul Angles joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of leadership in taking care of customers mid and post-pandemic.
Paul Angles joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of believing in yourself, as he learned from watching his parents struggle as Cuban immigrants.
Paul Angles joins Jim Blasingame to confirm the power of the special sauce that small businesses create, live Main Street values, and why Amazon and Wal-Mart wish they had it.
Wednesday - August 26, 2020
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the leadership practices that will achieve unity within your company, including fostering the development of other leaders.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges of achieving and maintaining unity of effort with your team as the workplace increasingly becomes more populated with remote workers.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on how municipalities in Ohio are trying to apply income tax on workers who formerly worked in that jurisdiction, but now work remotely elsewhere.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on tax bills proposed by Democrats in Congress that would increase taxes on the wealthy, a value-added tax, and others.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the NTU’s new resource, the Taxpayer’s Defense Center, works for citizens and businesses, including creating more taxation transparency by the IRS.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the importance of a business plan, how to get started, and why your previous plan won’t serve you in the post-pandemic economy.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to recommend several steps to help you begin your post-pandemic business plan, including beginning with a table of contents.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the burgeoning gig economy, and why it’s becoming an increasingly important part of the overall U.S. economy.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the California AB5 law that is an attack on freelancers and the gig economy, and that Biden has said he would impose a similar law across the country if elected president.
Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the likelihood of a Biden administration resurrecting the joint-employer attacks that were launched under his term with Obama, which would be an assault on the very large franchise sector.
Thursday - August 27, 2020
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact the pandemic happened at a time when technology and the workforce were prepared to embrace it, even though it was forced on them.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that America, especially our Main Street, doesn’t back down or give up, even in the face of a deadly global pandemic.
Ravi Hutheesing joins Jim Blasingame to report on his six-month sequester in Chile during the pandemic lockdown, and how he turned that time to his advantage.
Ravi Hutheesing joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the permanent impact of the coronavirus shutdown on how we educate our children.
Ravi Hutheesing joins Jim Blasingame to propose some of the changes that will be made to education and the families involved resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of the pauses we all have in our day, which we can use to refresh our brains, and how many of those pause opportunities were lost during the pandemic.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how finding a way to pause our brains is a good way to transition from manager to CEO, especially during the challenges of more remote working.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his international networking community continued to perform, even when they had to shift to virtual networking.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming event called “Restart the World” which is a two-day program to bring in business leaders from around the world to talk about getting the global economy revived.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to report on BNI’s upcoming Restart the World event that will focus on assuming the attitude of surviving post-pandemic is winning.
Friday - August 28, 2020
How a crowdsourced delivery service like Roadie works
Featuring
Marc Gorlin 
August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Marc Gorlin joins Jim Blasingame to report on his company, Roadie, a crowdsourced delivery service, how it works, and why it’s a great resource available to small businesses to compete against Amazon.
How the coronavirus shutdown has impacted the franchise industry
Featuring
Robert Cresanti
August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on the various industries represented in the franchise sector, and how they’ve been impacted by the coronavirus shutdown.
How to get referrals even during a pandemic
Featuring
Stacey Brown Randall
August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Stacey Brown Randall joins Jim Blasingame to explain the power of referrals for professional salespeople, and a number of tips on how to do it effectively even when there’s a global pandemic.
How are you dealing with the isolation of working from home?
Featuring
Debbie Meyer
August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the stressful reality of working from home, which includes feeling isolated from individuals, but also from the organization.
Monday - August 31, 2020
Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the small retailers who make it to 2021 will do that more because of what’s inside of them than what’s inside of their business.
Bob Negen joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the best way to grow a strong organization and culture is to apply the ask, discuss and decide approach to managing your business with your team.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the key to survival through the end of the pandemic and beyond is to know your customers’ online expectations, even if you don’t offer an e-commerce component.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that when you hear people talk about pivoting their business model to survival mode, they’re talking about increasing their online capability.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the number of prospects who only use a mobile device to surf the web, and without that capability, your business becomes increasingly irrelevant.
Jim Blasingame reveals why the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted business models and accelerated change to the degree that every business needs a new, post-pandemic business plan.
Jim Blasingame reveals why your singular goal for 2020 is to survive, and to get over the fact that what you have to do to survive is out of your comfort zone and isn’t pretty.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the likelihood that the government will produce legislation before the election that provides more financial assistance to small businesses.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report that the most important infrastructure project the government should focus on is not roads and bridges, but getting broadband connection out to the last mile of America.
Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the California law – AB5 – which is a union bill that declares war on independent contractors and freelancers, and why this will become a national problem in a Biden administration.
