Monday - March 01, 2021
Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on two Alignable small business surveys that show many Main Street businesses are still struggling against the pandemic shutdowns, plus the PPP2 program isn’t helping as much either.
Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on a recent Alignable survey of small businesses that show how the Democrat’s plan to raise minimum wage would hurt small businesses disproportionately.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to launch his new book on online privacy, including the practical ways we use technology and the organic way our privacy is penetrated and used.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the threats to our privacy from Big Tech and others, plus what we have to do inside our businesses to protect the privacy of our customers.
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the encroachment on our privacy, and what each of us can and must do to avoid becoming the pawns of Big Tech.
Jim Blasingame reveals what is more powerful than all the laws and regulations when creating customer relationships, and how to make sure it’s part of your online strategy.
Jim Blasingame reveals the fact that our digital leverage is devoid of ethics and trust, and why our future is dependent upon how well we address this issue.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new reconciliation bill which greatly serves Democrat constituents while only slightly helping the people who’ve been harmed by the pandemic.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that America’s greatest threats include despot nations, like China and Russia, but perhaps even more so, our own Big Tech companies, but in some ways, we’ve become our own worst enemies.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current frothy stock market, plus the inevitable inflation that may cause a reset as a result of the monetary practices of the Fed and the fiscal practices of the government.
Tuesday - March 02, 2021
Karen Casey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges of acquiring talent to your business, as opposed to just hiring someone to fill a slot.
Karen Casey joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some best practices on how to nurture and maintain a healthy corporate culture in a remote-work environment.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to report on the continued responses to polling of college business students that the concept of making a profit is something that businesses take away from a customer.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to report on a course being developed to teach students and employees about the essential nature of a business making a profit.
Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to report on why America needs to educate its citizens on the power and importance of the profit motive, and a course being developed that will do that.
Rana Shanawani joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the new financial assistance from the government is front-loaded to help the smallest of businesses first.
Rana Shanawani joins Jim Blasingame to report on her upcoming webinar on helping women claim the confidence they deserve to have, so they can compete against men who are more confident than they deserve to be.
Frank Lavin joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his company helps small businesses use the Internet to attract customers in China, and then fulfill the orders, including the option of staging inventory in-country.
Frank Lavin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the pricing logic U.S. companies should use when pricing their products for foreign markets, particularly Chinese customers.
Frank Lavin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges facing the Biden administration in doing business with China, while recognizing them as a threat, plus the damaging missteps China has made in the past year.
Wednesday - March 03, 2021
Kam Attwal Kaila joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how her organization helped their customers deal with the pandemic challenges by staying focused on the customer experience, which requires knowing their expectations.
Kam Attwal Kaila joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the issues around women in the technology sector, and why there is great reason to believe the current gender imbalance will be increasingly reconciled.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how her award-winning book is designed to make financial management of a business easy to accomplish, while running the rest of the business.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unique challenges the dental industry had during the pandemic lockdowns, and how they pivoted to survive.
Dawn Fotopulos joins Jim Blasingame to discuss her recent inclusion as the only female in an invitation-only group of leaders, and what it will take to make that a non-issue even when the numbers aren’t different.
Jim Blasingame reveals why being the owner of the real estate your business operates in is what he calls the Stealth Benefit of business ownership that contributes to your ultimate retirement resources.
Elizabeth Rusch joins Jim Blasingame to report on the HR-1 bill that would federalize the voting practices of the nation, while still allowing the states to administer elections.
Elizabeth Rusch joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the good and the controversial elements in HR-1, which is a law to create a national election standard, rather than leaving that to states, which would still execute the election process.
Elizabeth Rusch joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether making voter ID and adding technology such as blockchain to the language of HR-1 would make it more palatable to the bill’s opposition.
Thursday - March 04, 2021
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on how book writing was impacted by the pandemic and associated lockdowns, including whether just having time on your hands is enough to start a book.
Wally Bock joins Jim Blasingame to report on an already emerging genre of books about the many implications of the pandemic.
Terrence DeFranco joins Jim Blasingame to report on a parallel system of connectivity that is emerging that serves low-bandwidth IoT devices in your homes, offices, and even on your pets.
Terrence DeFranco joins Jim Blasingame to report on the infrastructure of a parallel system that delivers low bandwidth connectivity to Internet-of-things (IoT) things that can serve many applications wirelessly.
Terrence DeFranco joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the tsunami of connectivity demand coming at the U.S., and why we’re not ready for that phenomenon over the next decade.
Steven Webb joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increased danger our children were exposed to from online predators during the pandemic, and what parents can do about it.
Steven Webb joins Jim Blasingame to report on the toll of the pandemic lockdown on school children, including an increase in suicides.
Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to report on the power Big Tech has assumed by taking away America’s most fundamental liberty, freedom of speech, and they seem to be getting away with it.
Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to report on a coordinated effort to cancel the ability of President Trump to publish his memoirs, including the book publishing, printing, and distribution sectors.
Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the different ways that Donald Trump could influence politics over the next four to eight years, including his direct participation as well as anointing his replacements.
Friday - March 05, 2021
Shelby Scarbrough joins Jim Blasingame to report on the ways our civility is being compromised by the digital age because trust and ethics doesn’t transfer well at the speed of light.
Shelby Scarbrough joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the basis for her book on civility was inspired by writings of George Washington, and how these very human behaviors are being challenged by the velocity of the digital age.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the difference between women and men as they seek their way in the world of entrepreneurship, including some unique challenges.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on an entrepreneurial learning platform that has been developed to help women start, run and grow their businesses – it’s free and self-paced.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the difference between how women and men talk to other business people, including their confidence in seeking investment capital.
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why additional payments from the government now will just add to the national debt without boosting the economy more than the current level of available cash would.
John Horvat II joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that President Biden replacing the bust of Churchill from the Oval Office with the bust of a controversial figure does not reflect the historic values of America, and belies his unity message.
Christophe Uzureau joins Jim Blasingame to report on the difference between fiat currency, digital currency and cryptocurrency as stores of value and exchange.
Christophe Uzureau joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Bitcoin phenomenon and how the rise and proliferation of cryptocurrency in the marketplace will diminish the power of the U.S. dollar and the sovereignty of the U.S.
Christophe Uzureau joins Jim Blasingame to report on how blockchain technology is being used more and more in the global supply chain, and will be used in the future for such applications as health care records and election integrity.
Monday - March 08, 2021
Melissa Tash joins Jim Blasingame to tell the story about how she turned her love of photography into a successful franchise offering others to join her as a franchisee, including adding new franchisees during the pandemic.
Melissa Tash joins Jim Blasingame to share her thoughts on what it means to her to celebrate International Women’s Day, including her background in the military, corporate America, NASA, and as a franchisor.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to report on her long career in support of women in business and why a day to celebrate women leadership is still important.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to celebrate International Women’s Day by discussing the progress that’s been made on behalf of women in many areas and build on that progress.
Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenges that women still face in breaking through certain leadership strongholds, as well as some things women should focus on to get out of their own way.
Jim Blasingame reveals what a personal red herring is and why it could derail your plans and dreams if you don’t know when you’re lying to yourself.
Jim Blasingame reveals the political actions of the transgender community to legislate the ability of biological men to compete against women in sports, which would set back decades of progress for women.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to remind that some of that money you got from the government in 2020 is taxable and due this year, as well as the money you took out of your retirement fund.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tips you need to know in order to reduce your tax bill for 2020, including various pandemic related deductions.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that some states will tax the PPP funds that you don’t have to pay federal taxes on, plus her thoughts on International Women’s Day.
Tuesday - March 09, 2021
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss hiring and training employees to engage customers so they will come back after the first visit is one of the most crucial steps in successfully operating a retail business.
Pam Danziger joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the post-pandemic retail sector will be heavily influenced by the outdoor living surge that will occur after over a year of lockdowns.
Ryan Young joins Jim Blasingame to report on several of the reasons why the federal minimum wage doesn’t need to be increased, including regional economic differences and many states already have a higher minimum wage.
Ryan Young joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many ways that small businesses would be hurt if the federal minimum wage were raised to $15 per hour.
Ryan Young joins Jim Blasingame to discuss government options for minimizing the unprecedented power of Big Tech including anti-trust and reforming or eliminating the Section 230 protections.
Chip Rogers joins Jim Blasingame to report on the devastating effect the pandemic shutdowns have had on the hospitality industry, including conventions and conferences.
Chip Rogers joins Jim Blasingame to report on the inclusion of the hospitality industry employees in the first round of vaccine distribution, plus how the industry will fair against upcoming defaults and foreclosures.
Joe Meuse joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how a contingency fee relationship works, and how to apply it to a new business relationship.
Joe Meuse joins Jim Blasingame to report on the different industries that use contingency fees, and how to use them in your business when applicable, including consignment options.
Joe Meuse joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that most contingency fee relationships are about how to solve a cash flow issue and this fee is used to create a relationship without adding to the cash flow problem.
Wednesday - March 10, 2021
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of reinventing yourself as a process being thrust upon us by the pandemic conditions, and why accepting it as a reality is the first step.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reinvention process that is being thrust upon us as a result of the pandemic, both personally and professionally, including some of the ways to accomplish it.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the first of six negative sales defaults salespeople allow to become a habit, including the capital sales crime of not listening.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two more of six negative sales defaults salespeople allow to become a habit, including not asking enough and properly timed non-directive probes, as well as not patiently studying the prospect's problem.
Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the last three of the six most damaging sales default behaviors of some salespeople, including poor closing practices, not establishing benefit/value, and being unaware of how you express yourself.
Bert Sarkinnen joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his company blends antique construction methods and materials – primarily timbers – with modern architecture to add unique textures and designs.
Bert Sarkinnen joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his company uses large timbers they mill to work with homeowners, their contractors and architects to add design and value to the home.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the origins and nature of Bitcoin as a crypto-currency, the dynamics of it as a store of value, and why it has reached such a high valuation.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to make the case that the current unprecedented valuation of Bitcoin is a result of many investors seeking a safe harbor store of value because confidence in America’s institutions is receding.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how allowing the Big Tech ecosystems to proliferate a non-sovereign cryptocurrency could result in weakening the U.S. dollar and therefore the geopolitical strength of the U.S.
Thursday - March 11, 2021
A.J. Schreier joins Jim Blasingame to report on the future expectations for mental health and addiction as we move into the post-pandemic period.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the fact that the Democrat majority in both houses of Congress passed an unprecedented reconciliation bill without a single Republican vote.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on a Senate parliamentarian technicality that stopped the Democrat majority from shoving a national $15 minimum wage down the throats of small businesses.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new pro-union bill that is being pushed by the Biden administration, which will make the anti-independent contractor law in California – AB 5 – a federal law.
George Troy joins Jim Blasingame to report on the coming economic expansion and why retailers have to start now to get supply chain resources put in place.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB’s Index which rose slightly over January due to an increase in job openings, but ironically with a corresponding lack of qualified workers for many of those openings.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the main driver of the Index last month, which was job opening growth, but could that point to a systemic condition due to lack of qualified candidates that holds back the economy.
Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the record level of consumer cash currently idle, and will the release of those deposits create an unprecedented economic boom.
Friday - March 12, 2021
Martin Holland joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the reasons many small businesses have actually thrived during the pandemic, whether industry related or associated with their prior financial management.
Martin Holland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role of a small business CEO, including the three primary responsibilities, and how to spend more time in that role and less time managing.
Caleb Barlow joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the new wave of pandemic-related ransomware attacks, and how to reduce your chances of becoming a victim.
Caleb Barlow joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Solar Winds hack of thousands of government networks, how it happened and how to avoid becoming part of a future “supply chain” attack.
Caleb Barlow joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to avoid becoming a ransomware victim, including having redundant files and systems, so you’re in a position to not pay the ransom.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on an outdoor music concert he’s attending and how the promoter is going on with the show mid-pandemic, and what we can learn from them.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how different sectors are adjusting their business models to align with the mid-pandemic customer expectations.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges every entrepreneur has in the early days when the only person they have to lead is themselves, including believing in yourself.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the true nature of a leader, including how they approach challenges with energy, courage and perseverance.
Debbie Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the secret to what your business should be doing tomorrow and next year is simply whatever expectations your customers have – more than what they need, but what they want.
Monday - March 15, 2021
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the tax issues that are in the new $1.9 trillion plan that you don't know, plus your immediate and upcoming tax filing dates.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on tax provisions that are related to pandemic relief, including retention credits and a temporary loss-carry-back opportunity to get a refund.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the likely tax increases that will be proposed by the Democrat majority, plus the Biden administration’s attempt to expand the California AB-5 anti-contractor bill across the country.
Jim Blasingame reveals the product of a futurist and why you have four audiences that need to know your foresight for the direction of your business.
Jim Blasingame reveals how to think of triangulating implications into foresight about what’s coming at your business from the future.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways that the Biden/Harris administration wants to revive and expand Obamacare beyond its previous state, toward the ultimate goal of single payer coverage.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Biden administration will try to impose regulations that will weaken the U.S. medical research industry and put America at risk in the next pandemic.
Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what every American can do to fight the current attempt to turn our private health care industry into a government-run system.
Tuesday - March 16, 2021
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the communication practices of great leaders, including keeping it simple and using illustrations and stories.
Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal more communication practices of great leaders, including affirming the audience, whether employees or customers, and being devoted to better listening.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to report on the surge in partnerships that coincide with the increase in business startups during the pandemic, and to discuss what Jim calls the “Partnership Paradox.”
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss business partnerships, especially the extra degree of difficulty that comes when the partnership is comprised of family members, and why compatible values are always the coin of the partnership realm.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to know when it’s time to bring a partnership – even a long-term one – to an end, and how to make that happen before things get too bad.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether there is some good that has come from a year of pandemic shutdown, including what you now plan to continue to do even though you wouldn’t have done it before.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to recognize some of the positives from the pandemic, including how it has changed how we look at approaching life and what really matters.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the evil way the Chinese government allowed a global pandemic to happen, and that we still don’t know the true impact the coronavirus had on China.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to report on the reason what happened to Georgia, Crimea and Hong Kong in the past dozen years is of paramount importance to Taiwan, and whether the U.S. and Biden have the will to thwart China’s one-state agenda.
Gordon Chang joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the Chinese government should not be allowed to prosper as a result of creating a deadly and prohibitively expensive global pandemic, and that some form of reparations is necessary.
Wednesday - March 17, 2021
George Levy joins Jim Blasingame to report on the effort by Miami leadership to become the first cryptocurrency city by moving toward offering their employees their compensation in Bitcoin. Plus, the introduction of non-fungible tokens.
George Levy joins Jim Blasingame to report on digital payment systems, which are digital currencies transferred on central controlled systems, while cyrptocurrency is transferred peer to peer, without a central authority.
George Levy joins Jim Blasingame to report on the continuing emergence of cryptocurrencies, including a new digital store of value called a non-fungible token, which allows the owner to sell access to an asset without losing it, like a song or painting.
Michael Friedson joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the pandemic has impacted the upcoming elections in Israel as that government paid $2 billion for 15 million vaccines to get every voter inoculated before they vote, meanwhile, the lockdown continues.
Michael Friedson joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Biden/Harris administration is impacting the current and future relationships that are part of the successful Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration.
George Selgin joins Jim Blasingame to report on what goes on during an FOMC meeting, and why we no longer wonder what the Fed will announce following a two-day meeting.
George Selgin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what Alt M means, and why your monetary future will look increasingly different from what you know, plus why we should expect U.S. dollar denominated private cryptocurrencies to emerge.
George Selgin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the possibility of the Fed using their charter to expand their portfolio outside of general sovereign monetary support into funding of specific projects, and the many troubling implications thereof.
Thursday - March 18, 2021
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to suggest an approach to studying macro-trends in forecasting where the marketplace and customer expectations will dictate your post-pandemic growth.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to offer a pre-act way of thinking about the implications of the post-pandemic marketplace, with elements like both virtual and face-to-face customer interaction.
Nick Rossmann joins Jim Blasingame to report on the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, which reveals the increase in pandemic-related threats to all levels of Internet users.
Nick Rossmann joins Jim Blasingame to report on the IBM cyber threat index with shows more brand URLs are being spoofed to trick unsuspecting users to click on a link that takes them to an online threat.
Nick Rossmann joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the likelihood that a customer or prospect will require you to demonstrate your cyber-security practices, technology and policies before they do business with you.
Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to report on the pandemic state of trucking, including the driver shortage, and what the industry must do to solve this crisis, but that autonomous trucks is not a near-term option.
Brian Fielkow joins Jim Blasingame to encourage businesses to get closer to their trucking vendors in order to insure reliable supply chain performance going forward.
Brian Fielkow joins Myron Ebell and Jim Blasingame to report on his experience and what he knows about what caused the Texas electric grid to go down during the recent historic winter storm.
Myron Ebell joins Jim Blasingame to report on the logic behind Texas having their own electric grid outside of the rest of the country, and the reasons why that grid failed during the recent winter storm.
Myron Ebell joins Jim Blasingame to report on the exposure the U.S. power grid has and why it’s exposed to an enemy attack or a natural event that could take it down.
Friday - March 19, 2021
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new social media platform, Clubhouse, and their recent success which has caused Facebook to bring their considerable resources to disrupt this market competitor.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to deliver several YouTube tips on how to set up and execute your video channel, plus a report on how TikTok is doing in the U.S. market.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to memorialize the life and contribution of his late wife and mother of his children, including her partnership in his career, her own considerable endeavors and the high global regard for her.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to courageously expose his grief over losing his wife and partner of 31 years, and what he’s learned about what we can do – and not do – when trying to help someone in this situation. Including two online resources.
Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to continue his grieving message through a list of things to do, say – and not do or say – when trying to be there for someone who has lost a spouse. Including two online resources.
Gerri Detweiler joins Jim Blasingame to report on how existing businesses can acquire at least two kinds of grants from the government as a result of the pandemic.
Gerri Detweiler joins Jim Blasingame to report on why more small businesses will be available to buy in the next year or two, as a result of the pandemic impact on older owners, and how to capitalize such an acquisition.
Abby Schneiderman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the woeful lack of even the simplest form of estate planning, and why this is further exacerbated when you’re a business owner.
Abby Schneiderman joins Jim Blasingame to provide a check list to prevent challenges and expenses incurred when a small business owner dies without having any estate planning, or organization continuation.
Abby Schneiderman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to engage key people who have been selected to manage your estate and business in the event that you aren’t there to handle it.
Monday - March 22, 2021
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the leading indicators of the franchise future, which is heavily weighted on remote, delivery and curb-side services.
Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on where the most opportunity is likely to be for franchising over the next 3 to 5 years, including anything associated with remote working, including the transition back and forth.
Christian Espinosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current state of cyber-security by U.S. companies and institutions, and why we’re in a world war that we’re losing.
Christian Espinosa joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of a supply chain cyber-breach, how small businesses could become the weak link that exposes larger customers, and how to avoid that threat.
Christian Espinosa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the explosion of Internet-of-things (IoT) in our lives and why they present another layer of cyber-vulnerability against the global threat we’re currently losing to.
Jim Blasingame reveals how the Charles Dickens literary devise is useful to gain perspective on how we went in a matter of a few weeks from halcyon days to the pandemic nightmare over the past year.
Jim Blasingame reports on the news from the IRS that you now have 32 more days to file and pay federal income taxes, all the way to May 17.
David Rubin joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Israeli government has imposed extended lockdowns on people and businesses, while providing essentially no financial support.
David Rubin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming Israel election where Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to win because the country is moving right, but is not expected to easily build a coalition.
David Rubin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the unprecedented progress of the Trump-led Abraham Accords between Israel and Muslim countries, but why they are likely to languish because of the Biden administration.
Tuesday - March 23, 2021
Brian Marcel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why leaving the EU was a good decision for the UK, particularly in terms of vaccinations for their citizens.
Brian Marcel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how IOTA tokens can be used as proof of vaccination and other medical information on a blockchain-type distributed ledger.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the National Manufacturers Outlook Survey that shows this sector’s sentiment is improving, even though small manufacturers are less optimistic than larger firms.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NAM survey of manufacturers which indicates that the two big challenges continue to be not enough qualified workers, as well as breaks in the global supply chain.
Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impact of more regulations and higher taxes as an impediment to reshoring manufacturing in America.
Dusty Staub joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the two primary styles of leadership – extrinsic and intrinsic – and which one works best in the third decade of the 21st century.
Dusty Staub joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many different tools a modern leader must possess and use in order to be successful in this complicated marketplace and workplace.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the three major vaccines being distributed in the U.S., and why where you live and when you get it determines which one you’ll get, rather than making a choice.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges of medical record access and accuracy, and how moving to a blockchain platform will help patients control the availability and accuracy of their information.
Dr. Faith Whittier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the progress women have made in terms of equality in the past century and why there’s more left to be done.
Wednesday - March 24, 2021
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the concept of emotional intelligence (EQ), why it’s the extension of being self-aware, and the benefits of it.
Beverly Inman-Ebel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the relationship of motivation to your emotional intelligence, and why understanding EQ is critical to 21st century employee management.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the E.U. levying a special tax to any U.S. business that transacts business across the Eurozone network and marketplace.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new levels and types of taxes Biden and the Democrats will try to impose in order to pay for their extreme-deficit spending.
Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the provisions in the new relief bill for employers, including full deductibility of the PPP funds, and extension of a worker tax credit.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to report on how her organization handled the pandemic as they continued to educate and motivate women entrepreneurs in Rwanda and Afghanistan.
Terry Neese joins Jim Blasingame to offer her thoughts on how women should mentor their daughters about recognizing progress and building on that.
Jenn Donahue joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how she didn’t let being a woman prevent her from being successful in global engineering, male-dominated military pursuits.
Jenn Donahue joins Jim Blasingame to reveal her method for being successful as a leader in male-dominated fields, and how she mentors other young women who want to pursue STEM careers.
Jenn Donahue joins Jim Blasingame to report on her appraisal of how women have earned the right to pursue careers in those that were historically dominated by males, including how to act in those scenarios.
Thursday - March 25, 2021
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the state of Florida went its own way on dealing with coronavirus management, and is not a profile in how to handle the next pandemic.
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to report on his belief that the economy is improving every day, and how the future of business will return to face-to-face, but also retain much of the virtual elements of the pandemic era.
John Berlau joins Jim Blasingame to report how America’s father, George Washington, would think about the 2021 marketplace, and why he wouldn’t be surprised to find cash-equivalents like crypto-currency, as a tradable store of value.
John Berlau joins Jim Blasingame to debate the influence private cryptocurrencies could have on the marketplace, our relationship with government, and the viability of countries and their sovereign currencies.
John Berlau joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the difference between the government’s idea of a digital or crypto-currency and that of the private sector, from both control and efficiency standpoints.
Anna Brakefield joins Jim Blasingame to report on how she and her father started a linens consumer business based on the cotton they grow on their family farm, by cutting out the middleman and keeping the middle profits.
Anna Brakefield joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how their farming family launched a new venture and continue to work together to make that expansion a success.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on global research that indicates that all entrepreneurs, men and women, are similarly motivated regardless of where they live.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the coronavirus pandemic imposed unique extra disruptions and challenges for women as nurturers of their families and founders of businesses.
Patricia Greene joins Jim Blasingame to report on the concept of camouflaging business activity, which women have had to do for generations to avoid the societal and even legal impediments to women entrepreneurship.
Friday - March 26, 2021
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why staying focused on your brand should never be out of mind or strategy, whether you’re selling a product or your skills.
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to discuss five ways to create a strong personal brand, including volunteering, being an opinion writer, networking, and having a personal website.
Soulaima Gourani joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how working remotely during the pandemic has created permanent shifts in how companies will engage with workers in the future.
Soulaima Gourani joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why employers should expect to spend time and resources on the support necessary for their remote workers, including the physical, technical and mental aspects.
Soulaima Gourani joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unprecedented and multi-faceted power that a handful of Big Tech firms wield, and what the rest of us can do to minimize their impact.
Dr. Chloe Carmichael joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role that anxiety and fear can play in our success if we can learn how to channel it as a natural response to challenges and opportunities.
Chloe Carmichael joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how having a word with ourselves during anxious moments can help us handle them productively and ultimately, not fear the next one.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the different ways entrepreneurship is defined, and reveal the four primary factors that make up entrepreneurial behavior.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of developing entrepreneurship in others, especially your employees, by helping them focus their motivations and energies toward initiative and even risk taking.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what it takes to become and be successful as an entrepreneur, including risk-tolerance, experience and business model preparation.
Monday - March 29, 2021
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a parent or grandparent could contribute to a Child IRA for a few years and result in a significant fund when that recipient retired.
Chris Carosa joins Jim Blasingame to explain how a child IRA works for the person paying into it, and how it benefits the child recipient, plus possible penalties
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the process of remote work environments and the degree of difficulty in maintaining a productive culture, including some ideas on how to solve that problem.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how most of us have paradoxical traits that can’t exist without each other, but how to be self-aware of and differentiating between being the paradox of being both powerful and forceful.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the industries that may have more of a near-term advantage operating in a more restrictive marketplace of the Biden administration.
Jim Blasingame uses President Biden’s own words to reveal why the plan to tax certain taxpayers will actually hurt small business owners disproportionately, and should not be allowed.
Jim Blasingame reveals more examples of how raising taxes on small business families who risk everything in the creation of their income will hurt their sustainability, national economic growth and job creation.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on the information war the U.S. is engaged in with foreign and domestic enemies that mean harm to the future of America by spreading false information as fact and/or news.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on the reasons our adversaries – from within and without – mean us harm and use things like the pandemic and elections to cause Americans to hate each other just because we disagree.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the steps each of us can take today to defeat the global information war from enemies within and without, including granting someone else the right to think differently without cancelling them from your life.
Tuesday - March 30, 2021
David Wells joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that over the next 20 years, Baby Boomers will transfer $43 trillion to their children, and some of the trust strategies that are available to them.
David Wells joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to think of creating wealth for yourself and your children by using trusts that will direct your estate during and after your death.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to explain the two email hosting scenarios that exist today and why one is better than the other for more cyber-security.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the cross-border cyber-war the U.S. is in with foreign enemies like Russia and China, and that this will be the battlefield of the future.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his cyber-security platform works for small and mid-size companies, as it preempts the cyber-danger before your employees see it.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why professionalism is powerful and critical to your career, and why the fundamental element of it is character.
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the seven critical elements of professionalism, including caring and customer service, as the platform for launching a successful career.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power that a small business owner can acquire by learning how to be a better financial manager, which does not require being an accountant.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to build a long-term sustainable business by managing with current operating statements, balance sheets and cash flow projections that compare your plan vs what you actually did.
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the financial management advantages a franchisee has over someone who starts a business from scratch.
Wednesday - March 31, 2021
Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges we analog humans are having being productive long term in a more virtual environment.
Christina Cavanagh joins Jim Blasingame to offer suggestions on how we can structure, write and deliver better email communications, including the subject line and using bullets instead of long paragraphs.
Nick Rini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss one of the primary reasons salespeople fail, which is allowing the mental block of call reluctance to prevent them from getting in front of customers.
Nick Rini joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the mental block of call reluctance, and recognizing that you’re not qualified to decide for the customer whether they will consider your offerings, but it is your obligation to be relevant to them.
Nick Rini joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his company’s training platform uses avatars to walk a salesperson through the critical steps to learn on the way to become a successful professional salesperson.
Marc Lieberstein and Kitt Shipe join Jim Blasingame to reveal the difference between a franchise council and an association, and why this is important for prospective franchise buyers to understand.
Marc Lieberstein and Kitt Shipe join Jim Blasingame to report on how the American Relief Act is designed to assist the restaurant industry with federal grants, first for disadvantaged owners, and soon for all restauranteurs.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the tangible impact that the intangible of trust had on our lives as we experienced a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic year of personal and professional lockdowns.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current toxic behavior of “Us v Them” in our daily interactions, how we can turn this around virtually overnight, and what could result if we don’t.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why we have to realize that our own selfishness is a powerful deterrent to allowing trust to flourish, as it promotes the denial of truth.
