3rd Ingredient®

Advice, information and training in the field of economics, business operations and business management.

3RD INGREDIENT® is a fundamental belief system originating with Jim Blasingame.

3RD INGREDIENT® is a line of products and services offered by Jim including a series of books, written articles and publications, and educational materials; advisory services; and consulting/training all in the field of Economics, Business Operations and Business Management.

Please browse the following selection of 3RD INGREDIENT® educational audio products to learn more about Jim’s motivational beliefs, products, and services concerning small business economics and operations; including Jim's exclusive series of 3RD INGREDIENT® shows.

Arky Ciancutti
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenge of the current generation to install trust in digital leverage, as we increasingly leave the analog world – and analog trust -- behind.
Kathy Perry
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current social media landscape, the abuses and overreach of the platforms, and what the future of this sector is likely to hold.
Jessica Melugin
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to report that the best way to deal with the excesses of Big Tech is through organic, grassroots changes and innovations from the public.
Jessica Melugin
Jessica Melugin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the inadequacies and lack of speed in the government’s antitrust toolkit to adequately deal with any excesses of Big Tech.
Doug Stephens
Doug Stephens joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role the pandemic played in accelerating ecommerce at the expense of Main Street retail, and the future of retail with a dominant Amazon.
Dr. Eric Cole
Dr. Eric Cole joins Jim Blasingame to report on yet another cyber-breach that adds evidence that the U.S. is under attack by foreign actors, including Russia and China, and it’s not a cold war.
Terry Jones
Terry Jones joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while we were dealing with a pandemic, the economy and marketplace shifted from analog to digital at a much faster pace, especially in the direction of Big Tech.
Richard Berman
Richard Berman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the power of Big Tech today is much more concerning than past eras of big corporations, plus our dangerous dependence on China.
Martin Avila
Martin Avila joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how we can support his organization’s plan to create a global, non-political alternative to the current Big Tech-controlled Internet backbone.
Martin Avila
Martin Avila joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the decision to begin building an alternative Internet backbone that is powered by entities that will operate it without threatening the liberty of Americans.