Women In The Marketplace Archives

Terry Neese 07/18/2008 President and CEO,the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women US tax code and human resources policies that were created in the early part of the 20th century must be scrapped altogether, or changed to conform to 21st century reality. Terry Neese talks with Jim Blasingame about five critical "family friendly" policies that our government must address right away.

Mary Cantando 07/02/2008 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet What does it take for men and women to do business together? Mary Cantando talks with Jim Blasingame about this and they come up with some pretty important and effective points that actually work. You won't be surprised that having a sense of humor helps.

Nell Merlino 06/17/2008 Co-Founder and CEO of Count Me In How are women business owners doing these days? Nell Merlino talks about this with Jim Blasingame, including how her organization is helping women grow their businesses with coaching and vital resources.

Janet Christy 05/30/2008 Author of Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned What's the greatest threat to the travel industry? Technology, not oil prices, and Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to talk about ways to travel less and still get business.

Terry Neese 05/02/2008 President and CEO, Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Women are playing an increasing role in global business, especially small business, and Terry Neese talks with Jim Blasingame about this, and what her organization is doing to promote global women's business ownership.

Mary Cantando 03/07/2008 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet What do women need to know about business ownership? Mary Cantando talks with Jim Blasingame about what women need to know about owning a business in addition to what any business owners would need to know.

Linda Babcock 02/26/2008 Co-author of Ask For It Why aren't women better negotiators? Linda Babcock talks with Jim Blasingame about the unique challenges women face in the marketplace when negotiating for what they want.

Janet Christy 02/25/2008 Author of Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned What extra help do women business owners need to help them to find success in the marketplace? Janet Christy and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the things that hold women back that are self-imposed.

Michelle Goodman 01/22/2008 Author of The Anti 9 to 5 Guide How do you recession-proof your small business? Michelle and Jim talk about some of the things you can do to help you refuse to participate in an economic downturn.

Janet Christy 01/21/2008 Author of Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned Are you still looking for a grant to start your small business? Janet and Jim talk about the correct way to capitalize your venture, which is not to look for a grant.

Barbara Kasoff 01/04/2008 President and Co-Founder of Women Impacting Public Policy How are women doing with regard to getting government contracts? Barbara joins Jim to report that women are not getting their share of government contracts and what should be done to improve that record.

Mary Cantando 12/24/2007 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet Mary joins Jim to talk about the fact that enjoying working in your business does not make you a workaholic and how technology can help you stay close to your business while keeping your family happy.

Nell Merlino 11/08/2007 Co-Founder and CEO of Count Me In How are women business owners doing these days? Nell talks with Jim about the strength of women business ownership and what is being done to support this rapidly growing sector.

Mary Cantando 10/24/2007 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet What's unique about the 21st century for women small business owners? Mary talks with Jim about why things are different for women these days.

Karen Kurek 09/25/2007 Partner and Managing Director, RSM McGladrey What are the issues facing women business owners? Karen joins Jim to report on a recent study her organization conducted on women business owners and she talks about what they learned.

Michelle Goodman 09/17/2007 Author of The Anti 9 to 5 Guide Do women and men negotiate differently? Recent research indicates that they do, and Michell and Jim talk about why this is, and what women should do to improve their negotiating ability.

Leslie Grossman 09/12/2007 Co-founder, Women's Leadership Exchange What are the challenges women business owners face? Leslie talks with Jim about some of these challenges, how many are self-imposed, and what women can do to eliminate them.

Marsha Firestone 09/04/2007 Founder and President of the Women Presidents' Organization Women business owners are really making great strides and Marsha talks with Jim about some research her organization has conducted that identifies just how well women-owned businesses are doing.

Mary Cantando 08/31/2007 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet Should your woman-owned business become certified? Mary talks with Jim about the potential opportunities of becoming certified and the criteria that should be considered before doing so.

Wilma Goldstein 08/21/2007 SBA's Director for women's business ownership Businesses owned by women are growing at the highest rate of all businesses, and Wilma joins Jim to talk about why this is happening and where there is help for these entrepreneurs.

Michelle Goodman 08/14/2007 Author of The Anti 9 to 5 Guide Do women and men negotiate differently? Recent research indicates that they do, and Michell and Jim talk about why this is, and what women should do to improve their negotiating ability.

Nell Merlino 07/23/2007 Founder & President of Count-Me-In and Make Mine a Million Dollar Business Only 3% of women business owners have annual revenue of $1 million, and Nell talks with Jim about what she and her organization are doing to improve this statistic.

Mary Cantando 07/18/2007 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet What does it take for women small business owners to become mentors? Mary joins Jim to talk about the importance of successful women business owners mentoring other women.

Camille Burns 06/18/2007 VP of Operations, Women Presidents' Organization We must teach our children more about finances, cashflow and entrepreneurship, and Camille talks with Jim about what the contribution the WPO is making in this area.

Ruth King 05/04/2007 CEO, businesstvchannel.com What does it take to be a good and effective boss? Ruth talks with Jim about what good bosses know about working with people.

Janet Christy 05/02/2007 Author of Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned What do women-owned businesses need to know to do business with government organizations and government contractors? Janet talks with Jim about this question and offers excellent advice on the topic of women-owned businesses getting certified to do business with the government.

Terry Neese 04/06/2007 President and CEO of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Women are doing great as small business owners, but not so well when it comes to getting government contracts. Terry joins Jim to explain this issue and what women can do about it.

Mary Cantando 03/27/2007 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on Their Feet Mary and Jim begin their visit talking about the size of the economy created by U.S. small businesses, and then move on to talk about the importance for women-owned businesses to look into becoming certified to do business with larger corporations and the federal government.

Ann Holmes 03/19/2007 Author of There's a Business in Every Woman Focusing on core competencies is critical for all entrepreneurs, and Ann talks with Jim about why this is especially true for women.

Nan Mooney 03/14/2007 Author of I Can't Believe She Did That! Why Women Betray Other Women at Work Why aren't women more supportive of each other? What do women have to do to help each other and themselves? Nan talks about this with Jim, and Jim tries to make sure he doesn't get himself into trouble with this topic.

Beverly Inman-Ebel 03/12/2007 Author of Talk Is Not Cheap and Success Is a Decision of the Mind It's Women's History Month and Beverly talks with Jim about the women who are important in our history, as well as what is being done to help the women of the present and future.

Barbara Kasoff 02/13/2007 COO and Co-Founder of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) There is a bill before the House of Representatives that if passed, would provide a tax credit for angel investors who invest in small businesses, and Barbara joins Jim to talk about the details and what has to be done to get this bill through.

Marsha Firestone 01/30/2007 President & Founder, Women Presidents' Organization Marsha and Jim talk about the strength of the U.S. economy, women business owners, and which generation of women have the most money right now.

Janet Christy 01/02/2007 Author of Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned What are the things women business owners need to do to have the maximum opportunity to be successful? Janet talks with Jim about how to address the unique challenges women business owners have.

Maria Coyne 10/30/2006 Executive Vice President of Key Bank’s Key4Women Maria joins Jim to talk about how banks are helping small businesses in ways beyond loans and checking accounts.

Lois Geller Paula Lovell Joan Pryde 10/25/2006 Breast cancer survivors Lois, Paula and Joan join Jim to tell their survival stories and to talk about breast cancer treatment and risk factors.

Marsha Firestone 10/18/2006 President & Founder, Women Presidents' Organization Marsha joins Jim to talk about a recent survey that shows there is no "glass ceiling" for women entrepreneurs.

Kristin Arnold 10/17/2006 Author of Email Basics and Team Basics Kristin talks with Jim about working with teams made up of both men and women.

Terry Neese 10/17/2006 President and CEO of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Terry and Jim talk about the role women should play in the public policy debate. They also talk about a new program that trains women how to enter the debate, and finally they discuss the efforts being made to help women in Afghanistan.

Wilma Goldstein 10/16/2006 Assistant Administrator, SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership Wilma talks with Jim about the origins of the micro-loan program and how to get one.

Mary Cantando 10/09/2006 Author of The Woman's Advantage Mary talks with Jim about why it's important for women who own small businesses to join organizations that promote professional and personal development, and at least one or two organizations that focus on women's issues.

Mary Brown 10/09/2006 Co-author of Boom Mary joins Jim to talk about the enormous opportunity available to any organization that understands how to market to baby boomer women.

Janet Christy 10/02/2006 Author of Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned Janet joins Jim to talk about some 21st century perspectives for women business owners.

Marsha Firestone 08/29/2006 President & Founder, Women Presidents' Organization Marsha talks with Jim about the state of women business ownership around the world and also in the U.S. She says that while advances have been made for women, there are still some areas that need improving.

Wilma Goldstein 08/07/2006 Assistant Administrator, SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership Wilma joins Jim to talk a little bit about the new SBA Administrator, Steven Preston. They move on to talk about how the marketplace environment looks for women who own businesses as well as those who want to start a business.

Mary Cantando 07/31/2006 Author of The Woman's Advantage and Nine Lives Mary joins Jim to talk about the advantages (and some of the disadvantages) that women have as business owners.