Interview with Steve Martin

During any economic downturn, cash creation and preservation will always trump driving profit. Steve Martin and Jim Blasingame discuss why cash is so important today.

Would you like to make sure your small business is as profitable as possible? Steve Martin talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the things you can do to increase productivity and therefore, profits, including making sure that you don't have any employees that are having a negative impact on your operation, and how to eliminate that situation if you find it.

Would you like to make sure your small business is as profitable as possible? Steve Martin talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the things you can do to increase productivity and therefore, profits, including making sure that you don't have any employees that are having a negative impact on your operation, and how to eliminate that situation if you find it.

Are your profits getting squeezed by rising costs and a lid on your pricing? Steve Martin talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the things you can do to free up some of those profits and help you have a successful year.

How do you focus on profits when your trying to keep sales volume up in a tough economy? Steve tells Jim it's working on profitability one step at a time and they talk about some of these incremental steps.

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