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Jim Blasingame, The Small Business Advocate
Jim Blasingame, The Small Business Advocate

 
 
 
 
 

 

Entrepreneurialism

10 Years of the Small Business Advocate Show
By: Jim Blasingame
Celebrating 10 years on the radio!

2003 Small Business New Year Resolutions
By: Jim Blasingame
Resolutions for your small business.

A Balm for Business
By: Jim Blasingame
Finding a balm to heal your daily mental, emotional, and spiritual dings

A Day to Those Who Labor
By: Jim Blasingame
And one for those who sign their paychecks...

A Labor Day Salute To Small Business Owners
By: Jim Blasingame
Why not a National Entrepreneur's Day?

A Marketplace Movie
By: Jim Blasingame
A Marketplace Movie

An irony of the market
By: Jim Blasingame
Is is possible for a small business to succeed itself right out of business?

Are You Conscious Or Unconscious
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are the four levels.

Assume the BBP...
By: Jim Blasingame
Learn to look at your business like you do your bananas.

A Time For Everything, Including Change
By: Jim Blasingame
Knowing change is inevitable doesn't make the pill sweeter.

A Valven, A Dream, And A Broken Foot
By: Jim Blasingame
Entrepreneurs all over the world have the same drive and spirit.

Avoid Entrepreneurial Sticker Shock
By: Jim Blasingame
So how do entrepreneurs avoid destructive impatience?

Avoiding Gas Pain
By: Jim Blasingame
There are two kinds of out-of-control expense pain.

Avoid the Dangers of Availability Cascade
By: Jim Blasingame
On the economy and survival...

Beware the Red Herring
By: Jim Blasingame
Be careful when using personal red herrings.

Branding and the Q
By: Jim Blasingame
Small businesses are better than big businesses at building brand value.

Business Lessons on the Farm
By: Jim Blasingame
Some advice for the greenhorns.

Celebrating Home Based Business Week
By: Jim Blasingame
Two things converged to make operating a business from home socially acceptable once again.

Celebrating Two Milestones
By: Jim Blasingame
It's all about Jim's heroes.

Cut Yourself Some SLACC in 2007
By: Jim Blasingame
Here's a list of seven key areas on which to focus.

Dangerous High Percentages of Small Business
By: Jim Blasingame
Some days you're a rabbit, some days you're a general.

Dave Was An Entrepreneurial Horse
By: Jim Blasingame
Would you have invested in Dave?

Democratic Ironies in Small Business
By: Jim Blasingame
A business cannot flourish as a democracy.

Disappointment And The Entrepreneur
By: Jim Blasingame
"Acknowledge your disappointments, accept them, process them, talk about them, and turn them into opportunities."

Does Your Business Use Gauges or Lights
By: Jim Blasingame
and the correct answer is....

Dominator Vs Partner
By: Jim Blasingame
Adam Smith's idea of division of labor was unfamiliar in his time, but now we see how his thought applies to today's economy.

Do Not Forget About The Third Wheel
By: Jim Blasingame
How to use the third wheel technique.

Do Not Worry Take Action
By: Jim Blasingame
Recognize the threat and take action.

Embrace the Next Step
By: Jim Blasingame
Learn to adopt new technology for your small business.

Experience Necessary in Starting a Business
By: Jim Blasingame
If you’re thinking of starting a business, have you thought about this?

Eyes Wide Open
By: Jim Blasingame
Are you sure you want to be a small business owner?

Finding Success With The Golden Triplets
By: Jim Blasingame
Requires the understanding of two things.

Find Your Spirit And Find Success
By: Jim Blasingame
It's essential for entrepreneurs.

Focus On The Letters
By: Jim Blasingame
The acronym of success.

Four Rules for Living
By: Jim Blasingame
Four that are especially important for small businesses.

Free Agency
By: Jim Blasingame
A new breed in the marketplace.

Getting A Bank Loan - Part 1
By: Jim Blasingame
Here's how this works.

Getting A Bank Loan - Part II
By: Jim Blasingame
Improve your chances with these steps.

Give Humans What They Want
By: Jim Blasingame
The difference between needs and wants.

Global Warming The Rest of the Story
By: Jim Blasingame
There are many reasons to pursue conservation.

Good Negotiators Do Not Fall In Love
By: Jim Blasingame
Love is for lovers -- this is business.

Heroes, Ghosts and gifts
By: Jim Blasingame
Let me be your Clarence: you are a lot of people's hero.

Independent Contractor or Employee
By: Jim Blasingame
How to decide if you want to remain unemployed, underemployed, or work for yourself.

In Order To Get Big, Think Small
By: Jim Blasingame
The solution is in organization.

In Praise of Acheivement
By: Jim Blasingame
Check out these high achievement factors

Integrity Has No Need of Rules
By: Jim Blasingame
The best ethical vector for small business owners...

IP
By: Jim Blasingame
The Entrepreneurial Dream

It Was An Inside Job
By: Jim Blasingame
Tips on how to prevent an "inside theft" in your business.

Jim's Predictions for 2008
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are the Small Business Advocate Crystal Ball Predictions for 2008.

Kyoto is junk policy
By: Jim Blasingame
Why are the Euros and others so chagrined about America’s Kyoto balk?

Looking For Answers In The Wrong Places
By: Jim Blasingame
A story about three small buisnes owners.

Look Inside Yourself and Find Your Spirit
By: Jim Blasingame
Knowing and trusting your spirit as an entrepreneur

Making Plans For The Digital Age
By: Jim Blasingame
Are you focusing on the past or your future?

Making the Tough Decisions
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are some steps to help deal with tough decisions.

Managing The Terrier Syndrome
By: Jim Blasingame
Do you know your limitations?

Modify Your Business With Adjectives
By: Jim Blasingame
Words can play and important role in the success of your business.

Motivating Employees Is Good Business
By: Jim Blasingame
How to be a smart manager?

Myths Of Small Business Ownership
By: Jim Blasingame
"Unless you live in a mythical world, don't operate a mythical business."

Net Lease Lessons
By: Jim Blasingame
Is it time to take a look at your long-term real estate requirements?

Of Spiders And Entrepreneurs
By: Jim Blasingame
"Is your business tenuously constructed, or built to withstand time?"

Opposite Sides of the Same Coin
By: Jim Blasingame
Being a follower and a leader in one...

Ownership Privileges
By: Jim Blasingame
Are you prepared?

Owning A Brand Is More Than Having Q
By: Jim Blasingame
Our challenge is in believing this truth.

Preventing Professional Scurvy With Vitamin C
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are the four kinds of professional vitamin c.

Reinvention or Extinction
By: Jim Blasingame
What's your choice?

Remember the Militia
By: Jim Blasingame
What is now called Memorial Day.

Replace Worry With Performance
By: Jim Blasingame
Know what your customers want.

Results of The Advocate's 2005 Predictions
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are the results and the score.

Risk, Change and Growth
By: Jim Blasingame
Embrace change as the exciting element which holds all the possibilities.

Risk What You Know
By: Jim Blasingame
Ever wonder what makes an entrepreneur decide when to take risks?

RSHIP
By: Jim Blasingame
Realizing that business ownership is actually a profession

Rules for Living and Business
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are four to live by.

SBA Expo in Florida
By: Jim Blasingame
Honoring America's top small business owners.

SBSC And Management Fundamentals - Part I
By: Jim Blasingame
This part of the SBSC curriculum is about helping you become a better manager.

SBSC And Management Fundamentals - Part II
By: Jim Blasingame
How are you executing your written business plan?

SBSC And Marketplace Fundamentals - Part I
By: Jim Blasingame
Become a better marketer.

SBSC And Marketplace Fundamentals - Part II
By: Jim Blasingame
What's going on in your customers' industries?

Seek Efficiencies to Serve Customers
By: Jim Blasingame
Take a look at your own operation.

Simplicity and Razors
By: Jim Blasingame
A theory to help small business owners

Small Business Characters
By: Jim Blasingame
Understanding the three characters of an entrepreneur.

Small Business Loneliness Is Unnecessary
By: Jim Blasingame
Avoid these five lies.

Small Business Owners -- The Other Iron Men
By: Jim Blasingame
Recognizing some lesser known heroes.

Small Business Success Factors
By: Jim Blasingame
Success factors: How do you measure up.

Small Business Survival Course
By: Jim Blasingame
Are you participating in the debate?

Small Business Survival Course And Technology
By: Jim Blasingame
Leverage technology for success.

So Many Entreprenuers, So Much To Learn
By: Jim Blasingame
Ten things you MUST know to be a successful small business owner.

Some Thought on Toughness
By: Jim Blasingame
Understanding the value of toughness...

Some Thoughts on Acting Ignorant
By: Jim Blasingame
Sometimes we need to act ignorant and listen.

Some Thoughts on a Dynamic Duo
By: Jim Blasingame
Knowledge and creativity are the dynamic duo of entrepreneurship.

Some Thoughts on Being a Professional
By: Jim Blasingame
Are you a professional or an amateur?

Some Thoughts on Being Worthy
By: Jim Blasingame
"What have you done for me lately?" is not an insult on your worthiness...

Some Thoughts on Challenges
By: Jim Blasingame
The quicker you face challenges, the less likely they are to become bigger ones.

Some Thoughts on Change
By: Jim Blasingame
Learning to embrace change and create something new

Some Thoughts on Due Diligence and Ducks
By: Jim Blasingame
As small business owners, we have a responsibility to recognize when something is amiss.

Some Thoughts on Education by Trial
By: Jim Blasingame
"Education through trial" is the learning method of a small business owner.

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Bones
By: Jim Blasingame
Two groups exist in Entrepreneuria...

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Certainty
By: Jim Blasingame
Businesses must be built on beliefs too.

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Climbing
By: Jim Blasingame
This is no hill for a climber...

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Desire
By: Jim Blasingame
Don't miss the joy of the race. Wander among your desires.

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Fertilizer
By: Jim Blasingame
Optimism vs. pessimism

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Flight
By: Jim Blasingame
Make sure your entrepreneurial airplane operates with the three forces of entrepreneurial flight.

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Sap
By: Jim Blasingame
Here are some examples of "lean liberty" to determine if you are ready to go out on your own.

Some Thoughts on Entrepreneurial Telekinesis
By: Jim Blasingame
Mind over matter-accomplishing the impossible...

Some Thoughts on Experiments
By: Jim Blasingame
With so much market velocity, if we are going to survive we have no choice but to change.

Some Thoughts on Filters
By: Jim Blasingame
This is a "paradigm" on the filters we look through.

Some Thoughts on Finding Opportunity
By: Jim Blasingame
Engage in the world and make yourself available to possibilities.

Some Thoughts on Finding the Right Work
By: Jim Blasingame
Work is a blessing or a curse depending on your attitude about it.

Some Thoughts on Fulfillment
By: Jim Blasingame
Even when things get tough, what you do is very fulfilling.

Some Thoughts on Good Intentions and Evil Acts
By: Jim Blasingame
Good vs. Evil: may the good unite.

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