Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to think about pricing strategy as a CEO duty, and how to test the market to see if you can raise prices.
Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to tell you that your prices aren’t high enough if customers aren’t pushing back a little, and to not apologize for your prices.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month’s NFIB Index that shows small business optimism continues to be closer to pessimism.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame with this month’s NFIB Index which shows that small businesses are hiring, but only slightly, and are still not investing in growth.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to explain why loan demand by small businesses continues to be almost zero, and connects that fact to uncertainty and a slow economy.
Bob Phibbs joins Jim Blasingame to report on a trend by companies to pay workers more than the federal minimum wage.
Bob Phibbs joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the options small businesses have that makes the federal minimum wage unproductive.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to report on his work helping global corporations become more entrepreneurial as they seek to be relevant to customers.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the challenges large organizations have with honesty and candor in dealing with their organizational dysfunction.
John Bradberry joins Jim Blasingame to explain that big corporations envy the entrepreneurial traits of small businesses, but are you using these advantages to your maximum benefit?