Jim Blasingame tells a story about how he learned what the number one most effective gold mining tool is in selling and how he learned that lesson the hard way.

Jim Blasingame reports on a recent poll showing almost half of small business owners are not optimistic about the economy.

Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why sometimes you have to pull the trigger on your project before you have all of the perfect information you would like, and why this is a bigger problem for women.

Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the positive trait of being independent can be a negative if you really need to align yourself with the brains and resources of others.

Leslie Grossman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how being too polite can hold you back in the marketplace, plus some thoughts on work/life balance.

Henry Hutcheson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a better plan for small businesses that have children who want to be in the business.

Henry Hutcheson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the “sticky baton” syndrome is and how to avoid it in your small, family-run business.

Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how multi-tasking can create the illusion of getting things done, and how to set and establish higher expectations.

Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how his organization reports and resets updated expectations on a weekly and monthly basis, not annually .

Dave Anderson joins Jim Blasingame to report on his work training Christian ministers from Iran, and ask why the Obama administration didn’t make releasing captive Americans as part of the Iranian nuclear negotiations.