Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two ways you can expand your business, including buying marketshare, or by merging with or acquiring a competitor.

Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal three more ways to grow your business, including farming, hunting and adding new products.

Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Halal restaurant chain that grew from a single hotdog stand on wheels to a growing chain of restaurants by knowing and leveraging the power of their brand.

Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Ample Hills ice cream company’s growth history that was driven by a brand known for quality and how a little luck gave them a big boost.

Catherine Kaputa joins Jim Blasingame to report on the power of a quality brand to take a tiny operation to a national Main Street level and an IPO on Wall Street.

Jim Blasingame reveals why the minimum wage, federal or otherwise, is a lie politicians tell to get votes from the people the minimum wage actually hurts.

Jim Blasingame reports on one of the horrible provisions the Obama administration has visited on small businesses through Obamacare, and then to support the president’s overtime policy.

Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why small business CEOs wait too long to take the action of firing a key employee, when they’ve known it must be done for some time.

Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the dysfunctional condition you get yourself into by allowing a key employee to hold you hostage instead of firing them.

Stephen Baum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of redemption as part of the timeline and process we go through in dealing with an employee who isn’t working out.