
This Week's Show Schedule
Monday - April 12, 2021

Why we desperately need leaders who have courage
Tim Irwin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what courage is, why it seems to be in such short supply and what we can do about it.

Expert tax filing tips
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to share some expert tax filing tips.

Beware the small business Law of Numbers
Jim Blasingame reveals that if a small business wants to be successful, resolve alone isn't enough. It also requires grit and fundamentals.

Developing customer loyalty
Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to share tips for developing customer loyalty.
Tuesday - April 13, 2021
Megan Wintersteen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of a “ghost kitchen” being the coronavirus response by restaurants shifting away from serving their customers in-house with delivery/pickup.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the future inflationary challenges created today by accommodative Fed monetary policies and the federal government spending trillions more than we have.
Amy Kardel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the idea of growing your own qualified people though in-house or external apprentice programs.
Joe Collins joins Jim Blasingame to report on his work with inner-city youth to help them prepare professionally and politically for a better life out of poverty.
Wednesday - April 14, 2021
Bill Schley joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why digitizing a bad brand won’t save it, because a brand is the analog attraction customers feel, not the medium is arrived on.
Wayne Crews joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the regulatory philosophy and policies impacted the economy under these three administrations.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways that your business will be required to adjust to the post-pandemic expectations of your customers.
Michele Seiler Tucker joins Jim Blasingame to report on the reasons why most small business owners will not have a business that anyone else will pay money for.
Thursday - April 15, 2021

The latest from the Chief Home Officer
Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to share the latest from the Chief Home Officer.

Risk & conflict aversion: What's the price of inaction?
Deb Calvert joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the price of inaction when it comes to not responding to a demanding customer or to delaying on uncomfortable business decisions.

Digital transformation looks like whatever customers expect from you
Kristina Podnar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that whatever your business’s digital transformation should be is whatever your customers tell you they expect from you.

The latest NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the latest NFIB Small Business Optimism Index.
Friday - April 16, 2021

The power of professionalism you can learn
Bill Treasurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why professionalism is powerful and critical to your career, and why the fundamental element of it is character.

The power of financial management for small business
Ellen Rohr joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power that a small business owner can acquire by learning how to be a better financial manager, which does not require being an accountant.

How are small businesses fairing in early 2021?
Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on two Alignable small business surveys that show many Main Street businesses are still struggling against the pandemic shutdowns, plus the PPP2 program isn’t helping as much either.

Staying up on the politics and policies of online privacy
Chris Moschovitis joins Jim Blasingame to launch his new book on online privacy, including the practical ways we use technology and the organic way our privacy is penetrated and used.