If you're going to be a successful business owner, you have to be able to negotiate effectively. Jim Blasingame offers tips on how to be a successful negotiator. » More

Labor Day is great for the laborers, but why not honor small business owners with a Small Business Day? Jim Blasingame offers some insight. » More

Is your small business using mobile apps? You should be. Jim Blasingame explains why. » More

The recent Small Business Advocate Poll asked: How much of your annual revenue comes from online sales? Jim Blasingame reveals and discusses the results. » More

There are four levels of performance consciousness. Jim Blasingame discusses these four different levels with us. » More

Recently, research showed that half of small businesses failed int he first five years. Jim Blasingame gives you a few suggestions to keep you from becoming part of this gruesome statistic. » More

Running a small business is a lot like competing in the Tour de France. Jim Blasingame gives you four examples of how they are similar. » More

It's very important that small business owners take vacations. Jim Blasingame offers four ideas to consider that should help you take more time off. » More

Someone has called the current period in the economic cycle the “mother of all jobless recoveries.” Jim Blasingame discusses economic and structural unemployment. » More

By definition entrepreneurs take risks. Jim Blasingame gives us some historical references where this is true. » More