Keep your business plan simple, like the recipe of a classic meal. Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to compare focusing on just three big picture elements of your business like a simple, classic recipe.

Why your next growth step may be to be acquired. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the new strategies of investment firms toward aggregating smaller firms into larger operations, and why this could be good news for you.

New capital market changes may hold good news for your business. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that hundreds of investment companies are looking to acquire smaller businesses than in the past.

What? Starbucks franchises? Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report that Starbucks is offering the availability of franchises, but only in Europe and only to certain prospects.

Which end of the vision gap spectrum are you on? Adrian Ott joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the vision gap looks like, to help you identify where you are on this continuum, and focus on where you should be.

What will happen to your business the day after you leave for the last time? Jim Blasingame reports on responses to a survey about what small business owners think about how they will leave their businesses, plus his insights.

Is generational businesses a diminishing occurrence? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to report surveys that indicate fewer small business owners expect their children to take over from them when they retire.

How many small business owners want their business to continue with the family? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the statistics on how many small business owners want to pass the business on to family and how many actually do.

Are you thinking of buying a small business? Jim Blasingame reveals four things to keep in mind when you're planning to buy a small business from its owner.

Here are six things to remember when buying a business. Jim Blasingame reveals six principle to apply when you're preparing to buy a small business.