Are the young folks in Generation Y entrepreneurial? Donna Fenn joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why so many members of Gen Y are starting their own businesses and why they are ready for 21st century entrepreneurship.

How is small business innovation addressing scarcity and frugality? Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame with examples of how small companies are creating innovations that are recycling discarded resources.

Eighty percent of entrepreneurship students believe profit is what companies take from customers. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how young people perceive the profit motive and why this is dangerous for our future.

Big business consistently creates fewer jobs than small business. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why more U.S. net jobs are disproportionately created by growing small businesses, not start-ups.

Don't make business planning a big deal. Ed Abel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that many small businesses don’t take the time to plan because they don't break down big plans into smaller ones that require smaller decisions and result in smaller failures.

Do you have a good compensation plan for your salespeople? Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the basic elements of an effective leveraged (commissions, bonuses) compensation plan for sales people.

Are you near McLean County, IL and need something to do tomorrow? Brian Davis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the events of the 2011 Twin Cities Showcase, the annual McLean County Chamber B2B expo where Jim will be speaking tomorrow morning.

Brian Davis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what’s happening at the McLean County Chamber of Commerce in Bloomington, IL, the home of State Farm Insurance and beer nuts.

Women in business have come a long way, but ... Kim Lavine joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the historic progress of women business owners and the challenges that remain for them to be treated equally.

What can we learn from the early entrepreneurs? Terri Lonier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss entrepreneurs throughout history and how modern innovators can learn from them.