Having the desire to start a small business isn't enough, you have to execute the tried and true fundamentals. Jane Wesman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what it takes to start and operate a small business, including your idea, customers, financing, etc.

According to experts, we have not one brain, but five (maybe six). Judith Glaser talks with Jim Blasingame about new perspectives on how multi-brain small business owners behave, including how all of this manifests in the social networking universe.

One of the by-products of chaos is opportunity. So if this recession has created unprecedented chaos, then it follows that there will be unprecedented opportunities, right? Jim Blasingame identifies some of the chaos elements in the current marketplace, plus some new ways to think about identifying and taking advantage of all those new opportunities.

Will 2009 prove to be a year of entrepreneurial opportunity or merely a transition year. Darren Hardy and Jim Blasingame talk about why right now may be the best opportunity for entrepreneurs in the current age.

Celebrating the significant impact women have had on history and the marketplace, Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about women who helped shape American, including the significant growth in women-owned small businesses.

Overcome fear, anxiety and the survivor attitude with the belief that you can become invincible. That's the advice of Jennifer Hawthorne as the talks with Jim Blasingame about how to take back your life and business from all of the negative energy that's out there.

Many people are in transition these days, either by their own choice or other circumstances. Jim Manton joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to make a transition successfully in a way that is good for you and society.

Are you having difficulty transitioning from employment to ownership? Matthew talks with Jim Blasingame about the challenges people are having with all of the personal and professional transitions required these days, and how to handle them effectively.

Are America's small business being assaulted by government policies? Is there a class war being waged that could hurt small business? Steve Malanga joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the direct and indirect impact of certain governemnt policies on American entrepreneurs.

Over 100 years ago, in a speech, our 26th president described a special type of person. Jim Blasingame recites this passage from President Theodore Roosevelt's speech and goes on to identify who he must have been talking about, as well as to name some of the dangers ahead of this group.