Are you ready to transition into the next phase of small business ownership? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges of transitioning from entrepreneur – working “in” your business – to professional manager, working “on” your business, plus tips on how to know when to make the transition.

How are customers different throughout the country? Jack Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how customers are more similar than different and how to create an experience with each customer and even a relationship.

What are the keys to successfully growing your business by acquisition? Jack Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how his family-owned business combined their "hugging" philosophy to grow their business through acquisition.

What are the keys to successfully growing your business by acquisition? Jack Mitchell joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how his family-owned business combined their "hugging" philosophy to grow their business through acquisition.

What are the legal details of owning a small business corporation? Matthew Cartwright joins Jim Blasingame to identify the several steps and details that have to be attended to when you have a qualified small business corporation.

How could planning the exit from your small business actually give you more control? David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to explain why establishing an exit strategy, including a succession plan, helps small business founders be able to control what happens when the time comes for an exit, controlled or otherwise.

What are the key elements of an effective business exit strategy? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to identify a number of examples of how a small business owner - or partners - can plan for the day when they leave the business successfully.

What's it like running a business with your identical twin sister? Kimberly Corp joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the issues that arise when your in business with a family member, especially an identical twin sister.

Be sure to list to this great American family-owned small business story. Broadcasting from the U.S. Chamber's Small Business Summit, Jim Blasingame talks with Harold Jackson about how his family-owned small business makes its way in the 21st century marketplace.

What's it like running a business with your identical twin sister? Kimberly Corp joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the issues that arise when your in business with a family member, especially an identical twin sister.