Knowing when to listen to your mother for business advice. Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to offer several pieces of advice we all have received from our mothers and which ones to follow and which ones to avoid as we grow our businesses.

Reporting on an office concept that can be very handy for small businesses, Steve Strauss joins Jim Blasingame to talk about using the services of an executive suite system as a way of up-sizing or down-sizing your small business office requirements.

What is being an entrepreneur REALLY like? Lifestyle Diva, Debbie Meyer, joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how much guts it takes to pull off the entrepreneurial gig successfully.

What is a "Hobbypreneur"? Steve King joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what he learned when he conducted Intuit's New Future of Small Business Report about how some small businesses are started by people who saw their hobby turn into something that was in demand.

Jeff Zbar and Jim Blasingame look at the prospects for micropreneurs, including technology and customer acquisition.

Micropreneur expert, Jeff Zbar, joins Jim Blasingame to offer success tips and perspectives for doing business at the micropreneurs level in 2010.

Can you actually find success in a simple "Thank you"? Jeff Zbar and Jim Blasingame agree that showing customers appreciation is one of the most important success strategies. So, why isn't it done more often?

What are the key markers that define success? Should we define success in different ways? Jim Randel and Jim Blasingame talk about how to have a healthy and productive attitude about being successful.

How is the economic recovery progressing? Sam Norwood reports with Jim Blasingame that the recovery is progressing, but slowly. Upward trends are capital expenditures and even hiring.

What is the truth about capitalizing a start-up in the current economy? Richard Hooker joins Jim Blasingame to explain how the current economic conditions are impacting the ability of small businesses to get access to capital, especially for start-ups.