Is your small business ready to sell? John Warrillow joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to make sure your business is ready to be sold for the maximum price when you're ready to sell. He includes some of the mistakes he made the first time around.

Is your small business prepared for business interruption? Rod Kurtz and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the things that could put you out of business, from temporary to worse, and what you need to do to prepare for such eventualities, from natural disasters to losing a hard drive.

Every entrepreneur should know the four stages of small business development, according to Ed Abel, as he joins Jim Blasingame to identify and define these four stages: infancy, toddler, adolescence and adult. Your small business is in one of these stages.

How does a small business encourage innovation among employees? From Australia, Peter Meyer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about using what customers need and want to foster the innovative activities of your organization.

What does a small business owner need to know before they purchase insurance products? Attorney, Matt Cartwright, joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you should let your attorney look at the policies to make sure you get the right coverage that will stand up in court, if necessary.

Small business owners report that this recovery doesn't exactly feel like one. Bill Soward joins Jim Blasingame to report on his company's recent quarterly economic conditions survey of business managers and what they said about the progress of the economy, including the future of jobs growth.

Leigh Branham join Jim Blasingame to identify seven of the most important leadership principles that are appropriate for the realities of the 21st century marketplace.

Are you claiming the competitive intelligence advantage? Seena Sharp joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what competitive intelligence is and how to use it to make sure you're making the best decisions possible.

What's the best use of your time and resources when it comes to customer acquisition? Joseph Jaffe agrees with Jim Blasingame that we're in The Age of the Customer™, and he offers several tips and best practices on that will help you keep the customers you have so you have to spend less time finding brand new ones.

Jim Blasingame says this recovery is a marathon, not a sprint, and he talks about the attitude we must have and the things we must do to be able to finish this economic recovery race successfully.