Monday, September 09, 2019
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current challenges of finding qualified employees, and to recommend specific questions to ask so when you do hire someone, you know it’s the right choice.
Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what it looks like when the reason a company is stuck is because the owner won’t get out of his – or her – own way, and how to remedy that malady.
John Shier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss examples of how an unlikely vendor became the weak link connection that contributed to a major cyber-breach.
John Shier joins Jim Blasingame to report on a number of examples of where companies and municipalities fell victim to ransomware breaches that resulted in potentially existential chaos and expense.
John Shier joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the increasing expectation by larger customers that smaller vendors bear more cyber-security responsibility as part of the greater supply chain.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the natural and manufactured challenges that family businesses have when transitioning ownership and operation to the next generation.
Ken Tencer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the power of creating “intrapraneurs” out of the next generation of owners and operators, so they – and you – are ready when the time comes to leave the business for the last time.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of recognizing and valuing the trademarks you’ve created and commercialized, as well as the trade secrets you must guard and protect.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to report on how some global companies made acquisitions without making sure that they also were going to own the legendary brand name of the company or product they were acquiring.
David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to make sure when you’re purchasing a business that you know the right questions to ask at the right time, to make sure you know that you’re purchasing all the intellectual property elements.