Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you don’t know what an excellent employee is for any particular position you’re hiring for, you won’t be able to make an educated hiring decision, and offers some suggestions on how to do that.

Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that coaching, encouraging ownership, communication and encouraging fun are keys to creating an environment where your key people want to stay put.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of small business optimism, which records another month of near record optimism among U.S. Main Street business owners, including why this has come to pass.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index which shows small business owners are optimistic in all of the categories that foretell a strong economy, including sales, hiring and investment.

Holly Wade joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some examples of why the U.S. small business sector is the equivalent of the third largest economy in the world, and how they accomplish that against all odds.

Barbara Rembiesa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why every business user of technology should control how employees use the programs and apps you provide, as well as how – and if – you want them to acquire IT products on their own.

Barbara Rembiesa joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Microsoft intended to leave some of the licenses of their programs open-ended for customers to add on to, and why that’s a problem for employers wanting to control their IT assets.

Tom Manzo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the California Private Attorneys General Act, which allows private law firms to shake down small businesses for even the slightest alleged labor law infraction.

Tom Manzo joins Jim Blasingame to report on how a California small business was required to pay a private law firm and their class-action clients over $400,000 for a micro-infraction of a ridiculous California labor rule.

Tom Manzo joins Jim Blasingame to report on the law suit his firm is pursuing against California for the PAGA law that allows private law firms to prey on small businesses for alleged minor labor law infractions.