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Category: Family Businesses and Partnerships

Rebecca Boenigk
Why is this woman-owned small business finding success in 2009? Rebecca Boenigk joins Jim Blasingame to explain that their 20 years of success, even in 2009, is due to their devotion to their niche, which means not trying to be all things to all people.
Tim Berry
Succession planning is a big part of the long-term planning for millions of small businesses. Tim Berry has studied this and actually done it successfully, and he talks with Jim Blasingame about his advice based on his experience.
Jim Blasingame
What do you have, as a small business owner, that big business CEOs envy? Jim Blasingame talks about some of the advantages small businesses have that they should be leveraging everyday. He also talks about building better banking relationships.
Gene Marks
What does it take for a small business to blend their traditional marketing strategy with the new social media elements? Gene Marks joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to pull this off.
Tom Becka
What management and marketing lessons can small business learn from watching the Grammy Awards show? Tom Becka talks with Jim Blasingame about several marketing promotion lessons the Grammy Awards can teach us.
Jim Blasingame
Can small business owners learn survival lessons by observing the simple cherry? Jim Blasingame thinks so as he talks about what he calls the Blasingame Cherry Principle as a way to deal with challenges and opportunities.
Joel Barker
What innovations are coming at you that could create profit or peril for you small business? Futurist, Joel Barker talks with Jim Blasingame about a number of "innovations at the verge" that small businesses should know about.
David Dawsey
Every small business has trade secrets. The question is how are you leveraging and protecting them? David Dawsey joins Jim Blasingame to talk about this important small business intellectual property issue.
Joan Pryde
Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame talk about small business issues covered in the <i>Kiplinger Letter</i>, including saving the banking industry, economic stimulus, a "buy American' movement and why small businesses must be more adaptable in 2009.
Gayle Lantz
Can a small business assume a bullish attitude during an economic downturn? Gayle Lantz shares with Jim Blasingame about several ways to take charge of your business' future by meeting the world at least half-way.

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