Thursday - August 01, 2019
Diane DiResta joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of podcasting and to prepare you for being a guest on one, to help promote your expertise and, therefore, your business.
Diane DiResta joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that her husband is in need of a kidney and their journey through treatment and the donor process, including a network devoted to connecting donors to recipients who don’t know each other.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why it’s lonely at the top of a small business, and how to solve that challenge.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of an advisory team you can create from your own network, or perhaps from those already organized, like SCORE, and don’t forget opportunities in being a member of your local Chamber.
Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a SCORE volunteer could help you create an advisory team, or a local CEO roundtable group.
Sharon Hartung joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your retirement and death planning must now include aspects of addressing your assets and associations with the digital, cyber and crypto universe.
Sharon Hartung joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the aspects of end-of-life planning, including the will, trusts, digital and crypto assets, and how to set them up so your family can manage them easily when you’re gone.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new clarity from the IRS on who does and doesn’t qualify for the QBI provisions in the new tax law.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how some people get in trouble when they incorporate, but don’t convert their financial business over to the new entity, including tax ID designations.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that having someone designated to run your business affairs when you die only works if you’ve made it legal. Just assigning someone won’t work.
Friday - August 02, 2019
Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that while many parts of networking is fundamental, the way technology has impacted networking is dramatic and sometimes beneficial.
Andrea Nierenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the steps to take to leverage the special sauce high touch small businesses have that big businesses don’t.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the cash management tasks that must be practiced if your business is to survive, sometimes even if you have plenty of sales.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how many small businesses get in trouble when they don’t separate their tax obligations monthly from their operating cash.
Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the tax provisions that should pass Congress, including certain tax extenders, some tax credits, and the ability for over-70 taxpayers who keep working to continue to contribute to their IRAs.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how certain aspects of your culture and management will help you achieve a magnetism toward new employees.
JoAnna Brandi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how achieving a more positive culture becomes a magnet for acquiring the best new employees.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to define money and currency and discuss how this concept of value in exchange is evolving in ways that will disrupt current currency paradigms.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how cryptocurrency will increasingly become more acceptable and ubiquitous, including sovereign currencies mounted on blockchain as cryptocurrency.
Steven Russo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how non-fiat money issued by non-state entities could ultimately undermine the relevance of and replace fiat money.
Monday - August 05, 2019
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four categories of costs you have to track in your business, including direct, indirect, tangible and intangible.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how different kinds of costs affect your business, especially tangible and the stealthiest cost of all, intangible.
Ruth King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how inefficiencies and unproductive elements are the root of intangible costs, and how to eliminate them.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what to do when you’re constantly being hijacked at work by the office know-it-all.
Walter Kiechel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the office know-it-all and how to prevent them from shutting down dialog, plus, as the owner, you can’t be the know-it-all either.
Christopher McDaniel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how Blockchain is and will impact the insurance industry, including products, policies and performance.
Christopher McDaniel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the insurance industry is working to stay ahead of the curve on Blockchain adoptions as both an offense and defensive strategy.
Christopher McDaniel joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your first connection with a Blockchain might be unknown to you, but probably will be some service efficiency.
Tuesday - August 06, 2019
Kristin Zhivago joins Jim Blasingame to define digital transformation as the point where all of your communications and interactions in business is digital, not counting when face-to-face is called for, and how to navigate that landscape.
Kristin Zhivago joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that digital transformation will require you to rethink how you spend your operating budget, likely less on people and more on technology.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to share her story about how an English major broke into the tech industry in the early days of the Internet, because she didn’t know she wasn’t supposed to do that.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the issue of women in the tech industry, and why it’s important to make this sector more gender diverse, including three factors to pursue.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the challenges - and causes of - women in the technology sector acquiring venture capital.
David Rodriguez joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current challenging employee acquisition condition and recommend ways to manage it, including taking steps to become a better place to work.
David Rodriguez joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the five elements of the core culture at Marriott for nurturing employees, including demonstrating integrity and serving the community.
Stephen King joins Jim Blasingame to explain the difference and the relationship between a financial and a management report, and why you need both.
Stephen King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how management reports, in association with financial reports, will give you the information to help you be more strategic in your pricing strategy.
Stephen King joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how having management reports that reveal details of your incremental costs, by definition, will help you do a better job of managing your revenue strategy.
Wednesday - August 07, 2019
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to remind us to think of our LinkedIn business pages like we do our websites, and optimize them for the best search results.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that Facebook is now planning to use the words in your private messages to insert relevant ads into those conversations.
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to recommend you not try to conquer the social media world, but pick those platforms and applications that you can manage and that fit your business.
Stephen Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss his almost-appointment to the Fed this year, and whether the Fed is still relevant in the 21st century global marketplace.
Stephen Moore joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the economy is doing so well on so many levels, and whether his trade strategy with China is going to work.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the U.S. Chamber – MetLife Index that shows small business owners are somewhat confused about the different health care options available to them.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new health care options being proposed by President Trump and the Democrat state Attorneys General who are trying to block them, even though they’re good for small business.
Tom Sullivan joins Jim Blasingame to report on the upcoming national gathering of small businesses at the U.S. Chamber in Washington, D.C.
Thursday - August 08, 2019
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it looks like when a small business is innovative, plus why being innovative isn’t an option.
Bryan Mattimore joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that in order for your business to be innovative, you have to focus on the customer, deal with uncertainty, and two more important principles.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the goal of the government to have “back door” access to our digital devices for national security reasons, but how much do we want them to have?
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on the recent Capital One data breach that compromised millions of customers, how it happened and why it’s probably going to keep happening.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on how Russia, and likely other players, are using unsecure Internet of Things things to break into your network and create chaos.
Jim Blasingame reveals the real reasons why there’s so much anxiety about technology after all these years, and why that makes us the Quantum Leap Generation.
Jim Blasingame offers his thoughts on why so much of the violence we’re experiencing these days is being committed by young men.
Lisa Wentz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the number one fear among most people, which is public speaking, and why it causes so much anxiety.
Lisa Wentz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how mannerisms and body language we develop and repeat will distract from the message you’re trying to convey to the audience, prospects and customers.
Lisa Wentz joins Jim Blasingame to recommend you use stories as a great way to get and keep engagement with your audience, and convey your message more successfully.
Friday - August 09, 2019
Rick Lepsinger joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to conduct a professional hiring process in a way that fits the tough hiring environment.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how robots are increasingly being used in areas like surgery, and question how far such automation will be taken before it breaches the limits of human protoplasm.
Robert Grede joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key in-store elements of retail success, including signage, shape of displays, and cross-merchandising.
J. Eduardo Campos joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the communication gap that’s created when the tech industry fails to name their products and services in a way that’s intuitive for their non-technical customers.
Monday - August 12, 2019
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that one of the keys to small business success is honestly evaluating your own leadership capability as you delegate to others.
Ramon Ray joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that it’s not true that every small business should grow as large as possible, but rather seek the level that is most appropriate for the business and life goals of the founder.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the uprising in Hong Kong against the Chinese government’s increasing encroachment of their liberties, and how this scenario is likely to play out over time.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to report on the many challenges currently facing the government of China, and whether these will cause them to come to the trade negotiations table as motivated negotiators.
Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current cyber-war that is ongoing with China, whether this constitutes the equivalent of a world war, and other challenges the U.S. faces with the Chinese governments.
Ilise Benun joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you have to make sure the first-impression you make across your online platforms demonstrates relevance, not a commercial.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that when you have a prospect that won’t pull the trigger, they keep saying “maybe,” give them some homework to do to find out if they’re still a qualified prospect.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that when a prospect keeps saying “maybe” you have to ask them the question of when would you need to take delivery of this product/service.
Skip Miller joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you ask a prospect when they’re going to take delivery of a product that is what you sell, that will give you the answer to your next move, close or take them off your prospect list.
Tuesday - August 13, 2019
Dusty Staub joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role of the heart as the key element, along with your head and gut, in being a successful leader.
Dusty Staub joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how a recent event in Ireland demonstrates that most of us need help getting out of our own way.
Tom Borg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the Baby Boomer generation thinks and how to communicate with the customers in that generation.
Tom Borg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you want to have more Baby Boomer customers, make eye contact, say thank you, and practice marketplace etiquette.
Tom Borg joins Jim Blasingame to report on a survey that indicates that Boomers care about trust, competence and human touch.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that letting go of doing things your way and learning to delegate to your team is one of the hardest habits to learn.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal four key practices to improve your habits, including taking stock and taking baby steps.
Gary Shapiro joins Jim Blasingame to report on the tech industry's general support of why we need better relations with China, but not as much about some of the steps being taken by the president.
Gary Shapiro joins Jim Blasingame to share his thoughts on the future of the U.S. technology industry, including trade, innovation and the impact of AI.
Gary Shapiro joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it means to be an innovation Ninja, and continue his report on the technology industry's global impact, including Google and China.
Wednesday - August 14, 2019
Barbara Rembiesa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the problem most small businesses have with disposal of their old technology, and why you should dispose of it properly, especially the data-carrying hard drives.
Barbara Rembiesa joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why small businesses have to continue to work on being better at acquiring the right technology, plus tips on how to dispose of our data on hard drives we’re disposing of.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism, which is still in record territory, even though the Fed and Wall Street seem to be playing their own artificial game that could hurt us.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index which shows small businesses are hiring, are able to raise prices to grow their margins, and are still supporting the Trump administration’s trade strategy.
Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report that the greatest impediment to continued economic expansion is Fed policies and Wall Street’s overreaction to it, which would hurt small businesses disproportionately.
Jim Blasingame reveals that in The Age of the Customer, before customers know if you’re competitive, they want to know if you’re relevant to them.
Jim Blasingame reveals why customers decide to leave or stay with a business, and it’s not about your price, product or service. At least not at first.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on progress on developing a hyper-loop train that can go hundreds of miles per hour, plus a new heat shield for space craft.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new technology that can take water from desert air, plus new research on the warming of the planet, and yet, still no acknowledgement of the carbon abatement progress of the U.S.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new blood plasma treatment that if scalable, could reduce if not eliminate the brain degenerative condition called Alzheimer’s disease.
Thursday - August 15, 2019
Barry Moltz joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you must be your business’ best salesperson, even if you have a managed sales force.
Barry Moltz joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a small business CEO must plug in to the sales process at a higher level than the sales team.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the efficiency and profitability of making customers stay with you more because of trust than how much they love your products.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role top leadership must play in identifying and eradicating any “us vs them” tendencies that naturally and insidiously arise between departments and teams.
Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why the best companies don’t take trust for granted, and they apply it as a best practice proactively in the execution of the business.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the advantages of using a student intern to fill in at your business, as well as how to stay legal regarding paying them.
Olalah Njenga joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the many reasons engaging a student intern is a good idea, including having access to a likely next employee prospect.
Marco Provvidera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the evolution of our privacy expectations since the advent of the Internet, and where privacy erosion is coming from.
Marco Provvidera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the difference between how Big Tech companies and the government view our privacy, and why the difference could become dangerous.
Marco Provvidera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the emerging debate about what should be done about encroachment of privacy, and whether the solution is with Big Tech or government regulation.
Friday - August 16, 2019
Jan Yager joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps that have been taken over the past 20 years that have increasingly made self-publishing your book a more viable alternative.
Jan Yager joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different book publishing options you have, how to make the choice that’s right for you, and how to be successful with that decision.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why having states and cities defy the Federal government carrying out its lawful duty could lead to anarchy, but for the common and civic sense of the public.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the scenarios that would have to play out if the U.S. reverted back to the gold standard, how easy that would be, and whether we would need the Fed after that.
Steve Forbes joins Jim Blasingame to explain how reverting to the gold standard in the U.S. would result in a number of benefits and levels of stability, plus why selling socialism won’t work here.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that an increasing number of small businesses want to hire, but can’t find enough prospects. So you have to create a hiring plan.
Bob Kustka joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you want to make sure you can staff your business when new employees are hard to find, you have to be proactive, which means you may have to start the hiring process before you’re ready to hire.
David Rodriguez joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways to make sure you keep your best people from being poached.
David Rodriguez joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the things they do at Marriott to retain their talent, including especially providing career opportunity.
David Rodriguez joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that if you create a great employment environment for your people, they’ll stay with you longer, even when the job gets tough, or someone tries to poach them.
Monday - August 19, 2019
Ed Harrington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal his experience conducting brainstorming with clients and why wanting only good ideas isn’t the way to approach this practice.
Ed Harrington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you should brainstorm with customers too, especially around what they’re going to need tomorrow, and what their customers need.
Paul McDonald joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research showing almost half of office workers do not fear AI as a threat to their jobs, and only 12% did.
Paul McDonald joins Jim Blasingame to report on recent research that shows how businesses are actively retooling and upgrading the capability of their employees, including their hiring specifications, to meet new tech capability.
Paul McDonald joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the current generation of marketplace participants – at least four generations – are making the greatest technology leap in history and likely in the future. Blasingame calls them the “Quantum Leap Generation.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to report on the progress of his full-length film, Spin the Plate, as he launched it in Hollywood and gains credentials and reviews to go worldwide.
Tom Anastasi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways small businesses can use analytics and statistics to manage their marketing and advertising strategy.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how we got to the current state of connectivity, including the future of the 5G networks that are slowly but surely being launched around the country.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the Trump administration has taken the most steps to protect the U.S. from security breaches – especially China -- over the new 5G networks, and why there is still much to do.
Mike Daniels joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the opportunity communities have in making direct investments in connectivity infrastructure to make their local markets ready for the future of work and business.
Tuesday - August 20, 2019
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what voice search is, how it works over a Digital Assistant, and how your business will use it differently from at home.
Jay Baer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the controversial and creepy part of Digital Assistants and their use of voice search.
Dr. John Christy joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how, by definition, science can never be settled, whether it’s about climate change or anything else, and that the current debate is more about religious doctrine than science.
Dr. John Christy joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the fallacies of the climate change zealots, including that even as the planet is warming, death and destruction is less today than in the past.
Dr. John Christy joins Jim Blasingame to report that cutting U.S. carbon emissions – which are now at 1990, Kyoto levels -- will not impact climate change because of the emissions being created by 3rd world countries.
David Noble joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how UConn is teaching entrepreneurship to all students during their time there, not just the business students.
David Noble joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his company uses blockchain to help online users be fully functioning online, but in control of how and when they reveal themselves there.
Michael Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the existential assaults on radio over the past 75 years, from TV to Internet, and yet it continues to morph and flourish.
Michael Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the practical and emotional aspect of how he had to adjust and reinvent his business over the past 25 years to survive and remain relevant, including the decision to drop print and go 100% electronic.
Michael Harrison joins Jim Blasingame to remind you that humans are primordially connected to the spoken word, and why you should capitalize on that, regardless of the medium.
Wednesday - August 21, 2019
Janyce Fadden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of Strategic Doing, and some of the elements of Agile Leadership that are part of this method, including having a safe growth environment for leadership development.
Janyce Fadden joins Jim Blasingame to explain elements of being an Agile Leader as part of a Strategic Doing program, including taking stock of the human capital you have available right now.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the advent of the cryptocurrency Libra, as the product of a multi-partner project to stay ahead of the Blockchain revolution.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a permission-based Blockchain system, like the Libra, works, plus the issues of the hacking exposure of some cryptocurrencies.
Tiana Laurence joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways your business will likely come into contact with a Blockchain application for the first time, which includes the supply chain environment.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges of the high-velocity marketplace today, and the role that creativity plays in those organizations that survive.
Tom Asacker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the challenges of meeting customer expectations and the role that creativity plays in helping you prevent them from leaving you.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the high speed evolution of customer expectations is one of the most important factors in which businesses survive or not.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your business’s ability to offer at least some level of tech automation will determine how well you’ll be able to keep customers.
Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how changes in marketing and strategy practices are impacting your ability to maintain relevance with customers.
Thursday - August 22, 2019
Sean Doyle joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that testimonials are always valuable, including during the late stage in the selling process, plus the power of a free demo.
Sean Doyle joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that neutral outings and a reward system for performance and referrals are both beneficial to closing more business.
Dr. Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the erosion of ethical behavior in the marketplace, as we deal with the increased velocity of the digital age.
Dr. Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to lament the loss of civility in our society, and to lay some blame for a loss of ethical bearing at the feet of the trading mentality on Wall Street.
Dr. Steven Mintz joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what we have to do to become more ethical in the digital age, including reclaiming our personal sovereignty over our own information.
Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many variations of business credentials, and how to use them in your marketing strategy.
Janet Christy joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the factors around being a government certified small business vendor, and whether it’s the direction you should take.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to report on examples of how cyber criminals have assaulted organizations and extracted ransom money from them, and how to prevent this from happening to you.
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to explain what being cybersecurity ready means, and why you may want to engage a managed service provider (MSP).
Dror Liwer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you may want to engage an MSP in order to have access to high-quality, up-to-date technical support in the cloud and in your office.
Friday - August 23, 2019
Sharon Hartung joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your retirement and death planning must now include aspects of addressing your assets and associations with the digital, cyber and crypto universe.
Sharon Hartung joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the aspects of end-of-life planning, including the will, trusts, digital and crypto assets, and how to set them up so your family can manage them easily when you’re gone.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal new clarity from the IRS on who does and doesn’t qualify for the QBI provisions in the new tax law.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how some people get in trouble when they incorporate, but don’t convert their financial business over to the new entity, including tax ID designations.
Eva Rosenberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that having someone designated to run your business affairs when you die only works if you’ve made it legal. Just assigning someone won’t work.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of having a team of employees who demonstrate that they’re capable of caring about their work.
Jim Canterucci joins Jim Blasingame to reveal ways to interview and hire new employees who can demonstrate how they’re capable of caring about what you do.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report on continued research showing heavy cell phone use could contribute to brain tumors, plus the potential health benefits of coffee.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the overweight crisis in the U.S. today will continue to put undue pressure on our healthcare system and expenses.
Monday - August 26, 2019
Chris Farrell joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the many reasons why older entrepreneurs shouldn’t be discounted, including the fact that they have already learned the fundamentals, and they’ve already made rookie mistakes.
Chris Farrell joins Jim Blasingame to encourage communities to provide their older entrepreneurs with support and encouragement, because of the contribution they can still make.
Ed Felton joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why blockchain – outside of cryptocurrency – has a very useful and varied life and future of its own, possibly becoming ubiquitous across the economy.
Ed Felton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the issues surrounding the proliferation of cryptocurrency and blockchain as it poses a potential threat to sovereign governments and their currency.
Ed Felton joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the new technology called blockchain is really just about its ability to deliver on one of the oldest human institutions – trust.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how business owners should take advantage of knowing where you’re strong and where you need help and support.
Beverly Flaxington joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to use your own weaknesses as a way to mentor your people on why they shouldn’t be reluctant to ask for help.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the circumstances that helped small businesses grow without having to borrow money – until now.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons to pursue an SBA backed loan, when to avoid it, and how to try to set the terms more in your favor.
Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the aspects of borrowing for your business, including how to allocate collateral to the lender so you can still grow after the loan.
Tuesday - August 27, 2019
Suzanne Paling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to manage your sales team to make sure you have a strong 4th quarter in sales, especially in prospect development.
Suzanne Paling joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some tips and best practices for sales managers pushing for a strong 4th quarter sales performance, including compensation, contests and prospecting.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the growth of interest in cryptocurrencies and the implications of that for the U.S. dollar or any sovereign currency.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the unprecedented pressure being put on the Fed by Wall Street and President Trump, and whether the Fed favors Wall Street over Main Street.
Leo Haviland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the many challenges we face around the globe, from dictators, to a slowing global economy.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the connection between happiness and how you consume information and news.
Kita Szpak joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why and how to use news consumption filters to prevent overdosing on the current sad state of reporting.
Terrence DeFranco joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the impact that IOT things are having – and increasingly will have – on our daily work and lives.
Terrence DeFranco joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his company used Internet of Things technology to help commercial property owners save money on utilities and other operational expenses.
Terrence DeFranco joins Jim Blasingame to report that some applications of Internet of Things technology operate on a different spectrum than the Wifi or mobile networks that the rest of the Internet operates on.
Wednesday - August 28, 2019
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the first steps of creating a professionally created website, that properly projects your brand image online.
Ross Kimbarovsky joins Jim Blasingame to outline the steps to take when designing, registering and deploying your professional business website.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on research that indicates we may one day use bacteria to create an amazing material called graphene from atmospheric CO2.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on plans to build artificial islands in the North Sea to deploy windmills from to generate power for Great Britain and Europe.
Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new device that will neutralize a drone by taking it offline from its home base and preventing it from invading privacy or interfering with aviation or homeland security.
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a four-step approach to finding common ground in resolving disharmony, even if the other person doesn’t participate.
Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some practices and behaviors that will help you resolve conflict – even if you’re the only one participating – by getting beyond who’s right and who’s wrong.
Darrell Esch joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the small business sector has adjusted its capital requirements and acquisition practices since the end of the Great Recession.
Darrell Esch joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the role of PayPal as a member of the Fin-Tech sector responding to the evolving capital requirements of small businesses, including types of capital solutions.
Darrell Esch joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the new Libra partnership that PayPal has joined, and how they will be prepared to participate in the evolution of Blockchain as a business solution application.
Thursday - August 29, 2019
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that letting go of doing things your way and learning to delegate to your team is one of the hardest habits to learn.
Morag Barrett joins Jim Blasingame to reveal four key practices to improve your habits, including taking stock and taking baby steps.
Gary Shapiro joins Jim Blasingame to report on the tech industry's general support of why we need better relations with China, but not as much about some of the steps being taken by the president.
Gary Shapiro joins Jim Blasingame to share his thoughts on the future of the U.S. technology industry, including trade, innovation and the impact of AI.
Gary Shapiro joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what it means to be an innovation Ninja, and continue his report on the technology industry's global impact, including Google and China.
Kristin Zhivago joins Jim Blasingame to define digital transformation as the point where all of your communications and interactions in business is digital, not counting when face-to-face is called for, and how to navigate that landscape.
Kristin Zhivago joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that digital transformation will require you to rethink how you spend your operating budget, likely less on people and more on technology.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to share her story about how an English major broke into the tech industry in the early days of the Internet, because she didn’t know she wasn’t supposed to do that.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the issue of women in the tech industry, and why it’s important to make this sector more gender diverse, including three factors to pursue.
Anna Murray joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the challenges - and causes of - women in the technology sector acquiring venture capital.
Friday - August 30, 2019
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the many great – and sometimes intimidating -- ways to communicate your marketing message today, and how to lessen the intimidation and get your strategy going.
Mark Babbitt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why you must be accountable to any negative reviews or other references by taking ownership and declaring your plan to remedy – even if it wasn’t your fault.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the belief that a short – no more than 30 minutes – nap, likely after lunch, can give you a productivity boost and improve your health.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the immutable requirement to be prepared for any business endeavor, whether making a sales call, seeking a job, delivering a proposal or conducting an interview.
Sarah Hiner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that angry people probably need more sleep, and agreeable people often are not the most successful financially, especially if they allow others to take advantage of them.
Mark Singleton joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons for celebrating America’s thousands of truck drivers, and the contribution they make, plus a charity that helps those families that fall on hard times.
Mark Singleton joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the 60,000 truck driver shortfall in America, plus the impact of the current trade negotiations on this sector.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the American entrepreneur sector ranges from a tech start up who’s seeking investors, to a Main Street small business owner who never wants to have an investor or go public.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to report on The Evergreen Movement, which is a group of small business owners who are committed to stay private, not grow beyond what makes them happy, and aren’t looking for investor funding.
Ami Kassar joins Jim Blasingame to report on an increasing level of problems reported from small business owners who inadvisably entered into a loan agreement with online lenders and are desperate to disengage from those relationships.
