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Angel investors are filling the gap between banks and venture capitalists. Kim Lavine joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the capital available through angel investors for innovations and start-ups, especially women entrepreneurs..

What can Main Street do to fix the dysfunction in Washington? Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the fundamental expectations small business owners must apply when supporting politicians.

Main Street can't wait for Washington or Wall Street. Rob Levin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how Main Street small businesses must look to their own solutions, like acquiring a competitor, to grow the U.S. economy on sale at a time.

In The Age of the Customer™, the competitive advantage has changed. Terry Murray joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how breakthrough success is being achieved by companies that know how to lead with their people.

Take extra effort to put the right managers between you and employees. Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why the most important hiring work of a small business owner is acquiring the right managers.

Good managers aggregate the success of their team members. Rob Jolles joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the way managers should think about how success is achieved through the teams they manage.

As your business grows, are you growing productive teams? Jim Blasingame says the evolution of small business growth requires extra attention to be paid to also growing productive teams.

How much damage could be caused by hiring the wrong person for a sales position? Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how not doing a comprehensive effort in finding a qualified sales person can hurt your business.

Should you be looking for higher quality sales people? Brad Huisken joins Jim Blasingame to report that now may be a good time to upgrade the quality of your sales people by seeing what talent is available.

Job security and other fairy tales. Carrie Wilkerson joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the myth of job security and how it connects to being a small business owner.