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Don't miss this small business success story, as Luis Arguello joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how he has carved out a niche within a niche and has developed a global reach for his 40 employee company. He also explains how he has used resources from the U.S. government - Ex-Im Bank and the SBA - to help him grow his business.

The shadow banking system caused the financial crisis, as David Adler reports with Jim Blasingame, when confidence collapsed in the unregulated banking transactions between Wall Street banks. Adler says this system is larger than the visible banking industry and the problem still has not been addressed.

Build trust by creating a performance clock. Trust expert, Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to foster and perpetuate trust within an organization. Jim identifies his "performance clock" idea for promoting trust. They also talk about how trust failure within cause customer problems without.

Every entrepreneur should know the four stages of small business development, according to Ed Abel, as he joins Jim Blasingame to identify and define these four stages: infancy, toddler, adolescence and adult. Your small business is in one of these stages.

Men and women communicate differently? Well, duh! Barbara Annis joins Jim Blasingame to report that even though we all know women and men are different, we don't do enough to allow for those differences, especially when we're motivating and recognizing employee performance.

What does a small business that does both importing and exporting look like? Kesha Alexander talks to Jim Blasingame about the business of introducing the world to the wonders of the cocoa bean as a business plan. They also talk about the one-sidedness of Valentines Day. Okay, Jim talks about that.

How are you managing your execution numbers? Ed Abel and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the non-financial elements of small business success that also require tracking, including marketing strategy and sales activity. This is the first in a series on this topic Jim is conducting with Ed.

Do you know what "green washing" means? Allison Diboll reports with Jim Blasingame that this term once meant you were a proponent of energy conservation. But now it has evolved to identify organizations that may talk about conservation, but their behavior doesn't match the marketing message.

Going "green" is good for your small business, according to Alison Diboll, as she discusses with Jim Blasingame why the green movement is not only the right thing to do, but it's also good business. Jim also explains why you can be against climate change legislation and still be in favor of the green movement.

What is the state of entrepreneurship around the globe. Global entrepreneurship expert, Zoltan Acs, joins Jim Blasingame to report on his work studying the impact of entrepreneurship on a country's economic growth.