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What are the next breakthrough innovations? Joel Barker talks with Jim Blasingame about innovations that have significant possibilities, such as fungus for insulation, feathers for energy storage and spider silk as movement.

There are small business success stories, even in a recession. Jay Myers offers hope by telling Jim Blasingame about how his small business has weathered the storm successfully.

What is the future role of the Fed? Has the Fed been given too much power? How is the economy doing? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about these issues and answer these questions.

What can small business owners learn about know when and where to take a stand from Abraham Lincoln. Gene Griessman tells Jim Blasingame that Lincoln was willing to fight for what he believed in, but he learned how to pick his fights.

What impact will China have on the global economy? What should we be investing in? How much will small business matter in the coming economic expansion? Jim Rogers joins Jim Blasingame to discuss these and other global topics.

In The Age of the Customer™, small businesses should be building their own online communities. Jim Blasingame talks about how to create the values of your online communities, and why you should not depend upon the public sites, like Facebook and Twitter, as the only way you connect with prospects and customers.

Small business start-ups need to be around other people who are at the same stage in order to learn from each other. Cheni Yerushalmi talks with Jim Blasingame about the rental/services business model he and his partner have developed to help start-ups in their market have the maximum opportunity to succeed.

Will customer care look different in the future? John Patterson and Chip Bell think it will, as they speak with Jim Blasingame about the how much loving up our customers will change as we move into the next era of the marketplace, including e-customer service.

Will customer care look different in the future? John Patterson and Chip Bell think it will, as they speak with Jim Blasingame about the how much loving up our customers will change as we move into the next era of the marketplace, including e-customer service.

According to Bob Kustka and Jim Blasingame, a simple "Thank you" to customers could be the silver bullet that brings a customer back. And yet, these two words are too often not part of the conversation. Bob and Jim talk about this missing element and how and why it must be part of your small business customer care strategy.