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What's the straightest line to small business success? CJ Coolidge tells Jim Blasingame it's in discovering how the customer perceives value and delivering that. Listen as CJ and Jim simplify the path to success.

Small business owners are realists when it comes to the economy, but still optimistic, according to a FedEx survey. Laurie Tucker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the results of the FedEx Office's "Signs of the Times" national small business study, including the fact that, even in the face of a tough economy, most small businesses are optimistic about their future.

Are you capable of thinking big? If you are, can you back up your thinking with results? Michael Port joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the difference between thinking big and pushing the envelope, and how to make sure your big thinking is successful.

What are the key small business public policy issues being debated today? Giovanni Coratolo joins Jim Blasingame to discuss taxes, healthcare, the union bill, cap and trade and other legislation that will oppress small business.

Are the media covering the current issues professionally or not? Julia Seymour joins Jim Blasingame to reveal where the media falls down, including giving President Obama softball questions, overplaying the swine flu issue and other isses.

Could the term "social media" become a stumbling block to small business adopting the very important activity of creating customer communities? Jeff Zbar and Jim Blasingame talk about the difference between the social media industry and the future of business networking online.

Survival, and success, requires constant movement, hopefully forward? Jane Pollak joins Jim Blasingame to talk about not allowing yourself to get paralyzed by fear or by comparing your business to others. Keep moving, even if it's just baby steps, in the direction you've chosen.

From housing, to banking, to bankruptsies for the Big Three, Joan Pryde and Jim Blasingame discuss these issues and others that are impacting our small businesses.

How should small businesses feel about global warming, or climate change, or whatever it's being called these days? Jim Blasingame talks about some of the issues that will directly impact your small business if the enviro-zealots are able to push their never-mind-the-economy agenda through Congress and into law.

How important is small business to economic recovery? Small business owner, Georgette Mosbacher joins Jim Blasingame to explain why small business is the critical driver of economic growth and what she things the government should be doing to help.