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What are the issues facing women business owners? Karen Kurek joins Jim to report on a recent study her organization conducted on women business owners and she talks about what they learned.

Is intuition important to small business success? Nancy says yes, and she talks with Jim about how to learn how to call on the intangible of intuition to become a more successful manager.

Reporting once again from Iraq, June talks with Jim about progress in that country that you don't hear about on the major TV networks, including a growing insurance industry -- property, casualty and life, an emerging Iraqi stock market, and the repayment of millions of dollars in small business loans over the past three years. Why don't we hear about these successes on nightly news?

Have you considered how much you can differentiate your small business from competitors without spending one cent? Mark Mayberry and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the things you can do to make customers come back, you already own all of them, and it costs nothing to accomplish.

Are you a micropreneur? Jeff joins Jim to explain what this term means and who it applies to. They also talk about various free -- or very low cost -- technology and applications that can help your small business grow.

What does China hold for America's future? Joel talks with Jim about some of the challenges he sees in America's future as a result of outsourcing to China, plus he reveals a few new developments that could revolutionize our world.

A visit with the 2007 National Minority Small Business of the Year, who explains how to become an 8(a) certified business.

Do the pay plans you have employees on contribute to your success plan? Bill and Jim talk about ways to make sure that you’re paying employees for performance, not just for showing up year after year.

Small Business Development Centers are the best kept secret on the planet, and Don and Jim talk about how to fix that. If more small businesses – of all sizes and ages – used the FREE resources of SBDCs the business failure rate would drop like a stone.

Do you think you have the only business where strange things happen? Ruth talks with Jim about some management horror stories she has seen. One of them involves a pet.