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Beverley and Jim discuss public policy issues as they affect home-based businesses, and the importance of small business owners becoming involved in this process.

Harvey joins Jim to talk about the joys, the challenges, and fundamentals of being an entrepreneur.

Grace-Marie covers health care issues during the first half of this archive, and Karen joins Jim to discuss the Small Business Survival Summit in Washington, DC, which the SBSC conducts each year, and from which Jim is broadcasting this day as a guest of the SBSC.

Grace-Marie covers health care issues during the first half of this archive, and Karen joins Jim to discuss the Small Business Survival Summit in Washington, DC, which the SBSC conducts each year, and from which Jim is broadcasting this day as a guest of the SBSC.

Louis Key talks to Jim about the concept of pre-paid legal services as an employee benefit.

Sarah and Jim begin with a caller who asks a question about moving personal debt into his company. They then move on to talk about accounting issues, specifically how and why you should separate personal and business funds. They also cover an email from someone wanting to know about working in the U.S. on a visa, and one about hiring a "first" employee.

Jim talks with Debra about the SBA and Small Business Week, the Small Business of the Year Award, the New Markets Initiative, and some of the other programs the SBA conducts for America's small businesses.

Mark talks with Jim about how to take an axe to taxes by doing such things as, pre-paying a mortgage, lease Vs purchase of an automobile, and other financial principles that can save you money and strengthen the financial condition of your small business.

Russ and Jim discuss the importance of a Letter Of Intent (LOI) in the process of buying and selling a business, the components of an LOI, and how to prepare one.

Floyd talks with Jim about something he calls The Benefit Finder. Floyd believes that salespeople spend too much time focusing on features instead of on benefits. The Benefit Finder is a method of making sure that you know the difference between a feature and a benefit, and therefore become more successful in sales.