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Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that several of the national sourcing trends to watch this year include steel, printed circuit boards, and plastic bottle and cardboard products.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the global economy could expand for years if we can get mutually beneficial trade deals in place, especially in China, the E.U., and Canada and Mexico.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on an invitation to discuss small business manufacturing at the White House, and some of the misperceptions about this sector he found from other attendees.

Samuel Dinnar joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the four primary factors that differentiate entrepreneurial negotiating: uncertainty, complexity, long-term thinking, and the impact of ego and emotion.

Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why growth is not self-funding, and why you have to provide for the capital to support your level of growth, or you will not survive.

Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the operating fundamentals that haven’t and won’t change, regardless of how much new stuff we get, including cash flow, profitability, and growth is not self-funding.

Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that even in a world awash in technological innovations and disruptions, some parts of running a business profitably have not and will not change.

Steve Lohr joins Jim Blasingame to report that artificial intelligence is going to be increasingly part of our future, and that more of it is going to be designed for the small business application and budget.

Steve Lohr joins Jim Blasingame to report on the way technology has both empowered small businesses and in some cases disrupted them, but on balance has been a net benefit for this sector, plus what it will take to increase AI adoption on Main Street.

Steve Lohr joins Jim Blasingame to report on a recent event he attended in the E.U. on privacy and technology, and how that group of governments deal with the issue compared to the U.S.