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David and Melissa Meyer join Jim Blasingame to tell the story about their third generation small business, in the same industry, plus their secrets for how to work together as husband and wife.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Small Business Index and why the Fed’s accommodating fiscal policy of low interest rates, that’s good for Wall Street, is probably not good for Main Street.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Small Business Index, that reveals some of the reasons hiring is so slow on Main Street, including not being able to find acceptable applicants for millions of openings.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report on the NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism that shows there isn’t much, optimism, that is, and how the Fed, Wall Street and Washington have contributed to that.

Alexander Joyce joins Jim Blasingame to offer several things to consider when deciding when to begin drawing retirement checks from Social Security.

Alexander Joyce joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the political class stole the $4 trillion in the Social Security trust fund, and left IOUs that you and I have to cover – again. Plus Alex gives one tip on how to decide when to take SS.

Jena Abernathy joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the reality of how competitive the marketplace is, and why you have to get real with yourself about how much your personal brand plays.

Anna Brewer joins Jim Blasingame to report that there is legislation proposed to at least modify the new DOL overtime exemption rules, but until then, they will go into effect December 1, 2016, and it will have a hugely negative impact on small businesses.

Anna Brewer joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the ways the new DOL rules on overtime exemption will impact your relationship with workers, including making salary adjustments, limiting flexibility, and record keeping.

Anna Brewer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that since rules to protect salaries workers hadn't been changed in so long, the new DOL rules were designed to make that adjustment, but, as typical for government solutions, it also created other problems.