Recent Interviews: Startup - Home-Based - Franchising
Did the wine industry consolidate during the Great Recession? Kerry Murphy joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how the economy has affected the wine industry, and to talk about what makes a great wine.
Deliver quality and get your margins from your profile customer. Kerry Murphy joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how his small business wine company delivers quality to his profile customers which allows him to focus on margin not price.
You're either green and growing or ripe and rotten. Ken Blanchard joins Jim Blasingame to talk about reasons why successful leaders have to grow, and he identifies some growth practices.
What gets in the way of leaders and their personal growth? Ken Blanchard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to overcome some of the obstacles that hinder leaders from accomplishing the growth required for success.
Self-analysis is a key to leadership growth. Ken Blanchard joins Jim Blasingame to explain why self-examination (or self-analysis) is one of the keys to leadership growth because it helps you get out of your own way.
Put more things in writing. Charley Moore joins Jim Blasingame to encourage you to put more employee and business deals in writing and read the contracts you are asked to sign.
As the owner of a small business, do you take time off when you need to? Jeff Zbar joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why small business owners need to periodically take time off and recharge, and they have suggestions.
What is the WSJ doing to help small business? Brian Moran joins Jim Blasingame to report on the Wall Street Journal's "How I Built it" series that helps small businesses with management and growth ideas.
Is Crowd Funding a good strategy? Brian Moran joins Jim Blasingame to talk about their perspective on why a small business might think again before pursuing capital from Crowd Funding, or any investor source.
Don't let negative stories hurt a business relationship. Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how allowing the wrong kind of stories to get started and perpetuate can be detrimental to a business.
