Jim Blasingame is one of the world’s leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship. He's the creator and award-winning host of the nationally syndicated weekday radio talk program, The Small Business Advocate Show. Jim is a highly regarded keynote speaker, syndicated columnist and author of Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas and Three Minutes to Success.
Jim also has a short feature, A Small Business Minute, which airs daily on XM Satellite radio. Google ranks Jim as the #1 small business expert in the world. He was the SBA's 2002 Small Business Journalist of the Year and Fortune Small Business magazine says he's one of the 30 most influential people in America representing small business interests. Jim is also a member of the SBA's National Advisory Council.
Jim is the nexus of the largest community of small business experts in the world, which he calls The Brain Trust. These experts – over 500 – have collaborated with Jim over the years in their work together on behalf of small businesses. The Brain Trust members frequently appear as guests on Jim’s radio show and help him answer questions of entrepreneurs about how to start, run and grow a small business.
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