Jim Blasingame

Jim Blasingame is one of the world's foremost experts on small business and entrepreneurship. He is president and founder of Small Business Network, Inc., and creator and award-winning host of The Small Business Advocate® Show, the world's only weekday radio talk show dedicated to small business, nationally syndicated since 1997. Jim conducts over 1,000 live interviews annually with his Brain Trust, the world's largest community of small business experts, policy makers and entrepreneurs.

Jim is a syndicated columnist, including newspapers and online publications, as well as the publisher of The Small Business Advocate NEWSLETTER, which releases weekly.

He is the author of four books, The 3rd Ingredient®, The Age of the Customer®, Three Minutes to Success, and Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas.

Jim has been recognized by numerous national organizations for his work and thought-leadership on behalf of small businesses such as the U.S. Small Business Administration, Association of Small Business Development Centers, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, New York Enterprise Report, FORTUNE Small Business, and TALKERS magazine, to name a few.