I’m joined in this segment by David Meadows, the founder of the United States Center for Entrepreneurship. As a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Meadows has been the founder of businesses in publishing, software, printing and education, the largest of which now employs over 500 individuals. Mr. Meadows is passionate about assisting developing entrepreneurs and launched the United States Center for Entrepreneurship on October 1, 2009.

The United States Center for Entrepreneurship will offer “self-paced” step-by-step online classes that make starting a business easy for anyone in the world. USCFE is great for inventors, dreamers, retirees, individuals who have lost their jobs, employees who wish to get out on their own and anyone seeking business ownership.

Chris Drake, the CEO of Firehost helps us understand the risks of cybercrime and describes how his company is helping clients step up protection from hackers.

Our guest on this segment says that the demand for constructive change and the speed of change in today’s world is unprecedented and that businesses must innovate if they are to have any reasonable chance of growth.

DJ Heckes is the owner of Exhib-it! — a leading national tradeshow marketing enterprise and the author of a new book entitled—-Full Brain Marketing—soon available in print from Book Surge-Amazon and on audio book and e-book. In it, she discusses how, if done properly, marketing can be accomplished more easily and with a far greater rate of success. The book explores & uncovers some of the ways to tie in traditional, digital and social media marketing to lead a business to success—- and avoid unnecessary mistakes, obstacles and easily avoided failures.

Many small business owners are facing losing everything as they struggle with the health care crisis. Our guest on this segment knows the plight of small business owners well-John Arensmeyer is the founder and CEO of The Small Business Majority-the non-for-profit organization was co-founded and is run, by small business owners to present a more accurate, pragmatic and centrist view of public policy issues affecting small business. The organization is currently focused on finding a solution to the dramatically rising health insurance bills small firms have been facing over the past several years.

Congrats from Smallbiz America go out to our contributor, Bruce Freeman. Thanks for all you do, Bruce!

Our guest on this edition has a big, bold, unadulterated wake-up call for small business owners. The book is Profits Aren’t Everything, They’re the Only Thing—-and the author is George Cloutier. He built a $20 million-a-year business from the ground up, is a Harvard MBA, and is best known for doing absolutely whatever it takes to bring his clients’businesses back to life——and long-term profitability.

Our guest on the segment is the founder of midas financial-the company has secured over $250,000,000 in business funding for their clients in the last five years. Darrell Hornbacher is also author, speaker and specialists in personal and business credit and all matters relating to obtaining capital for your small business.

Our guest on the segment is the founder of midas financial-the company has secured over $250,000,000 in business funding for their clients in the last five years. Darrell Hornbacher is also author, speaker and specialists in personal and business credit and all matters relating to obtaining capital for your small business.

Every business that’s growing has issues around change management. Our guest on this edition is an expert in that area. Theresa M. Welbourne, Ph.D. is the founder, President and CEO of eePulse, Inc. and an Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at the University of Michigan Business School. As CEO of eePulse, Inc. she leads an organization that delivers web-based leadership tools and research for continuous improvement and change management. Using eePulse’s proprietary web-based, enterprise-wide software suite called Measurecom™.

Email Marketing so much a part of everything small business everywhere. Our guest on this segment knows much if not all there is to know about this marketing mechanism, perhaps better than most—-Eric Groves joins us, he’s the Senior Vice President, Global Market Development at Constant Contact.