In this segment, we’re joined by Charles Duhigg, reporter for the New York Times, and the author of the “Golden Opportunities“series, which began in December 2006 and for which he received numerous awards including the George Polk Award, the Sidney Hillman Award, the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and several others.

Our guest on this edition loves to turn small businesses into big business. Clate Mask is the CEO of Infusionsoft—- the “Inc 500 company” is a leader in marketing automation software for small businesses and is now revolutionizing the way small businesses grow. Clate is a pure entrepreneur through and through…

Jerry Straks says that most businesses are over-managed and under-led. He’s a speaker, author, certified professional coach and leadership consultant.

New York Times best seller and international best selling author, Jeffrey J. Fox, is releasing his tenth book, Rain: What A Paperboy Learned About Business. Rain is destined to be a business book classic. And Rain, a thirteen-year old paperboy, the book’s central character, is destined to become business fiction’s first positive hero. Rain,a business fable, is Fox’s first foray into fiction. The story is a series of challenges and adventures that Rain solves in surprising and clever ways. Rain deals with mean dogs, bullies, customers that won’t pay, and growing his business and his paper route. Rain’s challenges are metaphors for the problems facing business managers everywhere.

Our guest on this segment is an expert presenter, writer, consultant and speaker on the topic of franchising. Joel Libava is the “Franchise Expert In Residence” and columnist for the award winning Small Business Trends website, and over at the OPEN FORUM by American Express blog, joining other small business experts like Guy Kawasaki, John Battelle, and Anita Campbell.Joel is also the franchise-expert source for The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, MSNBC.com, Bottom Line Personal and Crain’s.

Our guest on this edition of The Smallbiz Brain learned everything he knows about people, service and sales on the restaurant floor. If you’re in sales—Stefan Lubinski is your new best friend. After more than a decade in service industries—-he understands the challenging nuances of the sales process in a way that is uniquely his own.

In this segment with David Hallerman, Senior Analyst at eMarketer, discussed trends, observations and talks about how and what works in the world of internet marketing and advertising.

Our guest on this segment of the Smallbiz Brain says that if your business needs financing, don’t be afraid of credit cards. Darrell Hornabacher is a co-founder of Midas Financial. The company has successfully secured funding for clients in excess of $250mm since 2005. They’re experts in all types of capitall infusion for business.

In my interview with Lanny Goodman, he describes his unique and groundbreaking system for completely changing the relationship of business owners to the operation of their business.

In this segment I visit with Debra Aho Williamson, Senior Anaylist at E-Marketer, about trends she’s seeing and her observations and insights about internet marketing and advertising.