From business and management consultant to networking guru. Dr. Ivan Misner tells us how he got into the world of creating avenues for business partners to connect and how he started Business Networking International.

In business, having a great network is very important. Thankfully Dr. Ivan Misner and Business Network International have a system in place for you! Also, find out how a persistence and ability to learn and adapt have helped Heather Stouffer and Mom Made Foods get where they are.

Segment 1: Business Networking

From business and management consultant to networking guru. Dr. Ivan Misner tells us how he got into the world of creating avenues for business partners to connect and how he started Business Networking International.

Segment 2: Transactional and Relational

One thing Dr. Ivan Misner learned while writing "Business Networking And Sex" is there are two different kinds of networkers: relational and transactional. Find out why transactional people often did worse and brought in less business than relational people.

Segment 3: Join A Chapter

BNI passed 7.7 million referrals generating $9.3 billion in revenue for those involved. Dr. Ivan Misner explains how you can join or start a chapter in your local area.

Segment 4: Doubled and Doubled!

Mom Made Foods has doubled their business in the past two years and plans to double again! Find out how patience was her greatest virtue on Heather Stouffer's long road to where she is now.

Segment 5: Plan Your Funding

Throughout her 10 year journey, Heather Stouffer has learned a very important lesson: pay attention to funding. Heather stresses the importance of keeping your eye on the ball and planning your funding strategy almost a year out.

Segment 6: The Customer's Right

Pick up the phone and call experts in areas where you don't have expertise and listen to your customers. Heath Stouffer gives us some tips for our budding businesses.

If you're either looking to start an internship program or become an intern, Intern Queen Inc.'s Lauren Berger has three tips for you! There seems to be one constant, though, always stay in touch!

Having an internship program isn't a gateway to whimsical-free-worker-land. Lauren Berger fills us in on some rules of unpaid internships and explains why a paid internship might be a better solution.

Internships gives students a hands on experience in an industry they might be interested in, and companies the opportunity to mentor young people and develop new relationships. Intern Queen Inc. Founder & CEO, Lauren Berger, informs us on the benefits of internships.

As entrepreneurs, we balance our business, personal, and social lives and may find it hard to focus. Luckily, Mila Diamond gives us a quick 15 minute exercise that will help quiet our minds and focus our thoughts.

"When our focus is dispersed, our energy is discharged, but if we concentrate our energy we can awake a tremendous force within us." Mila Diamond expresses the importance of a focused mind, in the workplace or anywhere else, and how meditation can help you and your business keep its eyes on the prize.

After moving to the United States from Moscow in 1980, Diamond Mind Founder & CEO, Mila Diamond, was slow to learn English and get on a career path she was interested in. Mila shares how the right mentor and a good dose of meditation helped her conquer English and study computer science.

More and more people in business are centering themselves through meditation each day, find out why you should too! Also, learn why an internship program is the perfect way for students to learn valuable skills, and a great method for businesses to impart practical knowledge on new generations.

Segment 1: From Moscow to Meditation

After moving to the United States from Moscow in 1980, Diamond Mind Founder & CEO, Mila Diamond, was slow to learn English and get on a career path she was interested in. Mila shares how the right mentor and a good dose of meditation helped her conquer English and study computer science.

Segment 2: Focused Energy

"When our focus is dispersed, our energy is discharged, but if we concentrate our energy we can awake a tremendous force within us." Mila Diamond expresses the importance of a focused mind, in the workplace or anywhere else, and how meditation can help you and your business keep its eyes on the prize.

Segment 3: Focus Your Mind

As entrepreneurs, we balance our business, personal, and social lives and may find it hard to focus. Luckily, Mila Diamond gives us a quick 15 minute exercise that will help quiet our minds and focus our thoughts.

Segment 4: Learn and Let Learn

Internships gives students a hands on experience in an industry they might be interested in, and companies the opportunity to mentor young people and develop new relationships. Intern Queen Inc. Founder & CEO, Lauren Berger, informs us on the benefits of internships.

Segment 5: Unpaid Vs Paid Internships

Having an internship program isn't a gateway to whimsical-free-worker-land. Lauren Berger fills us in on some rules of unpaid internships and explains why a paid internship might be a better solution.

Segment 6: Stay In Touch

If you're either looking to start an internship program or become an intern, Intern Queen Inc.'s Lauren Berger has three tips for you! There seems to be one constant, though, always stay in touch!

If you have a great idea, you need to get it patented so no one can steal it! Patent Services USA Vice-President, James Jennings, helps us navigate which of the four different kinds of patents is best for our needs. Then, James explains how the patent boom, brought on by a change in patent laws, means you need to get your idea patented pronto!