Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the new ways small businesses will acquire capital funding for growth in the 21st century.

Banks report drop in small business lending. Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report on the drop in small business borrowing from banks, and reveal some of the possible causes.

What's at the heart of poor small business loan demand? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report on the lack of small business loan demand and discuss the connection with slow economic recovery.

There are a number of ways a small business can use debt to grow. Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how his company works to help small businesses use debt to grow in a disciplined way.

How are small businesses currently seeing business opportunity? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report on why small businesses are not more optimistic, including little willingness to take risks and pursue opportunities.

Are banks reverting to practices that got them into trouble? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report that, facing political pressure to lend money to small business, banks may revert to dangerous practices.

Why aren't businesses hiring? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report that, while many small businesses could take advantage of opportunity by adding more employees, most are not hiring because of uncertainty about government polities.

Some signs for improvement are there, but are businesses experiencing expansion? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the status of the economic recovery for small businesses, and whether it will pick up soon.

As businesses acquire more intellectual property, how will banks collateralize loans? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the challenges banks have making loans with 21st century digital assets as collateral.

Capitalizing a business isn't supposed to be easy. Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the cautions and unpredictability of the crowdfunding element the new JOBS Act