Small businesses are improving, if only slightly. NFIB’s Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to report an increase in capital spending and sales growth, but not borrowing.

Here's good news if you want to sell your small business. Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the emerging business acquisition secondary financing industry.

Traditional financing for business acquisitions has evaporated. Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current challenges in acquiring financing for buying a small business.

Has Wall Street become the enemy of capitalism? Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the predatory and potentially libelous practices of 21st century Wall Street, including the excesses of short-sellers.

Will Dodd/Frank financial regulations hurt independent community banks? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to explain how independent community banks will become collateral damage for the financial regulations in the Dodd/Frank law.

Do you have a relationship with an independent community bank? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why every small business must have a relationship with an independent community bank, which will become your business's best friend.

Small business exporters should never worry about getting paid. Fred Hochberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the various resources that Ex-Im Bank provides for small business exporters, including seller and buyer financing and receivables insurance.

Crowd-funding is legal for musicians, but what about a small business? Woodie Neiss joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the legal challenges for using crowd-funding as a way for a business start-up to raise capital without violating securities laws.

Will crowd-funding become a way to capitalize startups? Sherwood Neiss joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concept of crowd-funding as startup capital, including the legal challenges.

How do you seek private capital without breaking securities laws? Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on new laws that will help start-up entrepreneurs seek private capital without violating securities laws.