More loans won't cause small businesses to hire more people. That's the message Tracy Eden and Jim Blasingame have to the question about lending to small businesses. The problem isn't more loans, it's minimizing fear and uncertainty.

The truth about small business access to capital isn't what you hear on television or from Washington. Tracy Eden and Jim Blasingame talk about the why main stream media and President Obama are completely wrong when they say small businesses can't get loans, and identify a number of Main Street loan sources that never stopped working with small businesses.

Will more money in community banks create more small business jobs? Mike Menzies and Jim Blasingame discuss how community banks will respond to Obama's plan to give them access to $30 billion to lend to small businesses. Mike says it may help create jobs, Jim disagrees.

In the small business response to President Obama's State of the Union Speech, Jim Blasingame identified several areas that sound good for small business, more money for bank loans, capital gains cuts, etc., but which will be of little use against the big challenges facing small business owners.

Are you getting your business ready for the coming expansion? John Dini and Jim Blasingame talk about some of the elements of growth that you have to begin planning for right now, including a capitalization plan that includes a closer relationship with your banker.

How will credit regulation changes impact small business? Kiplinger's Joan Pryde reports with Jim Blasingame about some of the credit regulatory changes that will impact consumer spending and small business lending.

What will it take to operate your small business successfully in this new era we're entering? Jim Blasingame says it's blending the new stuff with the fundamentals, and he talks about the latter with eight key points.

How is the economic mood on Main Street, as we kick off another year? Sam Norwood and Jim Blasingame go over the January 2010 Tatum survey of small business conditions, including sales, investment, capital acquisition and other indicators, and the arrows are all green and pointing upward.

What is ahead of us with the economy and how much will government policies impact the recovery? Bill Brandt and Jim Blasingame discuss the dynamics of the economic recovery between market solutions and government intervention.

What will small business banking look like in 2010? Mike Menzies talks to Jim Blasingame about some of the key issues small businesses and their banks will face as they work together in 2010. They also discuss some of the new regulations that are being proposed by Congress.