Do you know what crowdfunding is? Judd Hollas joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the three basic kinds of crowdfunding, including donations, debt and equity, and how they work.

Community banks are under regulatory duress today. Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how community banks are facing unfair regulatory burdens and what small business owners can do to support them.

When will small businesses start borrowing money for growth? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why loan demand is going to be down in 2014 for the sixth year in a row.

How will Janet Yellen treat Main Street? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how favorable Fed Chairman Yellen will be toward Main Street's small businesses and community banks.

The future for community banks is a challenging one. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the issues that are creating problems for the important community bank sector, and what this means for small businesses.

Why your next growth step may be to be acquired. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the new strategies of investment firms toward aggregating smaller firms into larger operations, and why this could be good news for you.

New capital market changes may hold good news for your business. Doug Tatum joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that hundreds of investment companies are looking to acquire smaller businesses than in the past.

Will the Volker Rule prevent future financial collapses? Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the Volker Rule is with regard to banking reform, why it is needed and predict whether it will be successful.

Is Detroit one of the early dominoes of municipalities that will start to fall? Bill Brandt joins Jim Blasingame to state that he believes Detroit is not a canary in the mine shaft, but rather an example other municipalities can learn from.

Will the Volker rule be a successful bank reform? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to report on the banking reform policy known as the Volker Rule, and to discuss whether this policy will be good for small businesses.