What will the new year look like for small business owners? Jim Blasingame reports on his predictions for 2010, including banking, politics, customers, the economy and even Iran.

What are the big policy issues facing small business for 2010? Brad Close and Jim Blasingame discuss health care reform, cap and trade and the pro-union Card Check bill. Plus a recent poll of small business owners on how they feel about the proposed cap and trade legislation.

If you are able to open your business January 1, 2010, you should celebrate that as a success, according to Jim Blasingame, who talks about taking a moment to mark this success in the marathon recovery we're still facing.

What does 2010 economy hold for small businesses? Richard DeKaser and Jim Blasingame discuss the coming year's economic recovery.

For the past nine years, Jim Blasingame has made a number of predictions for the up-coming year. At the end of the year he reviews what he predicted, reports on what really happened and tallies up his score. He did better in 2009 than last year.

What industries should we be watching to both avoid and to join? George Van Horn talks to Jim Blasingame about the top 10 industries - the worst and the best - for the past 10 years and also for the coming decade.

What did small businesses learn in 2009? Gene Siciliano joins Jim Blasingame to report that he thinks Main Street learned a lot in 2009, but Wall Street and Washington, D.C. didn't

If you knew one or two things that could significantly increase your small business' chance of survival and success, would you do it? Gene Siciliano and Jim Blasingame reveal several of these, including cash flow, banking and customer mistakes to avoid.

What did the recession of 2009? Dave Anderson talks with Jim Blasingame about what we learned in 2009 that we wouldn't have learned without the difficulties we experiences, and how to capitalize on those lessons in the future.

Has the recession been more difficult for shy people? Ilise Benun says yes, and she talks with Jim Blasingame about why and what shy people can do about it.