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 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.

With the speed of business and pressures to stay current, how do we find success without creating a casualty list? Joseph Bailey and Jim Blasingame talk about managing the whirlwind by focusing on how you deal with stress.

What is the greatest change small businesses will face in 2010? Debbe Kennedy talks to Jim Blasingame about a paradigm shift that is taking place in the marketplace: the customer is now in complete control. They talk about how to respond to this shift and what will happen to those businesses that don't.

If your business didn't make it through the economic meltdown, what's next? Jim Blasingame talks about failure, how to allow the marketplace to redeem you, and how to redeem yourself, after failure.