Tracy Eden

The truth about small business access to capital

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.

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Why aren't businesses hiring? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report that, while many small businesses could take advantage of opportunity by adding more employees, most are not hiring because of uncertainty about government polities.
Are banks reverting to practices that got them into trouble? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report that, facing political pressure to lend money to small business, banks may revert to dangerous practices.
How are small businesses currently seeing business opportunity? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to report on why small businesses are not more optimistic, including little willingness to take risks and pursue opportunities.
Capitalizing a business isn't supposed to be easy. Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the cautions and unpredictability of the crowdfunding element the new JOBS Act
As businesses acquire more intellectual property, how will banks collateralize loans? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the challenges banks have making loans with 21st century digital assets as collateral.