Neil Hare joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new PPP money and rules that you need to know in order to apply for, use and get forgiven.

John Panaccione joins Jim Blasingame to remind that in the 2021 economy there will be new expectations that will become opportunities, and to focus on those instead of being nostalgic for how you did business before the pandemic.

Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how free money from the government has impacted asset-based financing organizations in an unnatural and unprecedented way.

Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges facing a recovering 2021 economy, including the two Ps: pandemic and politics.

Barbara Weltman joins Jim Blasingame to report on the updates of deductibility of expenses that were paid for with forgiven PPP loan funds, plus the forgiveness of the EIDL grants.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to review the primary reasons 2020 presented unprecedented and multiple challenges for small businesses, and the possibility that 2021 will be different.

Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that small business optimism tanked in December, below the half-century average, because of the election results and COVID outbreak resurgence.

Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to report on how pandemic conditions have impacted how we smile behind masks, why listening has to be more intentional, and more awareness of our gestures on Zoom.

Karen Cortell Reisman joins Jim Blasingame to report that during the pandemic, remote working environments, where we may have allowed an hour for some things, like meetings, have now been compressed into 30 minutes.

Eric Groves joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new bill being passed in Congress to extend a new round of PPP funds to small businesses, including how this round is different from the last.