All business starts as a small business. The entrepreneurial spirit can be doused with the realities of funding new ideas and innovation and getting the required capital and support that business requires to flourish. Today on the show, Brett talks to Sam Hodges, Co-founder of Funding Circle, David Kurrasch, VP and General Manager of Small Business Payments Co., and Brian Blake, VP of Spring Bank and Founding Partner at Argo Fund. These three are all looking at ways to make sure that small and community businesses thrive. He also chats with Ram Palaniappan about Active Hours, a new business that gives control to the employee when payday is.