it survived the earthquake and fire but second generation owner steve cornell worries about survivinghis economy. >> sometimes i lose sleep at night wondering will i be able to fund my payroll tomorrow. i don't want one of those checks to bounce. >> reporter: a new survey out from national small business administration found that 88% of business owners pekt the economy to be flat or in a recession over the next 12 months. only 29% said they expect to hire in that time. >> because they're not hiring, individuals don't see the chances for them to get jobs in the future, so they're not spending. >> i want to delve a little deeper into the mood of small business owners. joining me here on the set is gene marks. he actually has a really interesting take in his small business column for "the new york times." he is president of the marks group. yannic silver is the founder of internet lifestyle.com and steven corn sl the owner of brownies hardway store in san francisco who we profiled here on "your business" back in 2006. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you, too. >> back then we were t