We rounded up the smartest entrepreneurs we know -- and some business experts that work with them -- to find out what they want to see from the next commander in chief.
"All I can say is stop vilifying successful small-business owners and stop messing around. These are serious times and we need serious answers. Everyone will have to sacrifice if we are to make it through this. We can no longer afford to have so few sacrifice for so many if we are to turn the tide of this economy around."