Just managing your personal finances is stressful enough. Add owning a small business and imagine what unique challenges you face.

Failure's a possibility. Success often comes with ingenuity and hard work, but that's no guarantee, especially these days.

Jean Reynolds has a special report as she shares the journey four business owners who embrace the obstacles searching for new ways to thrive while building business.

She plans to check back in with these business later this year to find out how they're surviving the turmoil and if later this year they're still building business.