
Sherry Borzo of DSM Buzz is the host of an interview podcast show called Entrepreneur People, on BlogTalkRadio.com. She broadcasts from Des Moines, Iowa in the American Midwest.
Sherry graciously asked me to be on her show as a guest earlier this week. She is the nicest person — you…

If you offer an affiliate program for websites to sell your products, you might want to become aware of a plan afoot by the State of New York to tax you.
If you sold $10,000 worth of products to those in the state of New York and had one Web affiliate in New York, under the proposed plan…

It’s Entrepreneurship Week here in the United States – February 23 to March 1, 2008.
It will also be Entrepreneurship Week in November 2008.
Not to be confused, of course, with Small Business Week, which is in April.
Scratching your head yet? You’re not the only one.
Scott…

The New York Times did an article about small business blogs, called “Go on, Leave Your Job.”
They covered Pamela Slim’s Escape from Cubicle Nation, Ryan Knoll’s FranchisePundit, Young Go Getter, and our own Small Business Trends.
Elizabeth Olson writes in the…

Small business owners wear every hat under the umbrella of their business and yet for most of us, only a few of those hats fit perfectly.
For me, as the owner of a service based company, the creative hats fit just perfect. But like Goldie Locks and her experience mooching off the three Bears, other…

Deborah Brown is the new Assistant Editor here at Small Business Trends. Deborah is a former Director of Communications for Cole National and a former journalist who now has her own business as a freelance writer, called AllWriteInk. She is a self-described “lover of words.”
Deborah…

People often use the phrase “born entrepreneurs” when referring to people who seem to have something that makes them innately entrepreneurial. Most of this discussion is casual and doesn’t really consider whether some people are, literally, born with a genetic make-up that makes…

Tourists used to be content with just sightseeing around the various places of attraction in the countries they happen to be visiting. With changing consumer demands and heightened industry competition, tourism players around the world are getting more innovative in their business approach.…

I am almost speechless.
It turns out that our recent radio show guest — the admitted embezzler turned consultant to companies on how to avoid embezzlement — has been charged in a new embezzlement scheme.
This second alleged scheme involves activity after he served time in Federal…

About the only thing I love more than getting freebies is being able to share those freebies with you. Over the years my business has thrived on things that cost little or nothing.
I just want to point out that there is a series of free marketing workshops at Staples stores. I posted on this…