Welcome to the August 20, 2007 edition of carnival of entrepreneurs. Mike Harmon presents Planning an Business Trip posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “For Business Owners, a business trip can be a valuable tool and tax deduction. Typically however, the business owner gets to tax time and finds out there is a big tax liability due.” Sue Massey presents Are You A Good Facilitator? posted at Business Management Life, saying, “Facilitation is an acquired skill and the ability to facilitate effectively improves more and more with experience.” Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » Custom Made Jingles, Commercials and Music for Television and Radio posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising... [Read more]

As you know, we have produced a great business plan series. Here are the links: Intro Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 To continue our business planning series, I am going to start a marketing plan series. I am making a call to solicit your experience with writing your marketing plan and particular areas you need help with addressing. Leave your recommendations in the comments. [Read more]

uPlayMe is a desktop application which automatically connects people through their shared tastes in music, movies, TV shows and other digital content. By loading it onto a computer, uPlayMe creates an entertainment-based social network which matches members based on their recently played digital entertainment files, providing a new experience for connecting, interacting, and discovering new entertainment. uPlayMe members can explore the entertainment other uPlayMe members are enjoying, and can sample and buy the new content they discover. Digital entertainment adoption is growing exponentially, and devices such as iPods, personal gaming consoles, laptops, PCs and cell phones are becoming the primary vehicle for consuming digital content such... [Read more]

Welcome to the August 14, 2007 edition of carnival of entrepreneurs. This 33rd issue of the Carnival of Entrepreneurs is a great size with about 30 entries! It is growing richer with higher impact entries too! I also want to thank you for submitting a specific post and not just a site. Remember, if you don’t include a specific post you are proud of and place it in a category, it won’t be included. Also, I am starting to see people multiple posts each week to get them on the COE. If I see that you have many submissions, I will pick one and the rest will not get included. What is really great is that the content and submissions get better and better with each passing week. Business Insights and Ideas Charles H. Green presents Deer... [Read more]

For those of you following the interview, I separated it into three parts: Part 1 – What is Blue Sky Factory and why is it unique? Part 2 – What is your revenue model and how do you engender entrepreneurial sprit? Part 3 – Elements of a successful business and the legacy you want to leave Our conversation ranged from how he approaches his market, to how he self-funded, to what the future holds for the e-mail service provider market. What you as an entrepreneur should take from this interview is that if you work to find a solid market niche, grow it with good customers, watch your cash and hire good people there is a high probability you will be successful like Greg. Greg is a great entrepreneur and a great friend. I hope you... [Read more]