This is a collection of posts from the latest blog carnivals that I feel are valuable to small business owners.

There are gems of information in all of these posts, so if the topic interests you, please read them.

What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorite posts:

Entrepreneurship
• The Little Detail that Matters for Small Retailers
• Entering Overfilled [tag]Market Sectors[tag]
• Naming a business, product or service
• Buying an Online Business

Personal Finance & Investing
• Breakeven Point Before Real Returns
• Uninterrupted Prosperity
• Stated Income Loans May Pop the Housing Bubble
• Circumventing Late Fee Anger

Blog Carnivals Referenced
• Carnival of the Capitalists

Tags: Blog Carnival, Retailers, Naming a business, Online Business, Breakeven Point, Stated Income Loans, Housing Bubble

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This is a collection of posts from the latest blog carnivals that I feel are valuable to small business owners.

There are gems of information in all of these, so if the topic interests you, please read them. You may learn something new.

What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorite posts:

Marketing and Advertising
• The Workhorse of Sales Letters: The Opening Paragraph
• Simplified Marketing Plans for the Real World
• Dumb Advertising!

Entrepreneurship
• Being a Successful Business Owner
• You Will Be Successful… In 5 Years
• The Danger of Short-cuts in Writing Business Plans

Taxation
• The Fat Tax Doesn’t Work
• Alternative Minimum Tax Discussion
• Whither the Estate Tax?
• Death Tax Debate
• Is the IRS picking on small businesses?

Personal Finance
• Get Financially Secure, Not Rich
• College Savings Reality Check
• Not So Rewarding Credit Cards
• Who Can you Trust with Your Money?

Blog Carnivals Referenced
• Carnival of the Capitalists
• Carnival of Personal Finance #53
• Carnival of Investing #27
• Carnival of Business #9

Tags: Blog Carnival, Sales Letters, Marketing Plans, Advertising, Business Owner, Business Plans, Fat Tax, Alternative Minimum Tax, Estate Tax, Death Tax, IRS, College Savings, Credit Cards

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Begining this week, I will do a full roundup of my favorite blog carnival posts. There are several carnivals that feature great posts on the topic of finance, investing and business, that I don’t want to limit my list to just the Carnival of the Capitalists.

What is a Blog Carnival?

My fpersonal post collection:

Managing
• Predictably Unpredictable (Part 1)
• Why Should I Help You?
• Too Much of a Good Thing?

Career
• 3 Questions for Your Prospective Boss
• Give Value First
• Breakthrough Manifesto (Part 1)
• Be the Best

Personal Finance
• The Role of Financial Advisors (Part 1)
• Gas Price Tips
• How the Middle Class Can Get Back on Solid Financial Ground
• Ten good rules-of-thumb for investing
• Making Early Retirement Happen
• Are all the Joneses overspenders?

Blog Carnivals Referenced:
• Carnival of the Capitalists #137
• Carnival of Personal Finance #49
• Carnival of Investing #23
• Carnival of Business #5

Tags: Blog Carnival

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This week’s edition (#136) of the Carnival of the Capitalists can be found at The Virtual Handshake.

About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites list from the CotC #136:

General Business
• Entrepreneurship Gap
• Ultimate 2006 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Guide

Marketing
• What Do Simple Folk Do?
• Starbucks = Coffee
• Creative Ideas for Businesses
• Advertising and Customer Service

Personal Finance
• Time for medical check ups

Other Blog Carnivals of Interest:
• Carnival of Personal Finance #48
• Carnival of Investing #22
• Carnival of Business #4

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival

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This week’s edition (#135) of the Carnival of the Capitalists can be found at Harshly Mellow.

About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites list from the CotC #135:

General Business
• Field Reports: Breakthroughs and Being Swept Away
• What is your competitive advantage?
• The Real Secret Of Business Success
• Why Business Needs More Geeks
• The Art of Sales

Investing
• Meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders
• Investing in Energy

Personal Finance
• How Much Did You Pay in Taxes?

Entreprenuership
• Resources for Young Entreprenuers
• The Importance of a Good Business Name
• Developing People Skills

Miscellaneous
• Reckoning the Odds of Recession
• The Mom Calculator

Other Blog Carnivals of Interest:

• Carnival of Personal Finance #47
• Carnival of Investing #21
• Carnival of Business #3

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival, competitive advantage, Business Success, Business, Art, Sales, Berkshire Hathaway, Investing, Energy, Taxes, Young Entreprenuers, People Skills, Recession

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This week’s edition (#134) of the Carnival of the Capitalists can be found at Interim Thoughts.

About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites list from the CotC #134:

People
• Lessons From Jerks in the Workplace

Investing
• Investing in Gas Companies
• How to Calculate Your Personal Rate of Return
• A few words about Microsoft

Alternative Energy
• 2006 Hybrid Tax Breaks, Complete Listing
• Big Oil Won’t Miss The Coming Alternative Energy Boom

Personal Finance
• U.S. Millionaire Count Hits Record — You Could be Next

Entreprenuership
• Internet Home Business & Life
• The Highway to Success
• Getting Ideas from Business Opportunity Magazines

Miscellaneous
• The Cost of Not Answering the Phone
• Why Golf is Bad for the Boardroom

Other Blog Carnivals of Interest:

• Carnival of Personal Finance #46
• Carnival of Business #2

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival, Investing, Gas Companies, Personal Rate of Return, Microsoft, Hybrid Tax Breaks, Alternative Energy, Home Business, Success, Business Opportunity Magazines

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Hello and welcome to lucky edition #13 of the Carnival of Entrepreneurship. The CoE is a traveling small business blog post collection published every Thursday.

I received several great submissions covering excellent topics. Without further delay, here are my favorite picks:

• Matt Inglot gives 5 excuses why someone can’t become an entrepreneur, and what aspiring business owners can do to overcome The Barriers to Starting Your Own Business.

• Chris Pearson suggests finding a niche to become an expert in so that you can Kiss Corporate Life Goodbye.

• Dave G. writes about his success with Google Adsense in the post Adsense = Free Car and Free Home.

• Rob May offers sound advice on Pre-Entrepreneurship: What To Do When You Are Waiting.

• Phylameana lila Désy is attempting to harness good chi through Feng Shui In Her Home Office. I love Feng Shui and believe in the power of energy flow and conceptual symmetry.

• David Lorenzo teaches us how to take advange of chance meetings through Mastering the Random Encounter.

• Jack Yoest compares the anticipation created by marketing to Selling the Great Wall of China. Great pictures, Jack!

That concludes this week’s Carnival of Entrepreneurship post. Submit your blog article for consideration into CoE #14.

About the Carnival of Entrepreneurship
What is a Blog Carnival?

Tags: Carnival of Entrepreneurship, small business, entrepreneur, Starting Your Own Business, niche, Adsense, Pre-Entrepreneurship, Feng Shui, chance meetings, marketing, Blog Carnival

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This week’s edition (#133) of the Carnival of the Capitalists can be found at About.com Entrepreneur’s Guide.

About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites list from the CotC #133:

Entreprenuership
• 10 Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed
• Learning From the Newly Self-Employed Mistakes
• Mindset: Starting Your Own Micro-Business

General Business
• Monday Morning Business Humor

Saving & Investing
• Complacency anyone? (Wall of Worry vs. What, Me Worry?)
• Reveling in High Gas and Oil Prices

Economics
• Voting For Inflation (Minimum Wage Increase)
• Young People Receiving Money From Parents

Personal Finance
• How to Become a Millionaire
• High Deductible Health Insurance High-Jinks

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival, Self-Employed, Micro-Business, Business Humor, Inflation, Minimum Wage Increase, Millionaire, Health Insurance

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This week’s edition (#132) of the Carnival of the Capitalists by can be found at Free Money Finance.

About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites list from the CotC #132:

General Business
• Being a Technopreneur
• Ethics as a Core Competency.

Taxes & Finances
• Turn In Tax Cheats And Make Money
• Removing Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
• You, Inc. And The IRS
• Real Estate Investments: Sell vs. Hold?

Human Resources & Management
• Unmotivated Employees - Is It Your Fault or Theirs?
• When Money is Not an Option

Next week’s CotC #133 will be hosted by Scott Allen’s About.com Entrepreneur’s Guide.

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival, Ethics, Tax Cheats, Private Mortgage Insurance, IRS, Real Estate Investments, Employees

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This week’s edition (#131) of the Carnival of the Capitalists by Dane Carlson can be found at Business Opportunities Weblog.

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About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites from the CotC #131:

• Are You A “Leftover” Investor?
• A Look at Financial Infidelity in Relationships

Next week’s CotC #132 will be hosted by Frank, HelloDollar.com.

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival

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This week’s edition (#130) of the Carnival of the Capitalists by Rob can be found at Jotzel.com.

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About the Carnival of the Capitalists
What is a Blog Carnival?

My personal favorites list from the CotC #130:

Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capitalists are Not Long-Term Investors
• Forget Investors, Get Out There And Make Some Money!
• Elasticity for Entrepreneurs
• What Is The 80/20 Rule And Why It Will Change Your Life

Marketing & Advertising
• Sales Techniques: Create Sense of Urgency
• Trade Show Conventions - Do’s and Don’ts

Financial
• How to Translate Financial Reports into Action Items
• How to Stop Credit Bureaus From Selling Your Information

Human Resources & Management
• Hiring Mistakes
• Why New Supervisors Go Mad
• Exploring Whitespace

Next week’s CotC #131 will be hosted by James Archer, StrangeBrand.com.

Tags: Carnival of the Capitalists, Blog Carnival, Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, 80/20 Rule, Sales Techniques, Trade Show Conventions, Financial Reports, Credit Bureaus, Hiring Mistakes, Supervisors, Whitespace

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