Independence has fallen from favor in America

One of the interesting phenomena you see when you watch the doings in Washington is the way the various Cabinet departments and federal agencies become important, depending on the crisis du jour.
So, for example, when the housing market crisis hit, former SBA Administrator Steve Preston became the star of the show in his new gig [...]

Tell President Obama I’ll take his call in a minute

Accessibility is important.
It’s a kind of gold star of customer service, isn’t it? I’m sure it’s really thrilling when you complain about Facebook on your blog and find a response from Mark Zuckerburg in the comments the next day.
But accessibility, like everything else in marketing and in life, only works when it’s real.
The Obama [...]

Podcast: Obama Seeks Small Biz Support For Health Reform

Once again, just when it looked like there would be no podcast today, your trusty microbusiness webcaster rises nobly to the occasion …
We’re having one of those summer legislative seasons during which it seems as if nothing is happening but that is not, in fact, the case. Part of the reason for that is that [...]

keep looking »

Subscribe To The Journal Blog

Subscribe to The Journal Blog via RSS

Or subscribe by email:



Meet The Journal Blogger

Dawn Rivers Baker, microbusiness journalistDawn Rivers Baker, aka The Journal Blogger, is the editor and publisher of The MicroEnterprise Journal, and the self-proclaimed Socrates of the small business blogosphere. See her official bio to learn more.


Dawn is also a contributing blogger at:


featured on US News & World Report


Small Business Trends Expert

Contributor, OPEN Forum Blog

join the business.gov community logo

Connect with Dawn


View Dawn Rivers Baker's profile on LinkedIn


Facebook me!

Follow me on twitter

  • Daily Reads: Blogs

  • Daily Reads: News

    • Visit Our Sponsors

    Archives

    Categories

    Search