A few things covered in this episode:

• Eva Rosenberg, taxmama, is a contestant for the current Elevator Pitch contest. Listen to her pitch and vote!
• Eva plans on hiring a staff with investment in her company
• 10 Steps to Open and 10 Steps to Grow are very compact and focused
• 1 Thing I Will Accomplish Today is a great way to gain accountability
• Rich Sloan is ENGAGED! How do entrepreneurs balance passion for their business and a great relationship with a spouse?

Joining Joel is a lot of fun. You must get him to interview you about your business, too. He just makes you feel so totally at home.

What did I say I'd do with the money?

I'd hire some of the best tax pros in the world (who are already my good friends) to staff a phone line to answers members tax questions for free. [Right now, it's just me, answering questions by e-mail each day. With tax pros chiming in with comments and suggestions when some of the questions are published.]

I'd hire a terrific advertising sales manager to arrange sponsorships with some of the top corporations whose products and services would be valuable to our members. The goal - to keep TaxMama.com free, while providing solid, practical information.

And for those people with deep tax problems, we would do Tax Triage (TaxMama's term) to identify the actual problem, lay out a way to resolve it - and then find the right tax pro to represent them. [We do some of this now, time permitting.]

Then, when we see problems with specific glitches - to alert IRS and have them make corrections to the system or retrain staff. [We are doing this now. And you'd be surprised at the problems IRS and TaxMama are quietly resolving behind the scenes.]

And, in along the way...keep people entertained and amused about the whole tax system.

So, please - help us make my passion come true!

Thanks

Eva

Bravo, TaxMama! 

I really like your style as well as the attitude you have toward addressing, educating, and assisting small business owners.

My business relies heavily on self-education in order to give my clients the very best I can and it's awesome to see the same mentality elsewhere.

I'm a huge advocate for small business growth so I make sure my clients reap the benefits of my resources.  Otherwise I wouldn't be here!

Thanks for the post.