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StartupNation.com Top Finalist in MarketingSherpa’s Readers’ Choice Awards

StartupNation small business Blog receives high “excellent” ratings from 100,000 voters

Birmingham, MI – July 7, 2006 – StartupNation, the fast-growing online community of entrepreneurs, announced today that its blog was awarded “Honorable Mention” in MarketingSherpa’s Top 10 Best Blogs & Podcasts of 2006: Readers’ Choice Awards.

More than 100,000 MarketingSherpa readers voted for the highest quality blogs after StartupNation was nominated for the “Best Blog on Small Business Marketing”. Final results indicated that StartupNation made the exclusive list of five that garnered an honorable mention for “unusually high, ‘Excellent’ ratings.” MarketingSherpa is a research firm that provides practical know-how and case studies to 237,000 marketing, advertising and PR professionals each week.

The StartupNation Blog helps small businesses share ideas, get valuable information, market their businesses, and more. Current Blog categories include the following:

• Hitting on the Game of Entrepreneurship
  Receive helpful startup notes from StartupNation Chief Community Officer, Joel Welsh.

• Sloan Brothers: StartupNation Head Coaches
  Discover where your lifeplan meets your business plan.

• Home Work: A Virtual Water Cooler for Home-based Business Owners
  Get perspectives on home-based business from our stay-at-home radio consultant, Joan Isabella.
  Starting an eBay Business

• Find out how to start an eBay business from our eBay experts.

• Campus Corner: A Young Entrepreneur Returns to College
  Learn about graduating into entrepreneurship from Jonathan Hudson, a friend who is back in college after starting and selling his business.

“The StartupNation Blog provides a venue for entrepreneurs to voice their opinions and concerns and get feedback,” states Rich Sloan, StartupNation Co-founder. “We are thrilled to be recognized by the MarketingSherpa audience and to provide valuable content to help entrepreneurs actually turn their ideas into successful businesses.”

StartupNation’s online community provides visitors with access to mentors, potential partners, promotional and networking opportunities, and the ability to communicate and share ideas with other entrepreneurs.