The Tax Foundation has released their annual report ranking the tax burden and complexity of each State’s tax system.  The best 10 States for business are:

1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Alaska
4. Florida
5. Nevada
6. New Hampshire
7. Texas
8. Delaware
9. Montana
10. Oregon

The Worst 10 States are:

41. Arkansas
42. Iowa
43. Nebraska
44. Kentucky
45. Maine
46. Vermont
47. Ohio
48. Rhode Island
49. New Jersey
50. New York

Hmmm…sounds like a great reason to incorporate in Nevada or any of the other business friendly states!

via The Entrepreneurial Mind.

From Sam Decker comes the 25 Qualities of a Great Startup Opportunity including:

Defendable and differentiated
Competitive cost structure
Attractive partnership opportunities
Repeat customers
Word of mouth opportunity
Memorable product and name
Potential for PR
Attractive to be bought or merged
Scaleable staff and systems
Scaleable product — build once, sell many times
Uncomplicated

Dave Pollard offers 10 Reasons Why Young People are Afraid to Start Their Own Business and what to do about it.

This weeks Carnival of the Capitalists is up!

ZillionBits offers advice on choosing the right domain name including:

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Jeff Cornwall has a great post about researching and buying a franchise. 

Great Squidoo “Lens” on How to Buy a Business from Lawyer Anthony Cerminaro.

John Jantsch writes about the biggest small business marketing mistake.

Go It Alone: The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own by Bruce Judson is now available online for FREE.  (via the Business Opportunities Weblog)

Great article on this topic here.  Again, the mantra “cash is king” is high on the list.