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An interesting post in Entrepreneur’s Daily Dose blog poses this question.

There has been a growing drumbeat among small business owners and entrepreneurs irked at many of his administration’s decisions…whether they perceive him as anti-entrepreneurial is anyone’s guess.

But the president is raising eyebrows among the left, who perceive the U.S. Small Business Administration as being too pro big business. Critics on the right are alarmed at the various stimulus spending measures – and about everyone is upset at the banking and auto industry bailouts.

Centrists even are critical that not enough stimulus spending is being channeled to small and medium-size business owners.

Some more conservative pundits declare that Obama has launched an all out “war on business” according to columnist Carol Platt Liebau.

While we are not political here at Incorporation-e we do want to stay on top of all policies that affect small businesses.

There is a lot of uncertainty about the future of our economy but forming a corporation and becoming an entrepreneur is one way to start over if you’ve been affected by the recession, which we all have in one way or another.

Economic confidence among entrepreneurs ticked up slightly in June according to a survey conducted by the Discover Small Business Watch. The index rose to 80.9, up from 78.1 in May according to a Daily Dose blog post at Entrepreneur.com.

According to the data, the increase is attributed to better cash flows…the number of business owners experiencing temporary cash flow problems dropped 8 points in June from near 50% to 42%.

Also increasing is the number of entrepreneurs who think economic conditions are improving – up 3 points from 23% in May to 26% in June.

Much of the news regarding the recession and entrepreneurship has centered on laid-off workers looking to form a business but the survey indicates another trend – many entrepreneurs would rather find a good paying job since it’s harder to get business and deal with regulations.

And on healthcare reform, a topic included in this month’s survey, 78% of respondents do not offer insurance. Nearly 50% of these employers opposed a government-run health care plan. Of the ones that do offer insurance, 62% oppose government mandated health insurance.

If you’re feeling more confident, now may be the time to incorporate online…MaxFilings.com has a proven online system where you can form a corporation in 10 minutes of less. Or save your information and return when it’s convenient for you.

Many of the entrepreneur guides today recommend forming an advisory board…but a surprising number of entrepreneurs ignore this advice according to an interesting article by Mary Sullivan at the First Year blog.

It’s hard to know why entrepreneurs ignore this advice – perhaps they don’t understand the role of an advisory board or think they can find everything online. While there’s a lot of useful information on the Internet, nothing takes the place of advice specific to your situation.

At a minimum, an advisory board should include a legal and financial/tax advisor and any other area you lack the necessary experience to make your business run.

After incorporating online, you’re not likely going to have a large management team in place so a group of people to float ideas with and get their perspective. It’s best to meet as a group, usually each month.

In addition to advice, your advisors will pass your name along to their friends and business associates, giving you support at a critical time.

Read Mary’s article for more tips on forming an advisory board…and once you are ready to form a corporation, take care of it easily online in as short as 10 minutes at MaxFilings.com.

In an effort to help entrepreneurs accurately assess the risk associated with incorporating a business, an Odds of Success Calculator has been introduced by business advice and networking website StartUpNation.com.

The device uses eight factors to determine entrepreneurs’ chances of success: amount of capital investment, difficulty in obtaining funds, quality of financial management, degree of business planning, annual industry growth rate, management experience, industry experience and timeframe.

After completing a questionnaire, the tool computes the probability of success by comparing the company with data points of up to thousands of other companies.

The idea for the calculator was in response to the site’s visitors who wanted a tool that could tell them if they’re on the right track or not. It’s also a bit entertaining – giving quick and definitive results.

Read this Daily Dose post and see how Twitter fared on the calculator.

When forming a corporation, you want to have all the knowledge you can to make the right decisions…but finding the right ones that will be helpful can be very time consuming.

An article in Entrepreneur Magazine’s April, 2009 issues – Best Resources for Startups – lists 4 resources every aspiring entrepreneur, and even those who are well established, should be familiar with.

1. SCORE – A nonprofit organization with over 400 chapters that provides free mentoring online and in-person. Consists of nearly 12,000 working and retired entrepreneurs and business people.

2. Small Business Development Centers – Located across the country and usually connected to a university, these organizations provide consulting for just about any facet of managing a small business.

3. Small Business Administration – Federal government agency that provides an array tools to help new and aspiring entrepreneurs succeed. It’s recommended you start with their Start-up Assessment Tool to help find the right resources.

4. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center – An arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that provides comprehensive assistance for startups through web-based tools and resources.

These are just a few of the many resources out there…but, they’re most likely the most reliable for accuracy and impartiality.

In addition to these, online incorporation service MaxFilings.com has an expansive online incorporation knowledge center that has many helpful articles that make sense of incorporating a business– check it out and then use MaxFilings’ online system and form your corporation in just minutes.