Big startups and multi-million dollar apps and contracts get all the press, and sure that's a nice path, but it's a "path not available" for most. It's the internet microbusiness sector where most people start, and starting and running small businesses on the internet has a very characteristic and somewhat unique set of problems and possibilities. Doing small business on the internet is, simply, the Perfect Home Business Dream; it's the traditional biz-op promised land, "Work from home, get checks in the mail.". But, unlike the biz-op schemes, internet business does have a success rate, and as the economy transforms planetwide, more and more people are finding themselves forced or lured into the very complex landscapes of small-scale internet businesses, internet based individual proprietorship and self employment, small company formats of various kinds, and internet freelancing and contracting. But, it's a landscape that changes dramatically, constantly, and fast. A landscape filled with new risks, in which many conventional models of operation will end up being your ruin, stripped of hard earned or borrowed capital, crushed, shredded and digested, and wondering, "What the heck happened?". I thought we could share war stories, discuss the fine points, explore ideas, network, and engage in the kind of problem examination, information sharing, and possibly some experimentation and testing that could benefit us all, and keep some from getting rubbed out needlessly. As small-scale operators and independents, one of our greatest assets can be the ability to contract each other for larger short term or long term projects, so, we may be able to be of use to each other in that way as well. And who knows, we may end up starting multiple low-to-mid value corporations using the networks of skills and contract teams we might eventually manage to assemble. There are new models of internet operations rushing like great waves across the net economy, coming faster every year. Nothing we see now is fixed, except for the basic human needs and wants that drive it all. Even if all we choose to do is discuss it, it's the greatest show on earth, and the cost-of-entry is still pretty cheap. Popcorn?