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Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal is an acknowledged pacesetter in reporting on the topics that affect today’s small business owners. We invite you to browse our website — you’ll discover an unrivaled selection of time-tested tips, tools, and resources from market leaders who are out there in the trenches day after day. Expand your business potential, and draw upon their years of knowledge and experience. Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal is the ideal business partner to maximize your efficiency and productivity.
Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal is a business resource that was developed for those who dare to envision their business as a thriving enterprise.
- John Vanover – President
- Traci Hayner Vanover – Vice President & Publisher
Note: The views expressed in Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal are the opinions of the individual authors; and do not necessarily reflect those of the site owners, their agents or associates. Information contained in Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal should NEVER be construed as legal advice; readers are urged to consult with a professional for legal business matters.
Entrepreneur Self-Employed Business Journal
Division of The Creative Concept, Inc.
PO Box 8326 Fort Wayne, IN 46898
Email: contact [at] esbjournal.com
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John V. Vanover, President & CEO – An engineer by trade, John’s technical skills are a real asset to the business, earning him the unofficial moniker of “tech support.” John plays a key role in the programming and design associated with our private client projects, and the operations of ESBJ. John works closely with advertisers, and is the “man behind the curtain” at Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal.
Traci Hayner Vanover, Vice President & Publisher – Traci is an author, publisher, and publicist, with over 20 years experience in the fields of sales, market research and promotion.
Traci’s copywriting and design talents have been featured in national magazines, books, ebooks, and websites. She is the publisher of Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal. When she’s not working on ESBJ, Traci works with private clients as a publicist, copywriter and consultant.
Traci has authored several ebooks, seminars, and courses, and has dozens of small business articles in syndication.
Traci oversees the day-to-day editorial/management aspects of the site. Please direct all books for review to Traci’s attention.
Victoria Bracknell, Technology Columnist - Victoria’s first computer was an XT clone with 2 5.25″ floppies and a 1200 baud modem. She installed a 10M hard drive thinking I’d never need so much space. (Now she has flash drives she received as convention swag bigger than that – x10.)
She’s worked in the field of IT/Communications since the mid-80′s. Pre-Internet, she ran a BBS called Vic’s Place, first in Gulfport and then in Jackson, MS. She’s been using “social media” of one kind and another ever since.
Instead of dog years, she measures her age in OS updates.
When she’s not reading about tech, talking about tech, learning about tech, Twittering about tech… she reads, listens to podcasts and audiobooks, needlefelts and knits and walks her little dog, @RadarDog. Yes, he has a Twitter account — whom she’s often jealous of because he has more followers than she does. She also lives with two cats, Buffy and Domino, who have declined to tweet from every fiber of their being.
Victoria is an ENTJ, a coffee addict, an insomniac, a news junkie, a Mac geek and many other things she won’t admit to. She has a yarn stash that frightens her, a gift (curse?) for trivia that frightens others, a love for the volunteer work I do, and her biggest fear is walking down stairs in the dark.
Victoria is the founder and geek-in-charge at Rated G for Geek, a mecca for all things tech and geek chic.
Arnie aka “Professor” - The Professor retired from the New York Stock Exchange and moved to Florida in 1996. His primary interests were photography and fishing until his daughter bought herself an iPhone (when they first came out), and then his wife bought one for him.
That began a serious addiction to all things Apple. He joined a social networking site named “iRovr.com” (since closed) which was devoted to iPhones. The friendships made on that site not only has continued to this day (Victoria and others) but led him to Facebook, Twitter and all sites devoted to Apple. His next step was the Macbook Pro where he learned from scratch how to become proficient.
Fishing has taken a back seat to Apple and social networking websites. He have spent a considerable amount of money downloading and reviewing apps for his own enjoyment as well as sending reviews to friends strictly for pleasure. Photography and videos are still an important part of his life.
He is an avid reader of TUAW, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Macworld as well as the NY Times, Wall St. Journal and others. Keeping up with ALL NEWS is important to him.
On the personal side, he is the married father of 3, grandfather of 4, and a serious contributor to Apple’s bottom line because of all the “fans” in the family. In fact, Apple stock goes up a point when they know he’s headed to the store in the mall. Arnie is a contributor to the Rated G for Geek website as well.
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