I think you are totally wrong about the reaction in the midwest. Have you actually had this experience? I live in Nashville, TN. We just had a launch of an "e

I think you are totally wrong about the reaction in the midwest. Have you actually had this experience? I live in Nashville, TN. We just had a launch of an "entrepreneur center", the local business schools teach "entrepreneurism", job postings ask for employees who are "entrepreneurial" and there is a real caché attached to being an entrepreneur. "Entrepreneur" is an incredibly trendy word right now. So trendy that I think it is loosing it's meaning. Small business owner on the other hand seems to imply that there is a business that is actually running, bringing in revenue, and maybe even turning a profit. As evidence of the trendiness of "entrepreneur", check out the Google search trend since 2004: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=Entrepreneur&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=Entrepreneur&cm...