About WPI
Wahmpreneur Publishing, Inc. is a privately held, woman-owned subchapter-S micro-corporation headquartered in Sidney, New York.
The seeds of Wahmpreneur Publishing, Inc. began in September 1999, when founder Dawn Rivers Baker published the first issue of WAHM & Mompreneur Webzine. Her intent was to fill a gap she had found in the information available online for women operating home-based businesses. While there was a great deal of support and community available for them, Ms. Baker could find no source for hard news -- policy and regulatory information, tips on web site security issues or market information -- for the home-based working woman.
The company was incorporated in New York in March 2000, and the publication's name was changed to Wahmpreneur News Magazine in June 2000 when Ms. Baker was alerted to a trademark conflict in the original name.
To further her efforts to make relevant information available to microbusiness owners, Baker launched Wahmpreneur Books in August 2001 with the publication of its first title, E-Commerce For The Unfunded.
Eventually, as her coverage of small business news evolved, Baker realized that the information she provided was useful for all microbusiness owners, regardless of their gender and regardless of whether theirs was a home-based or a commercially located business. In July 2002, she changed the name of the publication once again, and The MicroEnterprise Journal was born.
Today, Wahmpreneur Publishing, Inc. and it's media properties are becoming recognized nationwide and around the globe as an important — and in many cases, the only — source for microbusiness owners and their advocates to find the crucial public policy information that all business owners need to enhance their chances of success.
WPI media properties are
The MicroEnterprise Journal
A weekly subscription newsletter for microbusiness community leaders, public officials, and economic development and business training professionals, covering legislative initiatives, policy issues, applied economics and market research strictly from the microenterprise perspective. The MicroEnterprise Journal is the award-winning flagship publication of WPI.
The Journal Blog
The official web log of The MicroEnterprise Journal, The Journal Blog offers smart, saucy and often hilarious commentary on a range of topics, from politics and policy to marketing and management.
Microbusiness News Briefs
A free, weekly email newsletter containing brief summaries of current microbusiness news from The MicroEnterprise Journal.
Microbusiness News Briefs Podcast
Weekly podcast of a slightly expanded edition of the Microbusiness News Briefs. Also includes podcast specials - interviews with newsmakers in the world of business and policy. Previous interview subjects have included Senator Blanche Lincoln, Association of Small Business Development Centers president Don Wilson, and National Association for the Self-Employed microbusiness tax expert Keith Hall.
Other WPI companies are
Wahmpreneur Books
The book publishing arm of WPI releases nonfiction trade paperback and hardcover titles for microbusiness owners interested in learning more about business management, and for use in microenterprise development and entrepreneurship education. Its fiction imprint, Brighid's Fire Books, publishes genre and mainstream fiction.
Microbusiness Research Institute
The Microbusiness Research Institute is a non-partisan economic and market research company specializing in the microbusiness market. While providing its clients with highly targeted market research, the Microbusiness Research Institute will also pursue its core mission to collect and disseminate information to improve public and private sector understanding of microbusinesses and their role in the domestic and global economy.
