Business startup, taxes, and technology

I read an interesting article yesterday about the key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. There were five things on the list:
1. Discipline (to do all the work that’s required, even the parts that aren’t fun, like bookkeeping)
2. Calm (ability to keep cool in an emergency or crisis and to handle failure without frustration or anger)
3. [...]

When most small business owners think about taxes, they think about Federal income taxes. But there are several other taxes that you need to know about.
Self-employment tax: This is a tax that sole proprietors pay, based on their net taxable profits.
Sales tax: If your state charges sales tax on products sold to customers, you’ll have [...]