Last week, eBay Inc. co-hosted a webinar with the U.S. Department of Commerce to highlight some of the technical solutions that have been created in the last few years that make exporting easier for small technology enabled businesses.  The webinar educated participants on the exciting new tools available to small businesses, such as PayPal Passport, as well as several U.S. Department of Commerce tools designed to help grow an online business in markets around the world.

Last week, Wisconsin small business owner, Dave Rogers, published an opinion piece to the WisOpinion.com expressing his concern with the Internet sales tax proposal currently pending in Congress.  Rogers, who owns a brick and mortar store in LaCrosse argued that Main Street businesses, just like his, would be hurt by the passage of the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act.

Last week in Boston, David Chang, COO of PayPal Media Network, brought together over 80 state legislators, technology entrepreneurs, business and association leaders for an event focused on the economic importance of technology in Massachusetts.

Last week, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) went down to the Senate floor to urge Senate leadership to not attach the Marketplace Fairness Act to the Internet Tax Freedom Act.  Senator Ayotte has been a vocal opponent of the Marketplace Fairness Act and believes that small businesses in New Hampshire and across the country should not be subjected to a burdensome new sales tax regime. 

This week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial saying that Senate leadership was trying to take the Internet Tax Freedom Act hostage by attaching it to the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act.  The article explains that after the House of Representatives passed a permanent extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, Senate leadership quickly moved to introduce a bill that would marry the Internet Tax Freedom Act to the Marketplace Fairness Act. 

Earlier this week, Richard Nash, Head of public policy for eBay and PayPal in the Americas, addressed thousands of U.S.