Gene Marks is an opinionated small business management columnist, author, speaker, and business owner. He writes weekly online columns for The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post and Philadelphia Magazine.We discuss his article highlighting several current surveys that share some very positive, good news for small business at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-marks/.Gene's books include In God We Trust: Everyone Else Pays Cash (CreateSpace, 2011), the #1 Amazon Small Business Best Seller The Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists (Adams Media, 2006), The Small Business Desk Reference (Alpha Books, 2004), Outfoxing The Small Business Owner - Crafty Techniques for Creating a Profitable Relationship (Adams Media, 2005) and The Complete Idiot's Guide To Successful Outsourcing (Alpha Books, 2005).Gene is a CPA and regular guest on national radio and TV talk shows including FOX News, FOX Business Channel, MSNBC and CNBC. He has authored dozens of articles for major media publications and is quoted frequently in the national media including the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, and USA Today.