In a letter to congressional leaders, NASE along with its fellow small business organization and associations, called on Congress to reach an agreement to fund the government through December 20th.
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Oct 23, 2024
Client relationships form the backbone of any successful business. For self-employed small or micro business owners, nurturing these relationships is paramount to sustainable growth and success. Read more for expert advice on client communication, customer service, and retention strategies, catering specifically to the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurs this year.
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Sep 19, 2024
Originally from Germany, I attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School before working as a strategy consultant for Bain & Company for several years. Despite the jet-setting career, my heart was always with outdoor adventure – particularly mountaineering and ultra endurance pursuits. At the end of 2015 I decided to leave behind the business world to focus full-time on climbing and running mountains. Over time, my cumulative experiences in the mountains, as a guide, and in business morphed into me launching AWExpeditions: an expedition company for women, by women.
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Sep 19, 2024
As the September 30th deadline for FY25 government funding approaches, Congress is locked in a contentious battle over spending priorities. The House and Senate remain deeply divided on how to allocate limited resources, raising the specter of a government shutdown if a deal cannot be reached.
By 2030, an estimated 10.3 million people in the United States will have transitioned to self-employment. Professionals who work for themselves and aren’t business or corporation employees are self-employed. You may become self-employed by building a business, consulting, e-commerce, freelance contracting, or inventing an app, product, or service. What every self-employed person has in common is their need to be adaptable to change and overcome challenges to build and keep a successful business.
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Aug 22, 2024
This year, we awarded $15,000 in scholarships to five fantastic young people. The below individuals were chosen out of the 24 applications we received and reviewed, all of which were very well put together. We know the winners will put their $3,000 to good use this school year and we are proud to assist them on their journey.
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Aug 22, 2024
The America’s small business community continues to grow at a record-breaking pace, now accounting for 19 million new small business applications since the beginning of the Biden Administration. The news comes on the heels of a new National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) national small business survey indicating 52 percent of respondents are optimistic of their own small businesses’ future, while also identifying the challenges impacting their success, including health care costs and prescription drug prices, taxes and inflation.
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Aug 15, 2024
A new, national survey of over 650 small and micro business owners released today by the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), the nation’s leading advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-business community, finds the state of America’s small business community strong with 52 percent indicating they are optimistic about their own small business’ future, while also indicating they face challenges due to rising Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs (47%), Taxes (46%) and Inflation (45%). The survey also found that 66% of small business owners indicated they view the economy as “fair” or “poor”, suggesting that the challenges have directly impacted their view of the nation’s economic conditions. However, the economic ratings among small business owners tracks better than recent public opinion polling of the general public which finds a 77% (Pew, May 2024) and 79% (Gallup, May 2024) rating the economy either “fair” or “poor”.
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Aug 12, 2024
As students head to college this upcoming school year, the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), the nation’s leading advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-business community, today announced it is awarding $15,000 in educational scholarships to five dependents of current NASE members, each granted $3,000 for their academic studies.
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Aug 11, 2024
In the late 80’s, an author by the name of Robert Fulghum wrote a best-selling book filled with short, personal essays. One of his anecdotes was about meeting strangers while traveling and how every interaction started with the same two questions:
1. What’s your name?
2. What do you do for a living?
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Jul 31, 2024