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7 Ways to Help Entrepreneurs Help the Economy (The Atlantic)

The most important challenge for entrepreneurs isn't starting a company, but growing it from three employees to 30 ... to 300, to 3,000.

Jun 15, 2011

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Coping With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Help for the Self-Employed

Chronic fatigue syndrome is more than just feeling tired all the time. It’s a persistent and debilitating disorder that can change your way of life—sometimes permanently.

Jun 06, 2011

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Could Changing Your Company’s Name Boost Your Business?

Small Business Legal Services was a name that said it all, but maybe too much. The problem: Many companies on the larger end of the small-business spectrum didn’t classify themselves as small at all.

Jun 06, 2011

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School’s Out!

It’s the big challenge every summer for self-employed parents who work from home: How to keep the kids busy during those hot, school-less days...and run a business at the same time.

Jun 06, 2011

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Micro-Business Owners Concerned About Federal Deficit

The federal government recently announced that it has reached the debt ceiling and has shuffled funds to meet the nation’s financial commitments. Meanwhile, micro-businesses and the self-employed believe that spending for domestic programs, job creation initiatives, tax cuts and federal subsidies should be scaled back to address the deficit, according to a recent survey by the NASE

Jun 06, 2011

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NASE Succeed Scholarship Helps Self Employed Further Their Education (Small Business Trends)

In this economy, whatever you can do to get a leg up makes all the difference. For the self employed, it’s hard to compete on price or offerings, so sometimes it’s just being a little smarter than the competition that wins the business.

May 26, 2011

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Five Big Myths About American Small Businesses (Huffington Post)

Last week, the Obama administration recognized the contributions of this important business demographic with its National Small Business Week. It's worth challenging a few of the myths about the American small business landscape -- as they are truly the engine of the economy.

May 24, 2011

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Tax Break For Self-Employed Likely To Vanish (Bloomberg Businessweek)

The Small Business Jobs Act nixed the tax that self-employed workers pay on health insurance for 2010. Small biz advocates doubt Congress will extend it.

May 19, 2011

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Courtesy of NASE.org
https://www.nase.org/news/page/139