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NASE Supports Activities, Goals of Global Entrepreneurship Week

Young people in 85 countries had the opportunity to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators this month through Global Entrepreneurship Week. Organizers aimed to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity, and to allow them to join a growing movement to generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things.

Nov 23, 2009

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Health Reform: More Of The Same From House Lawmakers

The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) was dismayed to see that lawmakers have once again failed to include provisions that will make a noticeable difference in the bottom line of the nation’s millions of self-employed business owners.

Nov 10, 2009

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It’s A Girl! Maternity Issues In The Workplace

The appearance of a baby bump in the office is cause for joy. But when you’re the business owner, it can also induce anxiety. This report will help you navigate your way through an employee’s pregnancy and/or parental leave. You learn about laws governing parental leave, policies you might want to consider for your employees and more.

Nov 09, 2009

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NASE Asks Legislators to Remember Self-Employed in Health Reform

NASE comments on the House health care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962).

Nov 06, 2009

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Learn Piano In Your Home - A Success Story (Business In General Blog)

Melodie Ellis knows what it’s like to work for somebody else. And she knows what it means to work for herself. In fact, she managed to do both for almost eight years, holding down a job as an employee at a private piano studio while also teaching students on her own in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Nov 05, 2009

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From The President: Lessons Learned

What a year! The economy sputtered, to say the least. Credit for micro-businesses tightened like a tourniquet. Some small companies had to lay off employees. Others simply went belly-up. And still others, well, they’re thriving.

Oct 30, 2009

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The NASE Presents $30,000 Achievement Award To Member

A year ago, Maryland CPA Tiffany Washington would never have dreamed that she would be adding $30,000 to her own business’s ledgers. But thanks to the NASE’s 2009 Achievement Award, that’s exactly what she’s doing.

Oct 30, 2009

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Community Spirit

Last spring, with the recession taking a toll on the business community in the Reno, Nev., area, Clint Jolly and some colleagues decided to hold an event to raise the visibility of locally-owned independents like his meat market, Butcher Boy. The May fair drew 60 of Butcher Boy’s local vendors—many of them micro-businesses like Buckbean Brewing Company and the marketing agency Media Directions. It also drew about 1,200 consumers.

Oct 30, 2009

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Good Company

Anyone who works out of a home office knows that it can be a lonely place. At home, the trivial interactions that break up most people’s workdays—chats around the copy machine, birthday cake in the break room—are in short supply.

Oct 30, 2009

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Property Lease Do-Over

Carla, the owner of an Atlanta gift shop, knows only too well what a recession can do to the financial health of a micro-business. Earlier this year a steep sales decline made it tough for her to pay the rent.

Oct 30, 2009

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