The Association for Entrepreneurship USA
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The Association for Entrepreneurship USA serves independent and small business leaders across all 50 states through community involvement, peer mentoring and education. By joining forces for greater purchasing power, we offer todays entrepreneur the competitive edge needed to compete in todays digital world.
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Recent Articles
How to Help Your Child Become an Entrepreneur
School's out and you might find your kids have a lot of extra time on their hands. Maybe you’ve even heard “I’m bored” a couple of times and it’s starting to drive you nuts. Help your kids channel that boredom into some money-making by helping them become an...
5-Year Business Milestones To Keep Up With
Entrepreneurs can run into millions of different problems over thousands of different markets. These problems lead to failure, which may or may not deplete the entrepreneurial spirit in the once exploring adventurer. Though millions will succeed, tens of millions will...
More Social Media Trends For Business Owners in 2022
As the world’s technology progresses and more businesses are transitioning to internet-focused content, it is beneficial to recognize the newest social media trends and why they are so successful. Here are several trends that business owners have found useful in 2022:...
Should I Go to College, or Start My Business?
While it is not essential to have a degree for entrepreneurship, it is very beneficial to go to college where you will be able to learn many of the soft skills it requires to create your own business. However, there are some advantages to forgoing college that should...
Keeping Your Prices Updated With Inflation
During this first half of 2022, inflation and the fear of its increase has been an ever-present force that doesn’t seem to have a foreseeable end in the immediate future. As a result, it would not be beneficial for a company to go unchanged when going through this...
How to Invest in Your Passion While Working a Full Time Job
Everyone has their own unique passions, but sometimes those passions will not provide enough money to live off. Sometimes it can be challenging to transform that fun side hustle into a sustainable profit. One way to continue to cultivate your passion is by planning...
5 All-Too-Common Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Fail
In recent years, as the interest in business starting has increased, more entrepreneurs have paved their individual paths on their uniquely creative journeys. Each of these paths, however, find their own obstacles that they must face before finding success. Several of...
How Fed Interest Rate Increase Effects Small Businesses
It is expected that the U.S. Federal Reserve will increase interest rates increasing consumer borrowing costs. Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chairman, is expected to proclaim the central bank’s key interest rate from near zero to counteract the rising inflation. This...
Entrepreneur or Corporate Explorer? A New Choice For Innovators
A recent trend of innovating businessmen has emerged as a potential alternative to company-starting pursuits. As entrepreneurs struggle to design, build, and create new and better ideas for the world it proves more and more to be a very daunting task. Especially when...
Small Business Loan Funding Surged 27% in 2021: Report
In recent years there has been a large surge in new applicants for small business, but with that surge there has also been a large surge in applications for small business loans. A report from Business.org provides insight into this topic. According to the State of...
How to Support Continuing Education for your Employees
Developing an environment of continued education in the workplace can not only improve the quality of work being done, but also encourage the environment into one that finds satisfaction in the improvement ones’ self and their peers. Continued education can vary in...
More Jobs and More Raises at Small Businesses
Although there seems to be inconsistencies in the U.S. economy, small firms are consistently persistent in their desire to hire new qualified employees. The National Federation of Independent Business have proven this fact true through their latest monthly employment...