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
John T. Smith, Professional
More than anything else, what do you think sets the true professional apart from the others? Chances are, nearly everything a true professional does will set him or her apart as someone special. But, if you don’t want to identify who’s a pro and who isn’t, you don’t...
Old Dogs And New Tricks
How to stay young despite your age. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But what do you think about that? Is improving and growing a trick? No! And people aren’t dogs! People can continue to learn and improve regardless of the dates on their birth...
Pistons Of Power
Anything is possible, if you never look back. What limitation, right now, seems to be keeping you from doing something you want to do? Regardless of your answer, there’s a person who would vehemently disagree with you. She proved that whatever it is you think you...
Acing A Freelance Pitch
In my perfect world, all my freelancing clients reach out to me and ask me to write pieces for them. Editors from around the world beg for the opportunity to ready my work. Unfortunately, most of the time, I have to be the one reaching out to potential...
Places In The Mind
Man continually proves he can do anything. On May 6, 1954 a British medical student stunned the world by running one mile in three minutes, 59.4 seconds. Until then a sub-four-minute mile was believed impossible. Doctors said nobody’s heart and lungs could pump blood...
The Little Things Really Are The Big Things
When asked to name the three most important things in their lives, most people include the word “family.” In fact, a good many of those put the word “family” at the very top of their list. And yet in many cases there is a significant gap between their desire for a...
The Man Who Could Do Everything
Now that he’s gone, you must accept greater responsibility. The death of Someone Else, the man who could do everything, recently gave rise to mourning and lamentation all over the world. Else was the most talented person of all time. Perhaps his greatest talent was...
You Too Can Be A Champion
No one could even remember someone so highly skilled and ranked failing to even qualify. Yet, Dan O’Brien did just that. It’s history now—but when sitting on Delta flights #1862, from Salt Lake City to Spokane, it was real. It was Monday, the day after watching Dan...
Bloggers Burnout – Four Fast Tips
Picture this: You’ve had your blog for a few months now. You were so excited to get started on it and you had about a billion ideas for what you want to do and where you want to go with it. You spent hours and hours designing the layout of the blog - making it look...
Cultivate Your Garden
"Be sure that what you allow to engage your attention is of value." Each day, you’re bombarded with hundreds of messages: BUY IT! READ IT! DO IT! SEE IT! TRY IT! EAT IT! NEW! HURRY! SALE! HERE! NOW! They reach you via radio, computer, television, newspapers, books,...
The Tale of Two Dogs
"A reminder about the benefits of positive reinforcement..." As a first time dog owner, he failed. He would call “Ginger!” but Ginger wouldn’t respond. She continued wandering and sniffing bushes, as dogs are wont to do, and only returned when she wanted to, which was...
Managing Your Money as a Freelance Writer
I’ve mentioned in several of my articles about all the perks that come with freelancing - the opportunities to work from any place you’d like, work on your own timetable and accept or reject work as you please. That being said, all those perks can come at...