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
5 Online Learning Sources to Boost Your Business Acumen
The internet's free exchange of ideas makes it easier than ever to learn about real-world issues that affect your company. There’s never been a better time to be in business. As the world has grown increasingly interconnected, the internet has become a veritable...
Fair Labor Standards Act and Regulations
The United Sates Department of Labor (DOL) provides great resources for understanding “fair labor standards”. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Advisor provides employers and employees with the information they need to understand Federal minimum wage, overtime,...
How to Get Involved with Small Business Nation
The U.S. Chamber's key role in ensuring our country’s growth and prosperity, it has launched the U.S. Chamber Small Business Nation. U.S. Chamber Small Business Nation is a community that was founded on the open exchange of information and ideas, while creating the...
How to Get Involved Locally with SBA
Small Business Administration (SBA) The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business and entrepreneurs concerns, to preserve free...
How to Get Involved Locally with SCORE
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) SCORE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free business mentoring services to entrepreneurs in the United States. The organization also presents business workshops and seminars for a fee. Business mentoring...
AFEUSA Advocates for Resources for Small Businesses
Two thirds of jobs in the United States exist because of entrepreneurs that started small businesses. Millions of Americans across the nation are dependent on small businesses for jobs, and small businesses are dependent on access to funding. Availability of funding...
What Legal Structure Makes the Most Sense for Your Business?
One of the most important choices that you will make when starting a business is the type of legal structure you select for your company. Should your business be a proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, C corporation, S corporation, or LLC? This is an...
How to Write a Business Plan
Why should you write a business plan? The business plan is the blueprint and key ingredient for a fully functioning and successful business. As the business develops, the plan will need to be adjusted to adapt to the strategic expansion of your business. Reviewing the...
Regulations Cost Businesses and Consumers Trillions
Over the past several years federal legislators have added a large number of regulations that apply to small businesses. There are more regulations placed on small businesses today than ever before. The increase of regulations placed on businesses can hurt the...
Payments Are Moving Into the Environment Around Us. Is Your Business Following?
It’s been a decade since the iPhone launch opened the floodgates for smartphones. By 2012, smartphones accounted for over 50 percent of all US mobile phones and that rate climbed to over 80 percent last year. Businesses have spent much of that decade...
Elon Musk Names His First Tunneling Machine After a Classic
Elon Musk Image credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images Reader Resource Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » It’s safe to say at this point that Elon Musk has a fondness for offbeat names. In the case of the...
7 Signs That You’re an Emotionally Intelligent Person
Emotional intelligence is an underrated quality for entrepreneurs, and a crucial one for employees. Simply put, it’s your ability to recognize and control your emotions, and to recognize and understand the emotions of others. But, why is this quality...