Podcast: Micros Say No Mandates, Frown On Public Option
I am happy, because new microbusiness firm size data always makes me happy.
In fact, you may possibly remember my lament about having to wait for these numbers. (Lament = fancy way of saying “whine”)
Well, the wait is over.
If you don’t feel like waiting, I’ll tell you that nonemployers increased in number by almost a million [...]
Podcast: Obama Finally Sends Small Biz A Sign
Last week’s microbusiness news is an exercise in the virtues of patience. Ever so slowly, Washington is taking up the microbusiness people’s business, although they continue to be hampered by the lack of leadership over at the SBA.
The fraud of work/life balance
One of the things you hear about fairly regularly if you run a microbusiness, and especially if you are a woman running a microbusiness, is balance.
I gather that this is supposed to be less of a problem for men because, traditionally, men have fewer things to juggle. That’s probably a subject for debate (I know [...]



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