You Are the Majority! Micro Business Domination

YOU ARE THE MAJORITY! MICRO BUSINESS DOMINATION Are you SELF-EMPLOYED? There are 22 million self-employed businesses in the U.S.! Did you know you were the majority? Check out these statistics that prove micro businesses rule the world! 90% of all United States firms are micro businesses - SBA We are NOT Small Business According to the Small Business Difference between Small & Micro Administration A small business is defined as any small independent business with less than 500 employees – definitely not us! micro But most of these are self-employed A micro business is an umbrella term for any business that has less than five employees – now we're talking! THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IN THE U.S. 22 28 million million the number of the number of small businesses nonemployers or self-employed The perfect alternative to unemployment & dead- end jobs 78% Of all small businesses are Self-employment has become one of the main sources of new jobs (Tremblay & Genin, 2010). self-employed WE RULE THE WORLD Different names...but all the same! No matter whatyou call yourself, you're still part of the majority! Solopreneurs Self-Employed Nonemployer Sole Proprietor Solo Business Freelancer 11111 9 in every 10 firms is a micro business! -SBA Liesha Petrovich Self-employment is vital to economic survival (Goetz, & Rupasingha, 2013) Learn more cool stuff at www.microbusinessessentials.com