The debate over whether Britain?s self-employed ranks are only growing thanks to an army of laid-off employees, or due to individuals? sheer entrepreneurial spirit, is being stoked by official figures.
Many people have reported that the Great Recession took a toll on self-employment.?? That's certainly true in the United States.??????As data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show, the number of Americans in business for themselves dropped by 622,000 between 2007 and 2009, a decline of 5.9 percent.?? As bad as this ...
My entire life I dreamed of owning my business and having financial freedom that depended on no one but me, but now that I am self-employed, I have realized there are more challenges than I expected. In a way self-employment can be very similar to a corporate job, or at least it should be.