About The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE)

About The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) At-A-Glance: The Nation's Leading Resource for Micro-Businesses The National Association for the Self -Employed (NASE) is the nation's leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses (up to ten employees), providing a broad range of benefits and support to help the smallest businesses succeed. The NASE was founded in 1981 by a group of small- business owners in search of a structure of day-to-day support, benefits and consolidated buying power that traditionally had been available only to large corporations. Today, the NASE represents hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, and is the largest non-profit, non-partisan association of its kind in the United States. Since its start-up, the NASE has been an important partner in the explosion of micro-businesses in the United States, supporting the interests of the self -employed health insurance with benefits and advocacy initiatives aimed at leveling the playing field between these businesses and larger corporations. Specifically, the aim of the association is to help the self -employed successfully meet the challenges of managing and growing their businesses by: Securing focused tools and resources that help the self-employed manage and compete more effectively; Representing the interests of the self-employed among legislators in Washington D.C. on key issues that affect their business and that give these businesses more equal footing with larger corporations; and Providing access to benefits that promote the health and financial security of micro-business owners. Supporting Micro-Businesses as Key Engine of Economy The NASE has pioneered support for the self-employed and micro-businesses, which have been among the largest creators of jobs in recent years. According to the Small Business Administration, micro-businesses generated 37.6 percent of new jobs between 1998 and 1999.