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Just want to point out that if you're finding yourself unemployed and wanting to bootstrap your own business, your state might have something called the Self Em
by mtrichardson 17y ago
Just want to point out that if you're finding yourself unemployed and wanting to bootstrap your own business, your state might have something called the Self Employment Assistance program - it's federally funded but managed by the states.
After meeting with business counselors and ensuring that your idea is sound, you file your business plan with the state (they don't share it) and can start receiving your normal unemployment benefits.
Here's the awesome part: they're giving you the benefits to work on your business full time. No need to do job searching. It's six months of runway. Pretty awesome.
- m_eiman 17y agoThe same ting is also available in Sweden, here it's called "Starta eget-bidrag". Info at: http://www.arbetsformedlingen.se/admin/Documents/faktablad/stosta.pdf http://www.arbetsformedlingen.se/admin/Documents/faktablad/s...
- mahmud 17y agoWhat you call a social safety net in Sweden, we call a golden-parachute in the U.S. Or at least it's perceived as such: I have little knowledge about Sweden's local governance, but from what I gather, you have an aggressive wealth redistribution system there. High taxes on earners, and fat paychecks for the unemployed.