3 Things You Need to Know About National Small Business Week

Running your own business can mean a lot of time on your own, in the trenches, building your company brick by brick, pushing the gears forward inch by inch. Next week, however, there are many opportunities for entrepreneurs to step back from the daily grind, connect with one another and be inspired.

That’s because the week of May 4 to 8 is National Small Business Week.

Organized by the Small Business Administration, this is the 52nd year that the president of the United States has declared one week per year the official celebration of the Main Street entrepreneur.