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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Our iPad Review | Main | State of Small Business Tweet Chat on Wednesday » September 08, 2010 Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today on what they call " the two-track economy." 

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MAY 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery | Main | Great Quote on Consumer Versus Business Social Media » May 18, 2010 DMAs Spring Magazine Focused on Going Global The spring issue of Point Magazine is on going global. 

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S. Good article in Business Week on the growth of rural outscourcing.  Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Interesting stuff.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S.   The article is from The Monthly Labor Review , a U.S. .    The article is from The Monthly Labor Review , a U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Future Job Thats Here Today | Main | A Detailed Look at U.S.     But the CNBC article Working During Retirement May Be The 'New Normal' had a couple of new slants on this topic. The article covers a study of wealthy individuals (more than $1.5

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JULY 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Foreign Born in the U.S.   The article focuses on Fargo, ND, but also talks about the broader upper midwest - which has a very strong economy relative to most of the rest of the U.S. .  Workforce | Main | Do Small Businesses Still Need a Website?

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JUNE 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses. 

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JULY 15, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Sams Club the Answer to the Small Business Credit Crunch? Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 28, 2010

  The picture on the right is from the article and does a nice job showing the product.  Also related is the New York Times article City Slickers Take to the Crops , which covers the trend of agricurious urbanites vacationing by volunteering on farms.  " The company installs 1.2

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The article suggests this industry consolation will lead to "architectural mediocrity" and less innovation. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies. 

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Small Business Recession Not Over | Main | Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement » September 29, 2010 The Future Job Thats Here Today I've been a regular reader of Popular Science since junior high and have always enjoyed their visions of the future. 

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JUNE 9, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Whats Causing the Decline in Small Business Lending?     The article suggests - and we agree - that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases.    Others are informal groups that invest together as it makes sense. 

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MAY 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Inc. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 21, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media?  Mike Cassidy does a great job of capturing this in his San Jose Mercury News article Maker Faire Mixes Business with Wackiness.    Think science fair on steroids meets craft show on steroids. 

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Job Creation Confusion | Main | The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges » August 19, 2010 Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth Good article from Nielsen Wire article on going global.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 10, 2010

  From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary.   From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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MAY 17, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector | Main | DMAs Spring Magazine Focused on Going Global » May 17, 2010 Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery We've posted in the past on large corporations recovering more quickly from the Great Recession than smaller businesses. 

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Over 250 U.S. Coworking Facilities | Main | Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business » September 17, 2010 3D Printing Comes Of Age The New York Times article 3-D Printing Spurs Is Spurring a Manufacturing Revolution covers the growing impact of this technology. 

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JUNE 17, 2010

  Despite lots of coverage of this issue (the American Prospect's article It's Not the End of Men chronicles some of the more recent books and articles), most people are surprised when exposed to these trends.  " The recent Newsweek article - Are we There Yet? "  We certainly agree. 

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business | Main | Are VCs Colluding? » September 22, 2010 Ultralight Startups Ultralight startups:  little capital, just computer is an interesting article by the SF Chronicle's Tom Abate.

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MAY 11, 2010

  Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service.   Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « A Detailed Look at U.S. " This article nicely illustrates the enabling role data and analytics are playing in the broader "new localism" trend.  Nice article, thanks for sharing. Posted by: egg vibrator | October 04, 2010 at 10:55 PM I agree.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Credit and the Two-Speed Economy | Main | Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode » November 01, 2010 Self-Employed Using Fewer Employees September's Labor Review Monthly  from the BLS has an excellent article on U.S. self-employment. 

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Outsourcing to Rural Areas of the U.S. You can also insist on writing so good articles in your life for us.and I think you are a free man to do things as your ideals.pursit it.and now pls change our things with my website,link my name to know me. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Ultralight Startups | Main | Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S.   In a response to the Tech Crunch article, VC Fred Wilson says it used to happen, but not now : "I know that such situations have happened. » September 23, 2010 Are VCs Colluding?

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JULY 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery | Main | The Trend Towards U.S.   According to the article, debt payments are interfering with retirement savings for 63% of Americans. .    Hard to argue with that advice. They wear thin after a while.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth | Main | What are Social Magazines and Flipboard?   The valuation data above is from an article in Silicon Valley Watcher on Second Life's recent share price declines.  billion; - Twitter at $2.2

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth | Main | What are Social Magazines and Flipboard?   The valuation data above is from an article in Silicon Valley Watcher on Second Life's recent share price declines.  billion; - Twitter at $2.2

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « CRM Magazines Small Business Suite CRM Winners | Main | Job Creation Confusion » August 16, 2010 China Passes Japan - Now 2nd Largest Economy China's economy out produced Japan's and became the world's 2nd largest in Q2.    China's Q2 GDP was $1.33

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 | Main | 20 TED Talks for Small Business » August 26, 2010 Despite Recession, Private Tutoring Booms One of the trends I find really interesting is the continued growth of small personal services companies. . 

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JULY 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Dymos CardScan iPhone App Illustrates Several Key Trends | Main | Business Incubators Versus Coworking Spaces » July 22, 2010 Venture Capital at Mid-Life Mid-life Crisis? Short and sweet. I actually didn't know there was too much capital chasing good deals.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Frugal Innovation and Homemade Nuclear Fusion | Main | Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery » June 30, 2010 Yahoo CEO on Local Content Interesting interview with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in the Wall Street Journal  (registration required). 

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JUNE 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Atlantic Monthly on The End of Men | Main | The Female Economy » June 18, 2010 Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 Several years ago (have I really been blogging that long?) .    It is interesting to see his perspective after 3 years. 

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MAY 12, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « 1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010 | Main | An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector » May 12, 2010 Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011 Nielsen is forecasting that smartphone sales in the U.S. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011. 

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MAY 6, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web | Main | Increase in Unemployment Rate Good News » May 06, 2010 Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek The popular magazine Newsweek is for sale.  I think Newsweek would be a great fit with Smallbizlabs.    But we make money. 

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AUGUST 2, 2010

" Even more telling is a TechShop quote in a New York Times article on the new effort: “Locating in Detroit with an automotive-focused innovation center is an obvious and clear opportunity,” said Mark Hatch, the chief executive of TechShop. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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