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Academic Studies Show Gig Economy Larger Than Government Data Suggests

Small Business Labs

.  Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."

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What is Computational Anthropology?

Small Business Labs

  We use ethnography on a regular basis and most large corporations use some form of ethnographic research. Actual behavioral data is increasingly available, reducing (but not eliminating) the use of other methods such as observational research and surveys. Ethnography , for example, uses field observation to study a group. 

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

An online survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in 2019 found that 49% of respondents saw revenue boosted by partnerships and 77% of respondents saw “partnership development as central to their 2019 sales and marketing strategy.” . The formula for a successful strategic partnership may seem easy: 1 + 1 = 3.

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

In 2005, Deepa’s husband sent a note to the people in his wife’s life informing them that Deepa had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. . Amy and Deepa stayed friendly in high school and stayed in touch after graduation as they moved on with college, careers and families. Amy wanted to call her old friend.

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4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Finding Remote Work

On The Job

survey found that more than three-quarters of departing workers wouldn't recommend their employer to others , the worst percentage in five years. Census data show that more employers are letting workers set up home offices to get work done with 61 percent more workers considering home their primary workplace in 2009 compared with 2005.

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Corporate Speed Dating Opportunity with Intuit

Small Business Labs

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey | Main | Silicon Prairie » June 25, 2010 Corporate Speed Dating Opportunity with Intuit Intuit is holding their 2nd   Entrepreneur Day on August 16th in Mountain View, California. 

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‘Maybe the Only Way to Have an Answer to the Unknown Is to Face It Every So Often’

Success

This was the spring of 2005. From there the trail hops back and forth over Slickrock Creek, which forms part of the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. Here near the creek, though, at the base of the V formed by two hard mountains, I couldn’t gaze out at open water; I couldn’t fly through open sky.

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