Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

We've been writing about it's growing value since 2007.  Somewhat related, Franchise Direct released their 2017 Pet Franchise Industry Report last December.  " We don't need to be convinced of the value of data. Especially dogs who are being walked by a professional dog walker and not their owner. 

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In 2007, Kaminer left the family business and created Talgra. “I Today, as the standards are evolving and more companies are willingly reporting on their ESG (the environmental, social and governance aspects of their business), potential investors are increasingly looking at positive screens.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2015

labor force  reports that in Q1 of 2015 Millennials surpassed Generation X to become the largest share of the American workforce. The report chart below shows the generational shifts in the U.S.   An interesting sidelight to the report is Pew's definitions of age cohorts. workforce over the past two decades.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 25, 2016

  In 2007 and 2008 we did a series of focus groups with small business owners on this topic. So just as our 2007-2008 study findings were surprising to most people, so too are these findings (or at least that's the feedback so far).  See the report for more on this. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 23, 2014

  People reporting they are working part-time for economic reasons (PTER) would prefer to work full-time but are working part-time because of slack work or business conditions, or because they could find only part-time work.    People reporting they work part-time for non-economic reasons (PTNER) are choosing part-time work. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 19, 2015

  We first got interested in guilds way back in 2007 when we were doing research for the Intuit 2020 New Artisan Economy report. Based on this work, guilds seemed like a logical way for new artisans to organize. This is roughly the equivalent of employing 2.4 million full-time workers via traditional hiring.

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Success

MARCH 14, 2023

Life at the Dyson Research, Design and Development Center But the title dearest to Sir Dyson (he was knighted in 2007) was still “engineer.” In 2010, he wrote a report called “ Ingenious Britain: Making the U.K. By 1995, it was the top-selling vacuum in the U.K. the leading high tech exporter in Europe.”

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 4, 2017

A key reason we started following coworking back in 2007 was it provided a flexible alternative to the traditional long term commercial office lease. Coworking turned a fixed cost (long term lease) into a variable cost (month to month membership). 

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 22, 2023

The UK has seen a significant dip in productivity growth since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8, according to a new report from PwC UK. However, this new analysis also highlights sectoral differences in productivity growth, with some sectors performing better than others in recent years.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Annabelle Mauger began this trend with the 2007 Van Gogh immersion she produced and directed; Imagine Van Gogh has since been followed with Imagine Monet and the new Imagine Picasso. The Future of Immersive Art.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Annabelle Mauger began this trend with the 2007 Van Gogh immersion she produced and directed; Imagine Van Gogh has since been followed with Imagine Monet and the new Imagine Picasso. The Future of Immersive Art.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 12, 2013

 Key quote: "Compared with December 2007, when the recession officially began, there are 5.8      February's job report continues this trend. While the overall report was quite good (at least by comparison to those of the last few years), a big chunk of the increase was in part-time work.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2015

This led to about a 4X increase in the number of survey respondents reporting multiple sources of income.  We first wrote about this almost a decade ago (and we were by no means the first) and some of our first blog posts  --way back in 2007 -- are on these topics.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 4, 2013

But even though we included it our Future of Small Business report in early 2007, at that time we didn't expect it to take off as fast as it has.  We'll report on what we learn in future posts. It's clear at this point coworking is a trend and industry that will continue to grow.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 24, 2012

We first spotted this trend in 2007 (and yes, we are patting ourselves on the back), and it was clear by 2010 this trend was gaining momentum. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) gave reshoring a major PR boost last year with a report on this topic.  Key quote from their report: "Over the next five years, a U.S.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

.   As the chart below - from the New York Times article Three Questions on the Jobs Picture - shows, it's down to levels we haven't seen since the 1970's (the blue line is the actual data as reported by the BLS, the red line is the trend).  In 2007 54% of Americans aged 25-54 were working.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

They ask you to create subtotals for the latest sales report, but want you to only send them the revised spreadsheet showing the subtotal rows. One of my managers wanted me to use our sales tracking software to create the sales report for a particular product. I was able to put the entire report together within a matter of minutes.

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Success

DECEMBER 28, 2021

To the sailing community, she’s a 2007 Beneteau Oceanis 40 with a two-cabin layout. According to a report funded by MBO Partners, nearly 11 million people identified themselves as digital nomads in 2020. Her name is Polar Seal. Community remains crucial.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information. There is a simple way of getting this type of report to anyone without having to use Adobe Acrobat. Now you can e-mail the report to the client without any problems.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Although Batts is still based in Detroit and Bush makes her home in Los Angeles, they make time for one another and travel often to see one another, even if, on days like today, there’s also a nosy reporter, a photographer and a legion of stylists in the room. “I That’s never been the case for these two.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Pew's Fighting Poverty in a Bad Economy, Americans Move in With Relatives reports that over 50 million Americans live in multi-generational households.    As the report's title indicates, the Great Recession had a major impact.  million to 51.4 million to 51.4

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 14, 2008 In a report, due to be published next month, from the European School of Management – ESM , it is reported that there has been a marked decline in small business activity in the the UK under Gordon Brown. Decline of Small Business Sector in the UK! I’m allowed to dream, aren’t I?

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

As we state in our food truck research report , we think the food truck industry will continue to substantially expand for at least the next 3-5 years.  Compared to 2007, fast food visits by this group are down 15%. " Our quick answer to this question is no, not even close. Our reasons are: 1.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Managing A Small Business In A Recession by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 10, 2007 Here in the UK we had the “ Pre Budget Report &# yesterday. For more info on accessing these demographics I have a free report here people are welcome to use for their benefit Recession Business Advice. Kind rgds, Henry Baker. – ST.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Today the British Chamber of Commerce announced in its latest monthly report that: 33% of companies said access to finance was more difficult over the last three months, is is up 13% on the previous quarter; 3% reported improved access to finance – a drop from 6% a quarter ago. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 9, 2011

  In early 2007 we released the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs.    The report also forecast that personal businesses - one person businesses without employees - would increase in number and importance, and drive an overall increase in entrepreneurial activity. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 7, 2010

Plenty of time to put the finishing touches on the month end staffing report. com) Related Posts: Top Five Posts for March 2007 8 common time wasters 10 Tips to Help You Stay Organized Productivity Did you enjoy this post? Comment by Jeff on March 30, 2007 @ 9:13 am I combine standing up with being the visitor.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Canadian small businesses report card : Ninety eight per cent of small business owners gave their companies a passing grade in a recent TD Canada Trust Small Business Survey, which asked 1002 small business owners with fewer than 20 employees to score their performance during the past year. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

As Jeff Glor reports, many small businesses aren’t offering paid sick days, so they must keep germs to a minimum. Sick Days with H1N1 : As the H1N1 flu continues to spread, for many of us it is a financial burden. SMEs to vote Tory : Many small businesses say they will vote Conservative in the next election.In

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 23, 2015

compared to previous figures showing a recycling rate of 31% for 2006-2007. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)’ May 2015 report indicates that from September 2013 to September 2014 the recycling rate was around 45%. In 2012-2013 the recycling rate in England was around 43.9%

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2009

FSB response to Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report : The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) welcomed measures by the Chancellor to give small businesses a helping hand by extending finance to small firms and calling off a 1p rise in small companies’ Corporation Tax in his pre-budget report. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 6, 2012

 Back in 2007 we discussed the growing role cars would play as mobile offices in the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Connected World of Entrepreneurs. We've long followed the trends toward connected cars.  For example, Intel just announced a $100 million connected car venture fund.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Google reports that to provide an individual user with its services for a month uses less energy than leaving a light bulb on for three hours. And because the company has been carbon neutral since 2007, “even that small amount of energy is offset completely, so the carbon footprint of your life on Google is zero.”.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 17, 2011

  We first reported on the trend towards manufacturing returning to the U.S. ."  Anyone out there think U.S. manufacturing wages will increase anywhere near 80% over the next 5 years?    At that time, the products coming back to the U.S.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 10, 2011

Since the 2007 Directive placed the responsibility for end life product disposal firmly on the shoulders of any company that manufactures, retails, otherwise distributes, stores or disposes of electrical or electronic equipment – failure to comply is creating devastating consequences for developing countries that accept black market e-waste.

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On The Job

APRIL 22, 2008

If you're interested in "green collar" jobs and what that means, check out this report. * The environment is becoming more and more popular as a marketing tool for companies, reports USA Today. . * The environment is becoming more and more popular as a marketing tool for companies, reports USA Today. del.icio.us.

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