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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2011

Small Business Labs

Continuing our annual tradition, below is our Top 10 Small Business Trends list for 2011.    To see our past lists, click on the year: 2010 , 2009 , 2008.    We're optimistic the economy will continue to improve in 2011 and economic growth will be more widespread. 

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? per cent in April 2011 has angered small business owners. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

Small Business Labs

  This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.  .  Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5% of the US civilian labor force, or about 23.9 million workers.    Hispanics make up just over 50.5% of foreign born workers. 

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An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector

Small Business Labs

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011 | Main | Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery » May 14, 2010 An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector No great surprise, but the vast majority of non-profit organizations in the U.S.

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

Small Business Labs

  Key quote from the article: "Under the Obama administration and the 2008 farm bill passed by Congress, the USDA is shifting attention to small and mid-size farms, encouraging organic and sustainable agriculture, and investing in projects to bring locally grown meat and produce to consumers. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

  It was also a key factor in our 2008 forecast that the number of small businesses would increase during the recession - a forecast that met with a lot of skepticism but proved correct (OK, I admit to patting ourselves on the back on this one).  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

She started in real estate in 2011 with no SOI, no experience and $6 to her name. That was when she started to build her business, organically, with the power of social media. Bethke started out as an individual realtor in 2011. He is the top crowdfunder in the world, raising over $600 million in equity via social media.

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