Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Examples include personal trainers, wealth managers, dog walkers, mow and blow services, sports, music and education coaches for kids, and many others. . These are niche businesses that provide life support services to increasingly harried, time-constrained consumers.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 21, 2016
In 2014 we reported on a Pew study showing only 44% of Americans consider themselves middle class, down from 53% in 2008. But the quick summary is stagnant wages, increasing costs for housing, healthcare and education and the hollowing out of middle wage jobs. So it's not just millennials.
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Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
Key quote on what job polarization means: Demand for highly educated workers who excel in abstract tasks is robust, but the middle of the labor market, where the routine task-intensive jobs lie, is sagging. For more on this topic, see our Artisan Economy category or the 2008 research report The New Artisan Economy.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 16, 2012
It also means cities with highly educated workforces and innovative companies (think San Francisco, Austin, Boston, New York, etc.) This thesis is similar to Richard Florida's views, which are covered in his 2008 bestseller Who's Your City. . This means geography determines economic vitality.
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
But despite the negative impact of the recession on grants, donations and other sources of funds, the overall sector managed positive job growth from 2008 to 2010. About 50% of non-profit employees work in health care, with education (13%) and social services (11%) also large sectors. . million U.S. workers in 2010.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 20, 2015
The share of workers staying in low-wage jobs at least a year rose during the 2008-09 recession and has improved only modestly since then. The article also points out minimum wage job holders are older and better educated than in the past. The article chart below illustrates this.
Small Business Labs
JUNE 15, 2011
In 2008 the University of Miami started a student entrepreneurship program called Launch Pad. Based on our work with entrepreneurs, we're strong supporters of entrepreneurial education and training. Unlike most academic entrepreneurship programs, it's not a major or set of courses.
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