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How to Prepare for a Recession

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Talk of a recession might have some people remembering the fear and hardships of the Great Recession in 2008, or even the disruption of the COVID-19 recession in 2020 , which lasted only two months. Saving six months’ worth of living expenses can seem impossible, but focus on slowly building up your savings over time.

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Economic Uncertainty Hits Millennials; Only 1/3rd Feel They are Middle Class

Small Business Labs

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. But I digress. 

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Will the New Artisan Economy Save the Middle Class?

Small Business Labs

.  Key quote: The multi-trillionfold decline in the cost of computing since the 1970s has created enormous incentives for employers to substitute increasingly cheap and capable computers for expensive labor.  For more on this topic, see our Artisan Economy category or the 2008 research report The New Artisan Economy.

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Best of the Best: How to Create a Personal Brand Like DJ Khaled

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When he was a teenager, the world taught him that life isn’t fair, at the expense of those parents. By any definition he’d reached undeniable success in music by 2008, and he seemed to have a reasonable blueprint to sustain it. He doesn’t waste time trying to educate Gen Z followers on his past. Eventually Jay-Z relented.

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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

Make or Break Moments

As a consumer – other retailers have educated us to what some of the options are. “What about those check verification systems that Wal-mart, The Gap, Cutco and so many other national retailers have adopted. You get your money right away,&# I offered. The company gets their money and I’m not inconvenienced.

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Women In The Workplace

The Small Business Blog

A lot of money is invested in educating women; through school, university and even beyond. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses. Yet as soon as these women have a child they are placed on a ‘has-been’ pile with their skills and talents lost.

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An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Only 4% spend more than $10 million a year, and most of these organizations are hospitals and educational institutions.    The number of U.S.   Donation data is more current and fell 5.6%

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