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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

Success

According to a 2022 McKinsey report , 36% of American workers earn a living partly or wholly through independent work, which included delivery workers, tutors, writers, freelancers, contracted workers and temporary positions. In the 1990s, as a business reporter in Southern California, she began taking financial-planning courses.

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Baby Boomer Startups - Need, Ennui or a Lack of Alternatives?

Small Business Labs

  One of the key forecasts in our Changing Face of Small Business report from 5 years ago was that baby boomers would increasingly choose to work for or start small businesses instead of pursuing traditional retirement.    Then the Great Recession hit.    Then the Great Recession hit. 

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .    This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .  Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

Each month, you may anxiously await the reports that provide the numbers that help you manage your business.  In the example below, this person is well on their way to retiring. She is the former Treasurer for the International Virtual Assistants Association serving on their Board of Directors for the term 2005-2008.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .  Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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