Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The latest economic news and surveys show that the small business economy is finally recovering from the Great Recession.    Key indicators include a strong, positive uptick in small business sentiment surveys and stronger projected growth in the overall economy.   It appears that forecast was correct. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   Click here for more information and to register.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   Technology allows companies to better manage complexity.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 25, 2016

  The study consisted of a survey of over 400 small business owners coupled with a set of 26 in-depth interviews with "successful" business owners.   But as our 2010 research project showed, high growth entrepreneurs are very different motivationally than traditional small business owners.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   Conduct two surveys augmented by in-person interviews.

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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. " BCG has followed up their report with a survey of U.S. " BCG has followed up their report with a survey of U.S.   The chart below is shows the results by industry.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The AP has a good article summarizing some of the findings from the 2010 Census.  The survey results from the MBO Partners State of Independence study reflect this.    The focus is mostly on how hard the Great Recession has impacted young adults.   Many seniors are working longer for financial reasons. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 4, 2011

a recent survey of economists by USA Today shows they still think the recovery is continuing and the U.S. We've been surprised by resiliency of the U.S. and global economies.    Despite a series of strong shocks (oil prices, unrest in the middle east, rising commodity prices, etc.), economy will grow moderately in 2011. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.

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JULY 30, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   This is 3x the growth rate of developed countries. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 7, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.  workers.    Here's a quick summary: 1. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   The day consists of three sessions. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 23, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   There are only 1051 licensed slaughterhouses in the U.S. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 20, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. What do you think? Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

  Back in 2010 in partnership with Intuit we released a forecast saying by 2020 40% of the U.S. “Freelance business owners” (5 percent, or 2.8 million workers) are business owners with between one and five employees who consider themselves both a freelancer and a business owner.   Freelance Independent workers self-employment'

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 1, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. " This seems like an excellent list for small company CEOs. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Regular readers may remember our posts back in 2010 on " the end of men " (we also have one on the end of boys ). .  Because of this, he believes is rate of growth of non-working men is "likely to grow exponentially rather than at a linear rate" as is shown in the chart.

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