Small Business Labs

JANUARY 5, 2012

  Social Trends.   Being Human:  A trend that has rippled through our research the past couple of years - and especially in 2011 - is the growing dissatisfaction with our de-humanized world.  Corporate employees tell us they are tired of being cogs in the enterprise machine.    Technology Trends.

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MAY 10, 2010

  It is a analyst service that provides research reports and analysis on emerging technology.    It costs $79 a year to subscribe. GigaOm is trying to fill a need for timely, high-quality yet low cost data and commentary on emerging technology.    The traditional players in this space - Gartner, Forrester, etc.

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JULY 7, 2010

  In March, the BLS released their annual analysis of the number and characteristics of foreign born U.S. workers.  Workforce Since we a nation of immigrants and just celebrated independence day, it seems like a good week to cover the BLS data on foreign born workers.   workers.  million workers. 

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

  While the PWC analysis focuses on 5 big industries, clusters can be large or small.  .   The chart below shows PWC's 2040 forecast of the largest clusters by industry.   Clusters are important because they create jobs and economic growth.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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