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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2013

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billion from Angels in 2011.  In 2013, products that help users manage time, life and work effectively will be in demand, as will services targeted to relieve our schedules of mundane tasks and improve personal experience (see trend 4, Small Businesses Hit the Road).

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Is the U.S. Becoming Less Entrepreneurial?

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  Using contingent labor has gotten easier and more effective due to the growth of online talent exchanges such as Elance and oDesk, improvements in collaborative technologies for managing non-employees and growing numbers independent workers available for hire. micropreneurs is growing. freelance jobs per month. 

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