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The 2011 Small Business CRM Leaders

Small Business Labs

  Key quote on SugarCRM: "Extending its winning streak to four years, SugarCRM swept 2011’s open-source category, scoring the highest marks in almost every metric.   Historically CRM systems were expensive to own and hard to maintain and use. ."   I think this is primarily due to cost and complexity. 

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

Success

Since 2012, when Chance released his first mixtape after graduating from Jones College Prep in 2011, his promise has attracted attention from established artists eager to collaborate. But, just like sharing in any other industry, the more people on a song, the smaller everyone’s paychecks are. That’s usually a record label expense.

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Disruption and the Analyst Industry

Small Business Labs

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Increase in Unemployment Rate Good News | Main | 1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010 » May 10, 2010 Disruption and the Analyst Industry I signed up for GigaOm Pro  recently.    It costs $79 a year to subscribe. . 

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

Is the freelance industry growing or fading? They’re a flexible expense. Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. But ultimately, every company will hire freelancers or lose their edge, predicts interim Cameo CMO Greg Caplan.

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The Rise of High-End Personal Services

Small Business Labs

Coincidently, the Wall Street Journal has a review of a new book - The Most Expensive Game in Town - that chronicles the growth of highly paid youth sports coaches and programs. millionaires (those with a net worth more than $1 million excluding their primary residence) grew for the 3rd year in a row in 2011 to 8.6

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Economic Insecurity and the Decline of Babies

Small Business Labs

birth rate flattened out in 2012 relative to 2011 with just under 4 million babies being born in both years. And they are expensive to raise. birth rates stay low it will have a major impact on a wide range of industries, government programs and overall economic growth.  After declining for the last 4 years, the U.S.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

Bleisure’ travel – as it has been dubbed by some in the travel industry – is the mixing of business trips with leisure experiences. As long as you are carefully tracking expenses I can’t see why a company would discourage it,’ said Deborah. ‘It I tagged along on about half of those trips’.

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