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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014

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To see earlier lists, click on the year: 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008. Income Inequality:  Income inequality is a big issue that will become bigger in 2014.   Health Care. Below is our 7th annual Top 10 Small Business Trends list.  2013's trend list is available here. GDP increasing 2.5%   8. . 

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” She moved on in 2012 and founded Mina Shah Enterprises the following year, self-funding with income from consulting. trillion.”

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Would You Risk Your Life to Save a Stranger?

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The 22-year-old engineering student, who describes himself as “quiet and private,” was working as a building monitor at Seattle Pacific University on June 5, 2014, when a gunman began firing at random. This article was published in December 2014 and has been updated. No one knew Jon Meis would be a hero that day, not even Jon Meis.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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Health & Wellness. LTK is a combination of Venz Box’s companies rewardStyle and LiketoKnowIt, the name of both her website—launched in 2014—and an app launched in 2017. In 2014, as a student pursuing a master’s degree, her class was given an assignment to create a project lasting 100 days. Ashley Graham. Supermodel.

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Pet Humanization and the Quantified Dog

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They recently released their 2013 - 2014 U.S. It's forecast to be up 6% over 2012.   For those not familiar with the quantified self trend, it's the use of tools and gadgets to self-track and analyze data on your health and life. . It's from the research folks at Packaged Facts. Pet Market Outlook.

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Top 10 Signs Coworking is Entering the Mainstream

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The continued exponential growth of global coworking spaces and members : Karsten's Foertsch's excellent presentation on the coworking industry  made it very clear our forecast at the 2014 GCUC that there would be 1 million coworking members by 2018 is woefully low. It's safe say coworking has entered adulthood.

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12 documentaries and series that will give you an up-close look at climate change — and some solutions

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Years of Living Dangerously , 2014, directed by Joel Bach. Earth: The Operator’s Manual , 2012, directed by Geoff Haines-Stiles. Fans of Chasing Ice , the 2012 documentary about the world’s shrinking ice sheets, will enjoy this tribute to the work of Arctic photographer Lynn Davis. Currently available on Amazon and RedBox).

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