Small Business Labs

JUNE 18, 2019

Census 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (the most recent data available), the median U.S. Our title includes the word "still" because we posted on this data back in 2016 , when 2014 data was most recent available. According to data from the U.S, An alert reader asked if there was more recent data.

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Allwork

MAY 2, 2022

Allwork.Space and Alliance Virtual Offices conducted a survey, and also analyzed third party research, to understand how remote work impacts individuals’ health and wellbeing. . In addition to a literature review, we also surveyed workers across Alliance Virtual Offices and Allwork.Space to see how our teams compared to a control group.

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Success

JANUARY 16, 2023

survey of over 600 employees from 20 industries found that, “on average, employees have 17.7 survey found that “for companies of 100 people, cutting unnecessary meetings would save nearly $2.5 This article was published in April 2014 and has been updated. A 2022 Otter.ai The same Otter.ai Photo by bbernard/Shutterstock.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2019

.  Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."

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Small Business CEO

JULY 19, 2018

A new survey published by a learning management systems company has found the stunning benefits of gamification in the workplace. The report published by TalentLMS was prepared after surveying nearly 400 employees in the age range of 18 to 69 years with a mean age of 36. Here are a few key findings from the survey.

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Success

OCTOBER 27, 2021

According to a September 2021 Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS) by the U.S. of small businesses surveyed reported the pandemic had a large or moderately negative effect on their business. And thus in 2014, mumi was formed. Census, 67.5%

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Census 2014 Survey of Entrepreneurs. Regular readers may remember back in 2014 we reported on a survey that said most small businesses are started with less than $10,000. The data from the 2014 survey was for small businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 26, 2014

Most California-based entrepreneurs want to invest more resources to grow their company, according to a recent survey by California Bank & Trust (CB&T). Nearly 38 percent of small business owners want to conduct international sales efforts, while 53 percent want to hire new employees in 2014. photo credit: Adam Kuban.

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Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Nearly half of Americans have three friends or fewer, according to a May 2021 study from the Survey Center on American Life. Bumble began as a dating app in 2014, and Bumble for Friends was launched in 2016 to foster different relationships. Here are the 4 best friendship apps to help you connect 1.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 23, 2023

According to the survey conducted by Westfield Health, more than a quarter of workers (27 percent) ranked their job as more stressful than a relationship breakdown (8 percent). A new poll claims that workplace stress is seen as having a greater impact by many people, compared to relationship breakdowns.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 3, 2017

" As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), there were about 350,000 manufacturing firms with no employees other than the owner in 2014, up almost 17% from 2004. Federal Reserve study  2015 Small Business Credit Survey: Report on Non-Employer Firms  also found a high rate of contract worker usage by non-employers.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Annual Survey of Entrepreneur s, the median U.S. As the chart below shows, in 2014 the median small business had receipts of about $390,000 and  about 4 in 10 (39%) had less than $250,000. According to data from the  2014 U.S.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 21, 2016

The Guardian's  US millennials feel more working class than any other generation  covers data from the General Social Survey showing that the number of millennials (born 1980 to 2000) who consider themselves middle class has fallen from 45.6% in 2002 to 34.8% But I digress. 

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 6, 2024

Government (51 percent) is now distrusted in 17 of the 28 countries surveyed, including the U.S. (40 Trust remains local with ‘My employer’ (79 percent trust among employees) once again the most trusted institution and trusted in every country surveyed aside from South Korea (49 percent). ‘My

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

According to a survey from the Global Business Travel Association  (GBTA), half of corporate travel policies allow for the use of ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft. with 30% of the corporations surveyed officially allow home-sharing service for their traveling employees. . This data is hardly surprising.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Intuit recently did a survey of small business owners. A key finding was 64% of small business owners surveyed said they started their business with less than $10,000 in invested capital.   Our surveys of independent workers who work on their own as freelancers, independent contractors, etc.

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Success

MARCH 8, 2023

Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). And the pool of millennial small-business owners is growing—just last year, they made up only 7% of the survey sample.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 26, 2015

Uber released a survey of their drivers last week. As of December 2014, Uber had 162,037 active drivers on its platform. Newsweek attacked the survey methodology, which I think is unfair. All surveys have issues and problems. But overall the methods used in this survey look sound.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 21, 2014

The recently released the results of their 2014 Encore Career survey  of Americans aged 50-70 there were a number of interesting findings related to small business formation by aging baby boomers:  - 25 million Americans in this age group are interested in pursuing encore careers. - 28% of the 4.5

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Well firstly I just wanted to say what a year 2014 has been! We received some fantastic feedback from the 2014 Practically Perfect PA survey and will take onboard all of your comments going forward. So here is to 2014, it has been a wonderful year and I can’t wait to see what 2015 brings the assistant industry!

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Small Business Labs

JULY 9, 2014

 And while they're not specific about 2014, they say it's "shaping up to be another year of very strong double digit growth in this segment" Our surveys of independent workers (freelancers, self-employed, independent consultants and contractors, etc.) are also showing strong growth.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Industry research* has shown high levels of customer satisfaction with Brother’s P-touch labelling range in Europe; 94 per cent of business users surveyed were satisfied or very satisfied with the product and 92 per cent would buy another Brother labelling machine. contact-form]. This post is sponsored by Brother.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2014

  The  Towers Watson's 2013/2014 Global Benefits Attitude Survey has an interesting chart (below) showing the substantial reduction in benefits by U.S. Despite the economic recovery large corporations continue to cut benefits and have layoffs. companies with more than 1,000 employees over the last 2 years.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

I genuinely think 2014 was a turning point in our industry and I think 2015 will see a consolidation of our efforts to take our profession forward. The situation has improved over the last few years and we have seen record numbers attend events in 2014 but it will continue to be a struggle in 2015. Recognition.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 15, 2015

He says 91 percent of Walmart shoppers said in a 2014 survey that they would consider buying affordable organic food." " My favorite example from the article is Bitty Foods , which makes cricket-based flour and cookies. Their cricket-based chocolate cookies are shown above.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 27, 2015

But a couple of interesting statistics from the 2014 MBO Partners State of Independence study show how widespread the digital nomad movement could become: 22% of all independent workers surveyed reported less than 10% of their revenue came from their local area. Data on the number of digital nomads is non-existent.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Ardent Partners chart below from the article shows survey data on this shift. In 2014, companies looking to find contractors that specialize in fields and industries or for specific projects or tasks are using freelance networks and online marketplaces more often. Online labor marketplaces.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 20, 2014

We may have already entered 2014 but I’m sure that we have by no means left the cold weather behind us. Many of them will be happy to provide you with the information that you require; however they will most probably ask for an energy efficiency survey to be carried out first at your own cost.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

While sitting in the back of a taxi owned by one of the friendliest drivers I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet I surveyed my surroundings and came to the conclusion that King Street is quite possibly one of the greatest streets on earth. Advertised minimum rate per night $149 (January 2014). . What an experience!

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Energage

MARCH 30, 2016

Our survey research shows an average of 37% of employees—more than one in three—considered pursuing a better job last year. Of the nearly 7,000 organizations we surveyed in 2015, we found that among the bottom 10% (which more closely reflect a typical U.S. Employee retention more important than ever. That figure rose 1.5 Bottom 10%).

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BioTeams

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Based on a survey of 1,000 Australian employees and managers conducted in June 2014 the report estimated the value of time employees and managers spend collaborating each year ($46 Billion) and the wastage due to poor collaboration. Read the full survey here. billion per annum.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 27, 2015

Skip forward to summer 2014 and the voices in my head were pretty vocal about running some sort of event. but then I put the Practically Perfect PA survey out there. I wanted to share some of the survey responses with you today. I was trying to ignore them. ’ and why I have chosen the sessions and speakers.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 7, 2015

Anna joined LINLEY in 2013, initially as CFO before assuming the role of Chief Executive in January 2014. LINLEY, the British luxury brand founded by David Linley in 1985, aims to design and manufacture furniture of the highest quality.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2015

We conducted a survey last year and one of the questions asked what session would the readers like to see at a conference. So out of that survey this session was born. It’s not just me saying this either – in a survey conducted back 2013 in by the Office Team in the States. 44% said they felt slightly underpaid.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 11, 2014

After what can only be described as total oblivion I woke, wiped the sleep from my eyes and surveyed my new surroundings. Advertised minimum rate is $139 per person (March 2014). My initial assessment of the place wasn’t far off - the suite was fantastic. The Talbott Hotel , 20 E.Delaware Place, Chicago IL 60611.

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Energage

MAY 25, 2017

WSSI was acquired in 2014 by the Davey Tree Expert Company, but retains a large degree of autonomy. Employee surveys and testing. A Workplace Survey confirmed plenty of positives for WSSI, but also revealed a few problems that are now being addressed. I found the survey information fascinating,” Rolband said.

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Productivityist

APRIL 22, 2014

Note: Before I reveal what has become my 2014 Podcast Diet, I’d like to discuss how thrilled I am that the podcasting medium has really started to explode in the past couple of years. But after conducting his reader survey he realized that it was one of the things his readers appreciated and listened to regularly.

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