2014 and Survey - Administrative Professionals Pulse

Most Small Businesses Still Have Less Than $400,000 in Annual Revenue.

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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.

2016

2016 2014 Finance

Academic Studies Show Gig Economy Larger Than Government Data Suggests

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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."

2017

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Most Small Businesses Started by Investing Less than $30,000

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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.

2014

2014 Finance

The Rise of Solopreneur Manufacturing Companies

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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.

2004

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Most Small Businesses Have Less Than $400,000 in Annual Revenue

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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.

2014

Economic Uncertainty Hits Millennials; Only 1/3rd Feel They are Middle Class

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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.

2002

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Uber, Lyft and Airbnb Rapidly Gaining Share in the Corporate Market

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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.

2014

2014 Travel Policies UPS

Most Small Businesses are Started with Less than $10,000

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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.

2014

Uber Study - Drivers Satisfied, Like the Flexibility

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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.

2014

2014 2012 Phones UPS

Encore Career Study Findings - More Encore Small Businesses

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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

Retirement

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Online Talent Marketplaces Continue Strong Growth

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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.

2013

2013 2014 UPS

Corporations Continue to Cut Employee Benefits

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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.

2014

2014 2013 Stress

How Silicon Valley is Changing How and What We Eat

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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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Digital Nomad Trend Taking Off

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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.

2014

2014 Social Media Lifestyle Travel

Sources of Contingent Talent Shifting

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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.

Social Media

Social Media 2016 2014 2017

Despite What the Government Statistics Say, Moonlighting is on the Rise

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

According the press release the key findings are: Freelancing is growing -- The freelance workforce grew from 53 million in 2014 to 55 million in 2016 and currently represents 35% of the U.S. Since 2014 the number of diversified workers and moonlighters has increased 23%, or about 5.5 Moonlighters (25%/13.5 This is about 7.5

2014

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