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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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

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

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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. That’s up from 44% just six months ago and less than 10% 4 years ago. This data is hardly surprising.  

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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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Success

MARCH 28, 2024

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. According to November 2023 data from ApprenticeshipUSA , apprenticeships have seen a 103% growth from 2014. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

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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. Key quote: About 160,000 drivers have fired up Uber on their phone since 2012. Newsweek attacked the survey methodology, which I think is unfair. All surveys have issues and problems.

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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

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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Productivityist

APRIL 22, 2014

In fact, these podcast titles may either slide off the regular listening diet after a few episodes or move up in the rankings over time. 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.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

We’ve teamed up with technology specialist Brother to give you the chance to win a state-of-the-art office labeller. It can print on six tape widths, up to a maximum of 24mm (sufficient for 48 point text) – making it ideal for creating signage. Its energy efficiency has also been recognised through EnergyStar certification.

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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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Productivityist

APRIL 22, 2014

In fact, these podcast titles may either slide off the regular listening diet after a few episodes or move up in the rankings over time. 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. The New Ones.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 19, 2014

18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Job hopping may be losing its bad reputation, at least among the youngest generation of U.S. workers, a new Accountemps survey suggests. ” Survey respondents cited the following five greatest benefits of job hopping. Moving up the career ladder faster. MENLO PARK, Calif.,

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 27, 2015

It lit up social media with thousands of tweets and Facebook posts.  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.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 16, 2015

By 2014, all mobile networks offered 4G technology, a major reason for that year’s record-setting smartphone sales. It offers up to 128GB of memory, which is enough to create, edit, upload and download office documents. A single charge can provide 20 hours of talk time and last up to 13 days. In the U.S.,

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2014

Originally Posted by Abby Welch on March 3, 2014 at 5:30 AM at Accountemps Blog (republished with permission.). According to an Accountemps survey, 58 percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) said reading email is the first thing they do at the office. Find Abby on: Twitter. And it seems I’m in good company.

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

My 2014 was chaos. 2014 plus the rest of life’s traumas has made me a great coachee, but also a formidable coach. It depends on your aims, but all good coaches are this: a mirror held up to you so you can see the parts you wouldn’t on your own. These are actual findings from an industry survey.

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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. It may be that you lose more heat through your walls, but with the cost of installation included, you may end up saving more by installing loft insulation in the short term. What if I can’t Afford to Insulate My Home?

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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. If they don’t know who should do something, it ends up on my desk.

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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. I am lucky though that my boss is flexible if I need time to go to an appointment or for something special I can make up the time but I try not to take advantage of this as we work well together. What does an average day look like?

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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. We don’t carry much cost – particularly when it comes to training us up. This session was actually crowd sourced by the Practically Perfect PA readers.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 11, 2014

I arrived into Chicago following a very very long over night journey from Memphis and all I wanted to do was get to my hotel so that I could catch up on some much needed sleep. After what can only be described as total oblivion I woke, wiped the sleep from my eyes and surveyed my new surroundings. Opinions are entirely our own.

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Energage

MAY 25, 2017

Plenty of organizations say they invest in employee development, but many end up doing it for someone else. WSSI was acquired in 2014 by the Davey Tree Expert Company, but retains a large degree of autonomy. He said up to 25 percent the company’s profits go into an incentive pool paid out to employees.

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Productivityist

MARCH 18, 2014

Because I would rather spend my time selling, than spending my time recouping what has already happened, and I could catch up on later. Start identifying and procrastinating on the things that are taking up time and not adding value to you. For the record, I made ten times more selling than what I later expensed.). Information'

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

That’s especially troubling for small businesses when you consider that they pay up to 18 percent more per worker than large firms for the same health insurance policy. But until 2014 tax credits are available for small businesses with 25 or fewer employees with average annual wages of less than $50,000.

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