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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2015

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2015.   2015 Technology Trends. The ongoing technology platform shifts to Cloud and Mobile Computing will continue as long term drivers of change in 2015. 2015 Economic Trends. Despite signs of a global slowdown, our 2015 U.S.   2015 Social Trends.

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Slim & Husky’s Uses Their Artisan Pizza as a Means for Social Change and Community Empowerment

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They went on to own many trucks and had 45 employees on their payroll before selling the company for seven figures in 2017, always knowing that venture was the seeding ground for something much bigger. They created the S+H brand in 2015, turning an old garage into a test kitchen so that they could perfect their recipes.

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They’re Back: Boomerang Employees on the Rise for Good or Bad

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In a 2022 survey by payroll firm UKG, “Four out of 10 people (43%) who quit their jobs during the pandemic now admit they were actually better off at their old job.” There’s always something that bothers you about a job, even if you’re self-employed,” says Mike Ashie , a leadership and management consultant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

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That feeling of how are you going to make payroll? Although starting a business is undoubtedly challenging, Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx , talked to SUCCESS in late 2015 about how she prepared herself to be a successful entrepreneur before she even knew what the business would be. How are you going to pay your rent?…

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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From the moment she opened Ditto Boutique, a luxury consignment store in Dallas, Jane DeNike outsourced the complex tasks of payroll and paying taxes to a bookkeeper and accountant. This article was published in February 2015 and has been updated. Tax laws change. Photo by Zivica Kerkez /Shutterstock.

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The US Talent Pool: Welcome Back to a Seller’s Market

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Now let’s overlay the Bureau of Labor Statistics data on ‘Layoffs’ – the monthly rate at which organizations are dropping people from their payrolls. (note that I plotted the unemployment rate on the right-hand axis). Layoffs: Way Down Too. From a steady pre-recession rate of 1.3% or 1.4%, we saw a surge to 1.9%

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Book Review: The Million-Dollar One-Person Business

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There is less risk because there’s no regular payroll to meet and less stress because there aren’t employees to manage. with a million or more in revenue in 2015.  It’s about creating a successful solopreneur business, which is one that doesn’t have traditional employees. There are many advantages of being a solopreneur.

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