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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

But as the chart below shows (click to enlarge), by 2015, 57% of new applications were from solopreneurs (orange in the chart).    Because EINs are needed for tax reporting, almost all employer businesses and most solopreneurs have them.   The data comes from the U.S.   

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One pilot study published in Scientific Reports found that participants who inhaled lavender essential oils during sleep “showed increased delta activity in deep sleep and reduced alpha/beta activity during wake stages,” improving their sleep quality overall. This article was published in March 2015 and has been updated.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A 2015 Harvard study shared that 80% of employees report lost work time worrying about a co-worker’s behavior and how to deal with the person. News report even details the top 10 most annoying types of co-workers, including the Loud Talker, the Political Agitator and the Suck Up, among others. What’s everyone so annoyed about?

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

I might come into the office about once a quarter,” as reported by Fortune. According to Tech Crunch, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s co-founder and co-CEO, emphasized the importance of asynchronous video as the “next evolution of team collaboration.” Loom’s journey has not been without challenges.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

No matter what role I’ve been in—direct report, manager, external consultant, mentor or mentee—I’ve found the ability to receive and act on feedback appropriately has been fundamentally important to my success. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

In the cold twice-daily budget meeting room, our no-nonsense beat editor called on each reporter to boldly lay out their soul—er, story idea—for review. Then again when I landed a gig with this very magazine in 2015 as an assistant editor. I spent hours crafting angles and imagining how the pieces would come together.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 23, 2020

Each of the past 6 years the trends group at the global advertising giant Wunderman Thompson has released an annual trends report covering 100 trends to follow in the coming year. And the JWt Intelligence Future 100 Report: 2020 takes 226 pages to cover them.  Yes, they really do have 100 trends. But we vote against this trend.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 27, 2018

percent from 24,331,403 in 2015 to 24,813,048 in 2016. trillion in 2015 to $1.17   But one of the fastest growing segments of nonemployers are those reporting $100k or more in gross receipts. Census recently released the 2016 nonemployer business statistics. Receipts increased 1.5 percent from $1.15 trillion in 2016.

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MAY 30, 2023

It wasn’t until her white counterparts reported similar incidents that her department finally took action. Six years after reporting her sexual harassment, she got a promotion and was moved to a different department in 2015. I was like an outsider in my department.” The experience took a toll on her mental health.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We first reported on bleisure travel , which is the the blending of business and leisure travel, back in 2015.    A According to the folks at the expense reporting and management firm, SAP Concur, it continues to gain popularity.    Key quote from their blog post  Do You Bleisure?

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MAY 30, 2023

However, participants who were emotionally stable were more likely to report feeling fewer negative emotions or physical symptoms after engaging in unhealthy eating. This article was published in October 2015 and has been updated. less helping and more withdrawal behaviors) in the afternoon.” Your health is your most precious resource.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

According to a report by the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), emissions must be cut back by 7 percent each year from now until 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, C, as agreed in Paris in 2015. C limit, with most national net-zero targets set for longer timelines.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By the way, that tough thing was a joke as a reaction to a false press report that I hired a personality coach to soften me. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. I tell people to go with their guts and that execution, organization and delegation is the key to good business.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 26, 2018

Between 2001 and 2015 median U.S. In 2015 7 million of renter households were severely burdened, which is defined as spending more than half of their income on rent. In 2015 7 million of renter households were severely burdened, which is defined as spending more than half of their income on rent.

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

As of 2021, for example, the number of physicians who reported dealing with burnout increased to 47%. This article was published in May 2015 and has been updated. And here’s where it gets real: That stress is killing us. Over the past few years, we have seen the detrimental effects of increasing stress levels.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Ask the news reporter who has just received a breaking story from the AP wire. This article was published in June 2015 and has been updated. Ask the coach whose team is behind in the final seconds of a game. Ask the air traffic controller in charge of scheduling takeoffs and landings at a major airport. Time management is an oxymoron.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

According to  Asia: Leaning In , a report from the giant global investment management firm KKR, Asia's middle class will increase from 1.4 billion in 2015 to 3.5 This data means Asia's share of the global middle class will grow from 45% in 2015 to 63% in 2030. billion by 2030.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Volume sales growth slowed from 13% in 2015 to 6% and sales growth declined from 16% in 2015 to about 10% in 2016. The financial analyst firm Harding Loevner's report  CRAFT BEER IS GOING FLAT. million barrels of beer in 2015. This was about 5% of the entire craft beer production in 2015. 

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I wanted my name on sales reports. Research supports the idea: A study that ran from 2015 to 2019 in Iceland found that employee productivity remained the same or improved in most workplaces that tested a four-day workweek. Now, my direct reports keep a “Mike List.” I wanted to be noticed by higher-ups.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 5, 2018

The Otis Report on the Creative Economy comes from the LA based Otis College of Art and Design.    The report covers the creative economy in California. Key quote from the report: "In certain sectors, self-employment is more common than wage and salary employment. And as their chart below shows, it's big.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

By comparison, just 15% of Americans said they had used these services in late 2015, and one-third had never heard of ride-hailing before." adult population today uses ride-hailing apps on a weekly basis – a share that is largely unchanged from 2015, when 3% of Americans reported being weekly riders." Today, 36% of U.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

If a drone flew over that room in 2015, you’d see bags of snacks scattered across tables and tumbling from three giant suitcases he brought back from Japan. since many reporters call from the United States—just a few hours before he has to catch a flight for a business meeting.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Despite the pandemic—though workplaces are still notably dominated by men— the number of female employees in the workplace has “surpassed prepandemic levels” as of September 2022, according to a USA Today report , making the glass ceiling feel… destructible. According to the same report , The U.S.

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JULY 2, 2018

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) dug through social security data and found the number of self-employed grew between 2000 and 2015 (the most recent data available).    Their chart below shows the increase in share of earners reporting self-employment earnings.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

According to a Frontiers in Psychiatry meta-analysis, people who exercised regularly reported benefits in their sleep quality and the severity of their insomnia. This article was published in September 2015 and has been updated. Exercise every day. Did you know regular exercise can help relieve insomnia?

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 28, 2022

Looking at commercial property as a whole, for the first time since 2015 a net balance of +32% of respondents reported an increase in occupier demand at the all-sector level (retail, office and industrial uses). Investor enquiries also rose in the first part of 2022, with the strongest figure since Q3 2015 (net balance of +32%).

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JULY 8, 2022

For example, from 2015-2019 Iceland conducted its own study with 2,500 employees and found no loss of productivity, as well as notable improvements in employee well-being. . Only some will change their minds about it based on the new experiment underway in the United Kingdom, according to a recent Korn Ferry report. .

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Small Business Labs

MAY 30, 2017

Census  released their 2015 data on non-employer businesses last week.  million from 2014 to 2015. Since In 2015 they generated over $1.1 See their reports for more on high earning independent workers. percent from 362,445 in 2014 to 577,809 in 2015, according to U.S. billion in 2015.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2018

  As the report chart below shows, there are about 2.5 Fiverr and Rockbridge analyzed the non-employer industry data to develop their estimates for the number of "specialized freelancers" (see the report for more details on their methodology, which is quite clever).  million U.S. metro areas.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Also from our research in 2015 with Steve King of Emergent Research: 89% of coworkers reported being happier. The top benefit coworking members receive is the opportunity to connect with other members both for work networking and social opportunities. It’s that simple.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 8, 2017

  The company reported $795 million in revenue for 2016, up from $341 million in revenue for 2015. It lost $55 million in 2016 compared to $47 million in 2015. It reports having $390 million in revenue in 2016, up 71% over 2015. Blue Apron , a meal kit delivery service company, has filed for an IPO. 

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MARCH 27, 2023

We always report on how we are meeting our vision. This article was published in July 2015 and has been updated. To be successful today, a leader must be in constant communication, first with the board, and then with the rest of management, with workers and with customers.” Photo courtesy of servicenow.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Some employees report feelings of isolation and uncertainty in their careers, such as the following: If I don’t go into the office, how am I supposed to have valuable face time with my supervisor? This article was published in June 2015 and has been updated. But it doesn’t come without its drawbacks. The post Working Remotely?

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MARCH 27, 2022

The survey, released in October 2021, reported that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impede decision-making ability, which includes financial decisions. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that roughly two-thirds of our economy is fueled by consumer spending, much of it in the form of credit card debt. And he’s fine with that.

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MARCH 24, 2022

A former CNBC and CNN news anchor who has been called a “money guru for millennials,” Lapin, 31, reported at the forefront of the Great Recession. Even though she reported for business news networks, “I was once clueless. This article originally appeared in the April 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Getting up on that stage, you suddenly have flashbacks to that fifth-grade book report you didn’t prepare for. This article was published in October 2015 and has been updated. Public speaking can be a terrifying experience —it’s certainly something many people have been nervous about at some point in their life.

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