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Your Business Failed, What’s Next?

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For example, Elance-oDesk VP Matt Cooper learned from his first failed venture that he had a tendency to move too quickly with business ideas. This article was published in September 2017 and has been updated. Without understanding exactly why you failed, you can’t use that failure to inform future decisions.

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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

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The BLS has not fielded this survey since 2005 due to a lack of funding, but plans to run it again in May of 2017. The media is also surprised that most of this growth came from off-line activities instead of online platforms like Uber and Elance.  The study re-created the 2005 Alternative Work Supplement done by the BLS.

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