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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

The women surveyed in Guidant’s “ 2023 Small Business Trends ” report were primarily motivated to become entrepreneurs due to being “ready to be their own boss” (28%) and “[dissatisfied] with corporate America” (23%), with only 13% seeking to pursue their passions. The corporations took notice, and the legislators took notice,” she recalls.

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Time to put down the devices if you really want things to look up

Workplace Insight

A different Statistica survey found that 31 percent of UK social media users aged between 16 and 24 years reported spending between 1-2 hours per day using TikTok, while 25 percent reported spending between 3-4 hours per day on the social video app. In 2022, data from Statisica revealed UK users spent an average of 4.25

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13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

Success

I often find myself pulled in too many directions, reacting to phone calls, email and other stuff that pops up. According to a 2022 Microsoft survey , nearly 50% of employees—and just over 50% of managers—say that they’re feeling burned out at work, at a time when people are already working more hours than in years past.

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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

Small Business Labs

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. This implies that the number of workers employed in alternative arrangements increased by 9.4 million (66.5%) from 14.2 million in February 2005 to 23.6 million in November 2015. There’s a bigger shift underway.

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What's Driving Food Trucks Forward?

Small Business Labs

The team also interviewed 27 food truck owners or managers in person, by email or on the phone. These interviews were mostly by phone and the interviewees were distributed across the country. These interviews were mostly by phone and the interviewees were distributed across the country. billion in 2017.

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

According to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), a survey of 550 senior manufacturing executives from around the world, India currently ranks a surprising fourth in manufacturing competitiveness, behind only China, Germany and the U.S. That’s fourth with a bullet. Small businesses in the U.S.

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

The person who answered the phone explained that Deepa had died that morning. “I In the World Regret Survey, my collection of more than 18,000 individual regrets from people in 109 countries, many participants reported the sense of loss that accompanies a closed door. The following day, Amy called Deepa’s home to speak with her.