Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

.  Key article quote from Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life: "It’s about having agency, Ms. A large body of research shows that agency is a key reason people become independent workers and like independent work. Agency, for most independent workers, means work flexibility, autonomy and control.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The global marketing agency Wunderman Thompson's article Ghost Kitchens covers the growing popularity of delivery-first dining and the related growth of ghost kitchens, which are also called cloud kitchens. Ghost restaurants are delivery only, online restaurants that skip storefronts and deliver food straight to the customer. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 8, 2020

This experience is also teaching us all how to collaborate better with people, both inside and outside our agencies." According to Karen Kaplan, CEO and Chairman of Hill Holliday: "Moving forward, we’re all going to have to run a little leaner and start staffing to the valleys, not the peaks, which should bode well for freelancers.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 29, 2020

  Examples include advertising agencies and marketing firms, professional services providers and cities, which rely in part on sales tax and consumer use fees for much of their budgets. .   The first set of impacts hit consumer-facing industries, like travel, entertainment and dining. 

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 22, 2016

.  Research by the London School of Economics finds that a new type of market intermediary, which they call agencies, are responsible for a stunning 27% of all workers hired at least once on Upwork.   This increases the likelihood that an employer will hire members of the agency.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 15, 2018

in addition to freelancers and other independent workers. The report chart above (click to enlarge) illustrates this and shows that the companies surveyed are spending about the same amount on external service providers and external independent workers.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

"Non-employer" is the terms used by government agencies to describe businesses that have a business owner, but no traditional (W2) full or part-time employees. The data is collected by the U.S. Census and comes from tax data. Most but some are shell companies of various kinds. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 27, 2020

  Instead, they're hiring remote contractors, moving the work to other states or outsourcing the work to agencies of various kinds.    The good news is the mounting backlash against AB5 has the California legislature's attention. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2013

Ad Age's Can a Collaborative Cohort of Indie Shops Topple the Big Agency Networks covers a new ad agency called Circus Maximus.   Founded by a trio of former big ad agency executives, Circus Maximus is part of a new wave of small advertising firms that are challenging the big agencies.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Uber betting that their technology will provide value to workers, the companies that employ them and the staffing agencies that place them.  This, of course, means Uber will not have to deal with the employee classification or other legal issues they faces in their ride hailing business.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 15, 2019

In our work we regularly see examples of how our policy makers and government agencies can't keep up with the speed of technological change.  This is a scary assessment. And unfortunately we agree.   We don't have any answers to this problem. But we think Allen is correct that this should be a major priority in 2019.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2019

The very good news is this issue is (finally) being recognized by the academic community - and, hopefully, the BLS and other government agencies responsible for collecting labor data. .  But for a variety of issues too complex to explain here, the BLS surveys continue to understate the size of the gig economy.  

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 6, 2016

Second, it provides an overview of the sector and how at least one government agency views the good and bad of these firms.  In the past, government agencies have mostly been quite negative on independent work and digital matching firms.  I was encouraged by this report and the way it presented both benefits and problems.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I hear and see this every day with the listeners of this podcast: “ We need to fire an agency or a content creator… or hire an agency or content creator.” To grow and ultimately to reach the goals we set, we need to make big decisions.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The London Times has an interesting special section on the future of work that was developed by the marketing content agency Ranconteur.    The report covers a lot of ground. Everything from automation to physiological testing is discussed. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

This data could be very interesting to a variety of folks like law enforcement, government agencies, your employer, your spouse/significant other, etc. And it's likely (definitely in the case of law enforcement and government agencies) these folks and others could - under certain circumstances - gain access.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2020

  However, the final rules and details on how the various programs will work are still being worked out by the state and federal agencies tasked with administering them. Below is our take on the legislation's programs we think will be most useful for independent workers (self-employed, freelancers, gig workers, etc). 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Most people think of talent agents and talent agencies only work with movie and sports stars.  Examples include:  - Temporary Agencies such as Manpower and Kelly Services.    But with the growth of independent workers (consultants, freelancers, contractors, etc.), million Americans in temporary jobs.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 17, 2017

Key quote from Crain's: But as the industry has grown more competitive, with staffing agencies jostling for clients, contractors are worried about wage stagnation and amassing enough hours to pay the bills, which often include ​ law school debt. While

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

 According to another Business News Daily article a survey by staffing agency Randstaff found that more than 70 percent of organizations using contingent workers say the flexibility of the contingent workforce has allowed their business to remain nimble during economic ups and downs. Companies want flexibility too.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Recognition by the Fed that he gig economy is real and growing will push other agencies and policy makers to also see this. " The Federal Reserve, obviously, has a powerful voice in DC.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 29, 2017

 They describe this as "the world's largest talent agency" This initiative has features that help corporations with all 3 drivers discussed above. Most are already moving beyond experimentation into broader deployment, or planning to do so quickly. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2015

The GAO includes the following in their definition: Agency temps: (1.3%). .  The GAO's definition of contingent covers the broad category of workers who aren't full-time, permanent employees. On-call workers (people called to work when needed (3.5%). Contract company workers (3.0%).

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2013

Via agencies and brokers came in 2nd with 17% and former employers came in 3rd with 9%. Survey data from the MBO State of Independence study shows that 67% of independent worker respondents listed word of mouth as the most important source for getting assignments.    Social media was distant 4th, with only 3%.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

At the same time, government agencies are increasing their scrutiny of employee misclassification due to a growing number of complaints about abusive labor practices  by sharing economy companies. .   This suit and others like it will be hotly contested in the courts.   Franchise Independent workers'

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 2, 2013

  The ad for the winning company will be created by RPA, an advertising agency that has produced past Super Bowl commercials, including an Acura ad starring Jerry Seinfeld and a Honda spot with Matthew Broderick. Intuit is conducting a really cool small business contest called Small Business Big Game.  It's a great ad. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 29, 2015

.  A relatively new HR buzzword - " Total Talent Management " - is being used to describe systems and policies that  integrate all aspects of workforce management, from temporary agency workers and traditionally hired permanent employees to independent contractors and some types of outsourced services. 

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The study did not include domestic workers employed through companies or outside agencies. According to the study there are about 800,000 domestic workers who are paid directly by the households they work for.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Industry incumbents and government agencies often respond to innovative newcomers by using regulatory processes to constrain the new entrants. As the Chicago Tribune's When online upstarts rattle the playing field covers, many of the leading sharing economy companies are facing some sort of legal and/or regulatory challenges.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

.  The demand for small business content has reached the point where startups and new media agencies focused on generating small business content for 3rd parties are being formed.    GrowBiz Media , for example, writes articles on small business for corporations and government agencies.   

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 4, 2012

."   The Summit was outstanding and the audience and speakers included folks from interesting startups, service organizations, traditional small businesses, government agencies and foundations and large corporations - all targeted at better serving the needs of older Americans.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 30, 2012

.  According to their press release: Jinglesmart is a new online marketplace designed to help jingle writers, jingle producers and freelance musicians in general to get in touch with companies, agencies or individuals in need of commercial jingles, music services or any music project.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

 Key quote: To avoid union opposition, [temp agencies] developed a clever strategy, casting temp work as “women’s work,” and advertising thousands of images of young, white, middle-class women doing a variety of short-term office jobs.    And I agree many temp jobs are bad.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article : Demand for the well-staffed home is on the rise, according to agencies and house managers alike. .  We wrote a follow-up article on this topic in 2012 after we learned high end nannies in New York and London could make more than $200,000 per year in total compensation.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 8, 2013

Because the currency is virtual and independent of government regulation, my Bitcoin gains are not traceable by the IRS or any other government agency. This brings me to one of the features of Bitcoins. This makes Bitcoins a potentially good choice for tax evasion, money laundering and other illegal activities.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 1, 2012

  Side-hustlin' : From MTV's Scratch Gen Y marketing agency the article describes the side businesses that Gen Yers are building, alongside the regular work they do, to make more money, fulfill their dreams, or maximize their potential in ways that their 9-to-5 might not be able to.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 26, 2013

 The SEC and other agencies are currently working on the rules, but expect to see equity crowdfunding in the coming months. .  It's also likely that small businesses will be able to crowdfund equity investments starting later this year. The Jobs Act, which was signed into law last year, legalizes equity crowdfunding.

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