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 NLC survey shows that 74% of cities have started to cut their budgets, with 20% reporting across-the-board reductions.

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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.   See the MBO Partners State of Independence report for much more detail on why there are more non-employer businesses. 

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JANUARY 15, 2019

They recently released a report with their 2019 Trends to Watch. The report is targeted at government policy makers and lists the issues Brookings experts "expect will shape the world this year and the solutions to address them." The trend is listed first in the Biggest Policy Trends in 2019 section of the report.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

The Federal Reserve itself, in their 2017 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households,  reported that 31% of Americans do some form of gig work and that gig work income was important to many. These finding are not surprising. This study was also based on SHED data.  

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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. The report chart below shows (click to enlarge) the results of two surveys on the potential impact of AI, robotics and automation. 

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Another interesting finding is that 21% of those who report having a job also report having a 2nd full or part-time job. As we've reported a number of times in the past,  government statistics state the number of Americans with multiple jobs has been steadily declining over the past couple of decades.

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MAY 17, 2017

Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil." We'll have more on this in the coming weeks after we release the study report. " The article chart below also illustrates this growth.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2015

According to a recently released report by the U.S. The GAO includes the following in their definition: Agency temps: (1.3%).   This is quite a bit higher than the roughly 10% of the workforce the BLS reports. Lexology - New GAO Report Shows 85% of Independent Contractors are Content With Their Employment Type.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

According to their website, the tracking computer records and reports: • The time of day or night you drive • The speed you drive at on different sorts of road • How smoothly you drive • If you take breaks on long journeys • Your motorway miles • Your total mileage • The total number of journeys you make • Details of any accidents.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

.   A recent survey by Mom Corps as reported by Business News Daily found that nearly half of the repondents would give up an average of nearly 10 percent of their salary for a more flexible work schedule. Information Week's IT Free Agency: A Migraine for Managers describes how this issue is hitting big company IT shops.

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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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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

While there's broad agreement that job lock is real, there's little consensus in the academic community over how big an impact job lock has on employment choices.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .  Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Key quote from the study report: Today, almost 30 million Americans get their primary income from gig work, constituting nearly a fifth of the total workforce. At this point, we think we've reported on well over 100 studies showing that the independent workforce is large and most independent workers are satisfied with being independent.

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JULY 27, 2011

.    JWT Intelligence :  JWT is a large marketing communications agency (what used to be called an ad agency) serving many of the world's biggest consumer brands.    They also produce interesting reports, some of which are free.   Not surprisingly, their focus is consumer trends. 

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JULY 1, 2015

report being happier working on their own than if they worked in a traditional job. 59% also reported they are healthier. The other, Do Entrepreneurial Women Have it All , has my favorite quote of the week: “I love being a freelancer,” says Travis, who previously worked in a foster care agency. You have flexibility.  

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

This includes "pass-through" business income earned by an individual from an S corporation, LLC, partnership, or sole-proprietorship and reported on individual tax returns.    This means the top rate for business income reported by almost all independent workers/self-employed would drop from 39.6%  

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