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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | SMALL BUSINESS LABS NOVEMBER 15, 2011 Using Satellite Imagery for Investment Analysis But they've expanded their product line to include investment analysis. According to their analysis traffic fell in both August and September, so October showed a positive turn around (and yes, the pun was intentional if not good). DigitalGlobe is a fascinating company. and Western Europe. | SMALL BUSINESS LABS JANUARY 5, 2012 Top Ten Small Business Trends for 2012 Big Data – the collection, manipulation and analysis of large datasets – allows large companies to look, act and compete like a small business by using data and analytics to provide personalized products and services. Below is our fifth annual Top 10 Small Business Trends list. GDP increasing 2.5%-3.0%. 1. | | | | | |
| SMALL BUSINESS LABS SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Why Everyone Wants Small Businesses as Customers Enterprises have gotten so good at contract analysis and negotiation that it's very hard to wring profits out of this segment. One of the most interesting shifts we've seen since we started researching small businesses is the change in view of small businesses as a target market. Today, lots of firms do. These are: 1. 3. | SMALL BUSINESS LABS JULY 27, 2011 Three of Our Favorite Trend Sources We've also found cross discipline trend analysis is much more powerful and accurate than focusing on a single or small set of trend areas. Our job is tracking and forecasting small business trends. We do this for two reasons. Keeping up with all these trends is hard. 2. trends | SMALL BUSINESS LABS JANUARY 22, 2013 Big Data Not Always So Big Also, the experts' usage of Big Data made it clear they include data analysis when they use the term. One of the interesting things we found interviewing Big Data experts is how they define Big Data. When we asked experts to define Big Data, they consistently gave us some form of this definition. Big Data | SMALL BUSINESS LABS JULY 23, 2012 Confirmation Bias and Decision Making They're also more willing to challenge our assumptions and analysis. Regular readers know survivor bias is our favorite bias here at Small Business Labs. But if we had a 2nd favorite bias, it would be confirmation bias. There's been a flurry of recent articles on confirmation bias: 1. " 2. " 3. | | | | | | | |
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SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 What is a Spurious Correlation?
It's beyond the scope of this blog to fully cover this topic, but there are two new books well worth reading that do cover it: Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data does an excellent job of describing the basics around statistical causation and the limitations of statistical analysis in layman's terms. MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 Making Serendipity Happen
Lindsay's article points out the promising areas of serendipity research, with social network analysis likely the best way to attack this problem. 'Greg Lindsay's NY Times article Engineering Serendipity is a fascinating look at how companies are trying to increase the amount of serendipity that happens at their firms. Coworking MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 Lessons from a Failed Forecast
The qualitative analysis looks OK: " a futurist specializing in workplace issues, says pressure on baby boomers wanting to retire will be so great that they will be pulled back into the labor market. This is great. We don't often get a chance to see how trend forecasts turn out. 2. MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS LABS | TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011 Is Small Business Ownership the Great Equalizer?
The analysis was based on data from the Small Business Success Index (SBSI) produced by the University of Maryland and Network Solutions. I recently posted on a study we did comparing the demographic and motivational differences between traditional small business owners and high growth-entrepreneurs. MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS LABS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010  Gartner's Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
One of my favorite technology trend analysis and forecasting efforts is Gartner's annual Hype Cycle report. The Gartner chart below summarizes the analysis for 2010. As you review this chart please keep in mind that Gartner mostly takes an enterprise viewpoint on technology. MORE >>
- The Growing Role of Analytics in College Basketball SMALL BUSINESS LABS | FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011
- Consulting Firm Thought Leadership Sites We Follow SMALL BUSINESS LABS | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
- Small Businesses Want Tech Help From Accountants SMALL BUSINESS LABS | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013
- Is the Venture Capital Industry Broken? SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012
- The Tablet Revolution - Tablets Taking Over SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
- Foreign Born in the US Workforce SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010
- More on the End of Men and Rise of Women SMALL BUSINESS LABS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- Analyst Firm Borrell Really Believes in Mobile SMALL BUSINESS LABS | FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011
- Benefit Declines Makes Self-Employment More Attractive SMALL BUSINESS LABS | THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- Thomas Friedman's Darwinian Theory of Everything SMALL BUSINESS LABS | MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011
- Should You Hire People With Graduate Degrees for Your Startup? SMALL BUSINESS LABS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
- Will Small Businesses Drop Employee Health Coverage in 2014? SMALL BUSINESS LABS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
- PWC's 2040 Industry Cluster Forecast SMALL BUSINESS LABS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2010
- The State of Telework in the U.S. SMALL BUSINESS LABS | MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011
- Disruption and the Analyst Industry SMALL BUSINESS LABS | MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010
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