Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

  Older Americans have figured this out and more and more are choosing to work longer — or have to, given that many haven't adequately saved for retirement. The book also contains an analysis of the economic impact of an aging society as well as policy suggestions on how to deal with ageism and other age related issues.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 17, 2024

Just ten years ago, AI systems couldn’t even classify images as well as humans. The 2024 AI Index is the latest update to the annual analysis of trends in artificial intelligence. This year’s edition tracks research, development, technical performance, responsible practices, economics, policy, public opinion, and more.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 8, 2018

A study on ridesharing drivers -  The Economics of Ride-Hailing: Driver Revenue, Expenses and Taxes - was released last week by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. The only problem was their analysis was flawed, something they conceded this week.  per hour was widely covered in the press.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 17, 2018

T he Economic Policy Institute (EPI) , a DC non-profit think tank, recently released a study showing the average Uber driver earns $11.77   The study -  Uber and the Labor Market  - is based on a detailed analysis of driver income and expenses.  But thanks to EPI's hard work, we don't have to. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The quick summary of our analysis of the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill on independent workers is: Low and moderate income independent workers would likely be worse off due to the reductions in medicaid and elimination of subsidies provided by the ACA (Obamacare). " In other words, she doesn't know.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Why you should (or shouldn’t) work with freelancers After learning about Fishkin’s past hiring experiences, we decided to do our own analysis on the subject — comparing full-time marketing employees to outsourced agency and freelance talent. Ask for referrals (and work samples). Slowly introduce them to the team and clients.

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Allwork

AUGUST 28, 2023

You’ve been told that simply implementing policies and procedures will shape your organization’s culture, but despite your efforts, it still feels inauthentic and lacking. Everybody doesn’t work the same. About this episode Does this sound familiar? European culture versus Southeast Asian culture?

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Allwork

MAY 8, 2023

Navigate the effects of inflation on business policies and resource allocation. Phil Simon [00:00:25] T hanks for having me, Frank. And he hosts his own podcast conversation about collaboration, which, if you haven’t been paying attention to that, I would highly recommend. Why couldn’t I have done that from home?

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center , only about 13% of all small businesses are in marginal tax brackets above the 25% rate.  interestingly, the guard rails don't apply to these types of firms. The vast majority of freelancers and other independent workers also aren't going to benefit.

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Allwork

MARCH 7, 2023

What’s your thought on the return to office versus the redeveloping reengineering of cities so that people maybe don’t return to office, but cities become 24/7 instead of six to six? Transcript Frank Cottle [ 00:00:53] Welcome to Allwork.S pace and the F uture of W ork Podcast. Well, a few things come to my mind.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 31, 2018

  He argues that despite relatively high incomes, growing numbers of Americans can't afford a middle class lifestyle. He sums up his analysis by saying the U.S.   The book got a lot of play in policy circles. Key quote: So Americans aren’t just absolutely or relatively poor, but poor in a new way entirely.

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Allwork

JULY 28, 2022

You know, two thirds of Americans don’t have a college degree. Founder and VP of Grow with Google; CMO, Americas Region at Google. Lisa Gevelber is the founder and head of Grow with Google, Google’s tech skilling workforce development initiative. Google projects the fund will drive more than $1 billion in aggregate wage gains.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) : Refers to the use of computer systems to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of designs of parts, final products, and even entire production systems or factory environments. We're a little surprised 3D printing didn't make their list. We used to call this biomimicry.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It's a non-stop attack on Uber, Airbnb and any other company or person who offers contract work or suggests freelance work isn't awful.    In case you didn't guess, Hill is a political progressive.   The book closes with policy suggestions for making independent work less precarious.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2022

A third (33 per cent) of business owners (who say their organisation has increased project working methods) have existing internal processes which allow them to monitor projects as they are ongoing, while only 18 per cent actively perform post-task analysis in order to identify areas for improvement.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2011

  The analysis was based on data from the Small Business Success Index  (SBSI) produced by the University of Maryland and Network Solutions.    For policy makers this data shows that small businesses run by underrepresented demographic groups are equally competitive once they survive the early startup stages. 

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 10, 2015

But even though they are excluded from their analysis, they would likely be included in any portable benefit laws. Not holding an event, but weighing in with a policy statement is the AFL-CIO. Busy week in DC related to the new economy: The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted a gig economy event yesterday.

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BMT Office Administration

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Government policy changes. You should conduct a business impact analysis for potential disruptions. If you do that, you shouldn’t end up offending anyone. If the COVID-19 crisis taught us one thing, it’s the need for businesses to be resilient during uncertain times. What is business resilience, and why does it matter?

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Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Authors The authors are Steve King and Carolyn Ockels.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 22, 2011

  Our quick summary:  we don't know and we don't think anyone else does.    The New York Times has an article covering McKinsey getting hammered over their analysis of the new health care law.    Which is one reason why the topic is so controversial.  The

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 21, 2010

But it doesn’t mean that I can’t control it. Also knows as analysis paralysis. Nothing was important enough to interfere with my television watching. wanting control; being unhappy with the person in charge; feeling I should have been the boss, so procrastination gets a passive-aggressive twist.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 14, 2009

are related to changes in land use Yale’s recent project Global Warming’s 6 Americas 2009: An Audience Segmentation Analysis determined that we are extremely segmented in our beliefs and understanding of this issue. GrannyJ Comment // October 15th, 2009 // 11:39 pm I can’t fault most of your list. wildfires 7.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 27, 2011

I have found that many business owners do one of two things where business processes are concerned: Don't have them -- They think, I'll have time later to get all of this down.   You shouldn't have a business without a road map either. Market Analysis/Competition.   Start with the most critical. 

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 24, 2009

However, when your micromanager takes matters to the sub-atomic particle level of analysis and manipulation, more time is wasted trying to manage the manager than actually doing the job. This should imply when you are working on the project and informs the supervisor that he will be updated on the projects status soon. Life's too short!

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Denise Aday

JULY 12, 2009

This not-for-profit event wouldn’t have been even close to possible without these incredibly generous sponsors : Woopra (Platinum) – the world’s most comprehensive, information rich, easy to use, real-time Web tracking and analysis application. – for only $30. And it’s free! The company behind WordPress.com/.org,

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The Marq

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I didn’t want to promise something I couldn’t deliver. I didn’t want to promise something I couldn’t deliver. I've not studied psychology enough to give any meaningful analysis of your point. These conversations were the rewards for my work over the week. So, I hesitated.

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The Marq

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

It shouldn’t, because you have the Optimist’s Perspective. Why isn’t that talked about? Why doesn’t anyone write about the consequences of a decreased acceleration of the unemployment rate? Why doesn’t anyone write about the consequences of a decreased acceleration of the unemployment rate?

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

Freelancers are talented, but being talented doesn’t make them mind readers. Their ideas may take you to areas you hadn’t considered, which may make you uncomfortable – but consider their perspective carefully. Don’t try to hammer down their rate; that’s disrespectful. 1) Write a brief.

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2010 AT&T Project Management Elance 40

Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

But figuring out your writing voice isn’t easy. You find a voice that seems to work for a while, but then you can’t maintain consistency – a blog post you wrote last week sounds completely different from one you wrote yesterday. This doesn’t feel right. You don’t know. You don’t either.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. You have plenty of time left for that client. Establish Core Business Hours Your core business hours can be flexible insofar as when you’re generally most productive, but they’re set in stone after you’ve chosen them.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

You don’t really care if he or she is married, if he or she is an honest person. You just don’t want to know more, all you want is to feel more, to experiment more. But the fact that we felt good shouldn’t make us feel bad after we realize we did a mistake. And a little step back. And you’ll win big time.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

If you’ve realized that you’re okay with not reaching 50,000 words because just finishing wasn’t your only goal, then you can stop right now and be happy with the knowledge that you’ve not wasted your time. And just finishing doesn’t mean you’ll get published. So How Do You Get There? Surprise us.

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