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Wunderman Thompson's 2021 Future 100 Trends Report

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Trends span culture, tech and innovation, travel and hospitality, brands and marketing, food and drink, beauty, retail, health, work and finance. Each includes  an original   analysis of why it matters for the organizations whose products and services we use daily.

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Behavioral Finance Lessons for Entrepreneurs

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  The academic fields of behavioral finance and behavioral economics have changed this by including social, psychological and emotional factors in the analysis of economic and financial issues.  This is part of a broader - and very interesting - special section on behavioral finance. Finance trends'

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Financially Challenges Millennials Changing Society

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About 875,000 more households are now made up of young adult renters than would have existed if the 2008-era trend had held steady, according to an analysis of census data by Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia, a real estate marketing website. USA Today ]. Generation Opportunity ].

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Using Big Data and Machine Learning to Improve Small Business Lending

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According to an analysis by Intuit of its early borrowers: 46 percent of QuickBooks Capital customers had never applied for a loan before. It also means Intuit's credit model has enough data to allow them to lend to young small businesses - even those that have been around less than one year. 

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Small Businesses Want Tech Help From Accountants

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We found small businesses are looking to their accountants for help with a mix of technology issues, including security, data analysis, application integration and general IT advice. .     We found similar results during our research on the Future of the Accounting Profession.  

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Disruption and the Analyst Industry

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  It is a analyst service that provides research reports and analysis on emerging technology.    It costs $79 a year to subscribe. GigaOm is trying to fill a need for timely, high-quality yet low cost data and commentary on emerging technology.    The traditional players in this space - Gartner, Forrester, etc.

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

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  In March, the BLS released their annual analysis of the number and characteristics of foreign born U.S. workers.  Workforce Since we a nation of immigrants and just celebrated independence day, it seems like a good week to cover the BLS data on foreign born workers.   workers.  million workers. 

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