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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

  This is just one of 10 sharing economy predictions they released last week in their article Find out what's next for the sharing economy in our 2017 predictions. For more on this and other trend information, visit PWC's always interesting Megatrends Matter blog.  Three of their forecasts jumped out at us.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

.  This is one of many interesting stats about the growing number of rich Americans in the Baron's article Penta Millionaires: The New Rising Class.   As the article chart below shows, there are now a bit over 1 million U.S.   As the article chart below shows, there are now a bit over 1 million U.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

  Key quote from AND CO's blog post: Fiverr is building the leading global freelance ecosystem—a mission that extends beyond simply allowing freelancers to source and secure their next Gig or get the services they need to grow their business. .  This goal of this is, of course, to attract more freelancers to their platform. 

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

  The quick summary of that article is the trends driving the interest in the FIRE movement are similar, and in some cases the same, as the trends driving the growing interest in independent work. In particular the desire for increased work/life autonomy, control and flexibility are key drivers of both movements.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

It's even tangentially linked to the topic of this blog because pet humanization is leading to a lot of small business opportunities. The key article quote is: Just how deep are our ties with our pets? Regular reader know we refer to this as pet humanization and that it's one of our favorite trends.

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MARCH 21, 2013

Excellent article on Food Truck Economics over at the Priceonomics blog. It's a bit unclear to me why they have an in-depth article on food trucks. Their other blog content is also at best tangentially related to their business.  Priceonomics is a price guide on, well, almost everything.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

The New York Times Bits blog article From the Start, Sensors Rule at CES  reports: It was clear from the beginning that the show would focus heavily on connected devices such as wearables and Bluetooth-enabled toothbrushes with 3-D motion sensors. ."        Web/Tech'

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JUNE 15, 2015

Key quote from the KQED article: "“More conscientious eating — meaning organic, sustainable and healthy food — is a huge trend, much bigger than many people realize,” said Ali Partovi, an investor in food companies. " My favorite example from the article is Bitty Foods , which makes cricket-based flour and cookies.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Divorcing Your Job is a fascinating blog from Ayelet Baron, a former Cisco Vice President turned independent worker. " Her most recent article, Do You Want to Live in a Cookie Cutter World , has a wonderful description of today's work world: "We have entered the era of stupid when it comes to work." I am one of them."

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JANUARY 20, 2014

They have an article summarizing the trends on their blog.   For anyone interested in small businesses and/or small business trends the article and trend presentation are well worth looking at. Impersonal service, long lines and big data breaches are all working to drive business to smaller, main street retailers."

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Good article on Monster's blog called Millennial Myths and the Truth About Gen Y Workers. I will refer you to the article for the Gen Y "truths", which I agree with.  It covers 5 of the bigger misconceptions about the Millennial generation (born 1980 to 2000).   The 5 Myths are: Gen Y is lazy.

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MARCH 7, 2016

We found it in the GigaOm article The Game Changing Economics of Fractional Availability. The article covers the on-demand customer care company Directly. They have an interesting blog post on one of their top "experts" and why he does on-demand customer service work.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S. Good article in Business Week on the growth of rural outscourcing.  Louis who studies outsourcing."

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Sam Altman, president of the well known tech accelerator Y-Combinato r, has a blog post with a series of quotes from Y-Combinator backed company founders who might not have been able to start their firms without Obamacare. Hoffman's article references a recent U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. "  You need to be a WSJ subscriber to see the entire article. The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US. 

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

.  BTW, if you're interested in what's happening with startups or venture capital you should definitely subscribe to CB Insights' newsletter  and/or follow their blog. According to the article, it's not just pet startups attracting investor attention. Back to pet startups.

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MARCH 17, 2015

According to their blog post on the report , the key findings include: 52% of respondents report that they pay too much on taxes are they are not sure. Kudos to Wasp Barcode Technologies for their excellent Small Business Accounting report. 70% of small businesses outsource tax preparation, and 30% outsource tax planning.

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MARCH 14, 2012

Liz Elcoate has a great article on her blog on her days of fear when she first started freelancing.      I love the picture below - it's from the article; and yes she's a designer. The article's got lots of great advice on becoming a successful freelancer.

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MAY 3, 2013

The Calculated Risk blog has an article on construction spending falling in March.  But more interesting to me was the chart shown below. It illustrates how big the pre-recession housing bubble was.  I put together the chart below.

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JULY 14, 2014

 They're also called micro-homes and as the article points out, most industry analysts think there are only a few thousand in the U.S. Homes are generally consider tiny if they are less than 500 square feet in total and they can be much smaller - as small as 100 square feet. So why are people moving to tiny houses and apartments?

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JULY 26, 2012

One of the great things about blogging is you hear from lots of interesting people.  They have a fascinating blog - Attention Must Be Paid - that covers the wide variety of issues boys are facing.   The editor of the blog, Mark Sherman, has a great article in Psychology Today called The End of Boys.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Whats Causing the Decline in Small Business Lending? Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Whats Causing the Decline in Small Business Lending?

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Over 250 U.S.   As the article points out, Makerbot sells a hobbyist version for under $1,000.  Kudos for sharing this article!

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Regular readers know that one of my favorite resources is Nielsenwire , a blog from the famous market research firm.    I like it because the information is excellent, the articles are timely and they provide a lot of cool data for free.  

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MAY 24, 2012

We posted the article  Gen Y Independents: Socially Oriented and Serving Non-Profits over at MBO Partners blog. The article covers one of the more interesting statistics from MBO Partners State of Independence Study , which is 22% of Gen Y (born 1980 to 2000) independent workers (freelancers, temps, etc.)

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JULY 30, 2015

  The Fusion article also says Kruger and Katz point to tax and non-employer business data as additional evidence the gig economy is growing.  We first wrote about this almost a decade ago (and we were by no means the first) and some of our first blog posts  --way back in 2007 -- are on these topics.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   Some of the best examples of Twitter usage comes from this industry and several good uses of social media are presented in the article.   They harness the power of local. 

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

  According to their blog post Talent in the Biotech Gig Economy , only 25 of the roughly 150 people working at Nimbus are traditional employees.  The WSJ article focused on companies doing this to cut costs.  .  And the primary reason Nimbus hires gig workers is not to cut costs. and in almost every industry.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S. self-employment data. 

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   The article focuses on the growth of the mobile Internet, but also covers general economic growth.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. The more interesting part of the article - let's face it, killing animals is not a hot topic for most - is the discussion on the shift at the Department Agriculture towards supporting small farms and local food. 

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AUGUST 21, 2013

The book is summarized in Feminine Values Can Give Tomorow's Leaders and Edge , an HRB article written by the book's authors. ." The authors say feminine values and traits include cooperation, long-term thinking, flexibility, nurturing, wisdom and fairness.  See our Women category for more on this topic.

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MAY 28, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   The picture on the right is from the article and does a nice job showing the product.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively." Where are we finding the time? 

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MAY 31, 2011

  If you're into mobile payments, there were lots of interesting articles on the topic published last week.    The article also has 5 embedded, short videos illustrating different products.    Waiting for the New Mobile Payments Frontier from the NY Times Bits blog has links to other stories. 

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The CPA Success blog has a good article on the new Chartered Global Management Accountant designation.   So we agree with CPA Success blog when they say:  "CPAs and management accountants today are more than number-crunchers. This is interesting for several reasons.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Future Job Thats Here Today | Main | A Detailed Look at U.S. The article covers a study of wealthy individuals (more than $1.5

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