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Drones for High Value Deliveries

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Since 2016 they've been using drones (more properly referred to as  unmanned aircraft systems ) to deliver blood and medical supplies in the African nation of Rwanda.   Zipline's fixed wing drones have greater range, can carry more cargo and handle bad weather better than the traditional quadracopter drones. .

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A Third Way to Classify Workers Gains Momentum

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Supra's article  Reconciling the Gig Economy in California: Changes to Worker Classification Laws Since AB 5  nicely covers these. Key quote: Proposition 22 provides several legal employment benefits and protections that are required in California for workers classified as employees.

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PWC's 2017 Sharing Economy Predictions

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  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. Three of their forecasts jumped out at us. These are: 5) Permeating new sectors.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

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" The article chart below also illustrates this growth. Doctor on Demand , for example, provides video medical consultation service.  .  Crain's The gig economy comes to law  covers the expanding use of contract lawyers. You can even hire lawyers online for fixed fees. It's not just lawyers.

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Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

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Hoffman's article references a recent U.S. In particular rising co-pays and deductibles are resulting in many not getting medical treatment due to high out of pocket costs. Reid Hoffman, a venture capitalist the founder of LinkedIn, has also weighed in on how Obamacare encourages entrepreneurship.   We agree.

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Pet Humanization and the Quantified Dog

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An alert reader sent me to the article  Market Trends Show the Power of Pet Humanization. Medical and food spending are the biggest segments. 90% of the spending in the non-food/non medical segment is dog related. It's from the research folks at Packaged Facts. They recently released their 2013 - 2014 U.S.

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Offices Going to the Dogs

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  The article says pets in the office reduce stress and increase employee loyalty.   As proof, the article cites a study showing that "pets in the workplace reduce stress, absenteeism and turnover and improve morale." Examples from the article include:  - Home Depot Inc.

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