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The Growing Biotech Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And the primary reason Nimbus hires gig workers is not to cut costs. 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.

Collaborate

Collaborate Skills AT&T UPS

PWC's 2017 Sharing Economy Predictions

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Industries where cost pressures are mounting, such as healthcare and retail, have the most to gain from leveraging sharing economy models. For more on this and other trend information, visit PWC's always interesting Megatrends Matter blog. This very much fits with what we are seeing.

2017

2017 Equipment 2016 Medical

Disruption and the Analyst Industry

Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. It costs $79 a year to subscribe. 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.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2005

The Trend Towards US Manufacturing

Small Business Labs

JULY 6, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement | Main | Foreign Born in the U.S. becoming more cost effective. several years ago. several years ago.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 Policies

Seth Godin's Freelancer Course

Small Business Labs

APRIL 27, 2015

The class is available on Udemy at a cost of $57. According to an interview with Godin on the Gaping Void blog , here's reason he's done this course: This is the golden age for freelancers. More opportunities, more tools, more leverage than ever before.

Interviewing

Interviewing AT&T Training UPS

Small Business Owners Don't Like Taxes

Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2015

As the report chart below shows and Wasp highlights in their blog post on the report , 52% of respondents report that they pay too much on taxes are they are not sure. As much as small business owners hate taxes, they also realize they are necessary and a cost of doing business.

Policies

Policies Management

$1 Million Ain't What it Used to Be - You Need More Than $5 Million to be a 1%er

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Penta is the name of a Barron's blog and quarterly publication that has the tagline: "Trusted Advice For Families With Assets of $5 Million or More" It has all sorts of fun and useful articles such as Superyacht Sales Rebound. As the article chart below shows, there are now a bit over 1 million U.S.

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Food Truck Economics

Small Business Labs

MARCH 21, 2013

Excellent article on Food Truck Economics over at the Priceonomics blog. Their other blog content is also at best tangentially related to their business. The article does a very nice of job of providing a broad overview of the costs associated with starting and operating a food truck. If so, it worked on us.

Restaurants

Restaurants Goals UPS

The Decline of Employee Training & The Rise of Side Gigs

Small Business Labs

MARCH 24, 2015

The chart below, which shows a decline in employer-provided and on-the-job training in recent decades, has been making the rounds in the economic blogs. In this case companies are shifting the risks and costs associated with job training to individuals. This data is collected only occasionally by the U.S.

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Training 2008 2015 2020

The Taylor Review: The British Government Looks at the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

JULY 18, 2017

But it also warns against new national regulations or rules that reduce worker flexibility and/or greatly increase costs for gig economy companies. . The report calls for measures to help boost the rights of workers for companies such as Uber and the popular U.K. delivery service Deliveroo.

Policies

Policies Travel Management

Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

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. . But it's not just freelancers and independent workers who are benefiting. We agree.

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2014 2013 2016 Medical

Outsourcing to Rural Areas of the US

Small Business Labs

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. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2005

Tax-Free Lunches to Kickstart the Economy and Create Jobs

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

. Key quote from his blog post: "President Barack Obama and Congress could join together to pass a law that allows any taxpayer spending $1,000 at restaurants in 2011 to write off that amount." Not cost much and be more effective than many government programs.

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Social Media Restaurants 2011 Networking

Is the Traditional Office the Least Productive Place to Work?

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Office Nomads, a coworking facility in Seattle, discusses the same topic in their blog post Negotiating Your Coworking Membership With Your Boss. For example, the Costs and Benefits of Telecommuting are nicely described by the smart folks over at the Telework Research Network.

Telecommuting

Telecommuting Negotiating Interviewing Networking

The Tablet Revolution - Tablets Taking Over

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Several blogs cover the report in detail so I won't bother. Still, cost is a factor, even among this heavy news consuming population. 39% of tablet owner use their tablets daily for social networking. 30% of tablet owners use their tablets for gaming daily.

AT&T

AT&T Networking

Soaring with the Cloud - Free Online Virtual Summit

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Outsourcing to Rural Areas of the U.S. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2005

Ultralight Versus Lean Startups

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

. A lean startup uses open source technologies and other low cost products to keep their burn rate low. The term and methods have been widely adopted in Silicon Valley and his blog, Lessons Learned , has become a Mecca for software and web entrepreneurs.

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The 9-5 Cure: Should You Become a Freelancer?

Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2011

We'll post the results on this blog when we're done - probably sometime this fall. Looks interesting and it only costs $10. Since this topic is growing in importance, we've decided to do some statistically valid research to better understand how freelancers feel about freelancing.

Interviewing

Newsweek Sold for $1

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. As part of the sale, they agreed to pay $10 million in post acquisition costs and cover employee pension liabilities. Actually, they sold it for a lot less than $1.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2005

Ultralight Startups

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business | Main | Are VCs Colluding? . Many startups are incorporating lean operating methods.

2010

2010 AT&T Retirement 2020

The Hype and Reality of 3D Printing

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 7, 2013

Just as desktop publishing transformed how we write, we think desktop manufacturing will transform how we create,” declares a Microsoft blog post. Its use will continue to be constrained by material limitations, the cost of materials, the amount of time required to make a product and imperfections in the printing process.

Medical

Medical AT&T Skills Management

An Economic Ode to the Great Plains

Small Business Labs

JULY 8, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Foreign Born in the U.S. . Costs - both living and business - are also much lower than most of the coastal U.S.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2005

What is Freelance Camp?

MAY 11, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service. . The main driver for this shift is price.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2011

Why Aren't Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?

Small Business Labs

MAY 4, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « More on Social Shopping - Groupon | Main | More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web » May 04, 2010 Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping? .

2010

2010 Social Media Retirement 2020

The 2 Speed Economy - Big versus Small Business

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 11, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. They've also improved productivity through costs cutting, reductions in staff and automation. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

2010

2010 Retirement 2020 2005

Dymo's CardScan iPhone App Illustrates Several Key Trends

Small Business Labs

JULY 21, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. the growing number of useful, low cost business applications for smartphones. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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Business Cards 2010 Retirement Credit Card

Our iPad Review

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. I'd definitely appreciate the work of the said blog owner. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

2010

2010 Social Media Retirement 2020

Small Business Labs: Self-Employed Using Fewer Employees

Small Business Labs

Small Business Labs

MAY 24, 2010

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. They started as a customer business building one-off jelly fish tanks costing thousands of dollars. When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

UPS

UPS 2010 Retirement Equipment

Small Business Labs

The Growing Biotech Gig Economy

PWC's 2017 Sharing Economy Predictions

Trending Sources

Disruption and the Analyst Industry

The Trend Towards US Manufacturing

Seth Godin's Freelancer Course

Small Business Owners Don't Like Taxes

$1 Million Ain't What it Used to Be - You Need More Than $5 Million to be a 1%er

Food Truck Economics

The Decline of Employee Training & The Rise of Side Gigs

The Taylor Review: The British Government Looks at the Gig Economy

Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Outsourcing to Rural Areas of the US

Tax-Free Lunches to Kickstart the Economy and Create Jobs

Is the Traditional Office the Least Productive Place to Work?

The Tablet Revolution - Tablets Taking Over

Soaring with the Cloud - Free Online Virtual Summit

Ultralight Versus Lean Startups

The 9-5 Cure: Should You Become a Freelancer?

Newsweek Sold for $1

Ultralight Startups

The Hype and Reality of 3D Printing

An Economic Ode to the Great Plains

What is Freelance Camp?

3D Printing Comes Of Age

Intuit 2020 Report: The Future of Financial Services

20 TED Talks for Small Business

Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode

Silicon Prairie

Small Business Labs: The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges

The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges

Business Incubators Versus Coworking Spaces

CEOs Believe Technology is Rising in Importance

1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010

Why Aren't Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?

The 2 Speed Economy - Big versus Small Business

Dymo's CardScan iPhone App Illustrates Several Key Trends

Our iPad Review

Small Business Labs: Self-Employed Using Fewer Employees

MBO Partners: A Business Platform for Independent Consultants.

Large Companies Recovering - Small Businesses Still in Recession

The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

The Bottom Up Economy

Dandelion Marketing

Maker Faire Round-Up, From a Small Business Perspective

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