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DECEMBER 15, 2015

The HBR's The Big Factors That Attract the Best Freelancers  provides an excellent overview of why companies are hiring more freelancers and what organizations need to do to attract top flight contingent talent. A question we often get is why are companies increasing their use of contingent talent.

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Even more interesting is why companies are expanding their use of contingent labor.   This is a fundamental shift from past years, when most companies turned to contingent talent to reduce costs.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

10 Companies Radically Changing the Way We Work , from Business Insider, is interesting on several levels. First off, it's a nice list of innovative companies. But what really hit was 4 of the 10 companies listed fall into the freelance, independent work, mobile work arena.

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But I most liked the chart below, which shows the reasons companies use contingent talent. Staffing firm Allegis and the Human Capital Institute teamed up on a study on how corporate procurement and HR departments view the growing contingent workforce. They allow firms to quickly and easily staff up and down as needed.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Kudos to QPS for their survey work. 

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Education Driving the She-conomy | Main | Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures » October 19, 2010 Large Companies Recovering - Small Businesses Still in Recession Large corporations are recovering from the recession and seeing sales increases. 

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AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 21, 2021

The article chart below, which shows the 7 largest companies in the world by market capitalization, really jumped out at us.    The reason is small businesses and independent workers are important business partners for all 6 ecosystem companies.  McKinsey's Ecosystem 2.0: as: In the emerging world of Ecosystem 2.0,

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APRIL 20, 2021

By late last summer, it became clear that most companies would likely move to a hybrid working model , which combines increased levels of remote work with in-office work. The shift could be more disruptive than the move to all-remote work covers the growing number of companies announcing they're going hybrid. 

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firms with between $10 million and $500 million in sales (midmarket companies).    One of the most interesting parts of the Barlow article are the export challenges faced by midmarket companies. .     But none of the other challenges reported by midmarket companies even blip with microbusinesses.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Synthetic biology researchers and companies around the world are harnessing the power of nature to solve problems in medicine, manufacturing and agriculture." But a number of new bioengineering technologies and advances, and especially CRISPR , are enabling a wave of new synthetic biology products and companies. 

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MARCH 16, 2021

According to TechCrunch's Whatnot raises $20M for its livestreaming platform built for selling Pokémon cards and other collectibles : "The company currently focuses primarily on Pokémon cards, Funko Pops, FigPins and sports cards, but they mention things like comic books, video games and vintage hardware as natural fits."

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JUNE 17, 2021

Dozens of companies are now building these aircraft, and three recently agreed to go public in deals that value them as high as $6 billion.  " One of the companies covered in the NY Times articles is Kittyhawk.  But the idea is gathering steam.   The New York Times likes writing about flying cars. 

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A SPAC is a special purpose acquisition company.  Key quote: In a SPAC, a group of investors raise money for a shell company with no underlying business. The SPAC goes public, generally at $10 per share, and then starts hunting for a company to acquire.

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MARCH 22, 2021

Meet the Ghost Franchises covers the growing number of companies franchising food concepts to existing restaurants.    Or we should say they buy the burgers from the franchise company,  Virtual Dining Concepts.  The New York Times article You’ve Heard of Ghost Kitchens. So they buy his burgers.  

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Even the flattering financial metric these companies prefer to be judged by — adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation — showed all four to be lossmaking in the 12 months leading up to their listings, with some $3.3bn in red ink between them. So are their business models half-baked, or just half-evolved?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Crunchbase's VCs Will Spend Billions More To Make The Metaverse A Reality covers the growing amounts of venture capital going to companies involved in the metaverse. According to the article,  metaverse related companies "have raised nearly $10.4 billion so far this year across 612 deals"   This is up from $5.9

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MAY 13, 2021

Axios' Tech giants have all become creator companies covers the various ways digital creators can earn money on a variety of tech platforms,  Their excellent summary chart is below (click to enlarge). The article also makes a good point about the diversity of digital creators.

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JULY 22, 2020

Thrasio is a large and fast-growing acquirer of small consumer product companies that are part of Amazon's Fulfillment by Amazon program (FBA).    They recently raised $260 million in a funding round that values the company at $1 billion.     Most platform on a platform companies are relatively small.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Both Ford Motor Company and the Curtis Aircraft Company built flying car prototypes as early as 1915.  The reason we say "this time" is people have been predicting flying cars will soon be in the air for over a century.    So far, they've been wrong.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The survey was done between April 16th to May 4th and the respondents "were required to be working full time for a company of 100 or more people, to have worked in an office environment prior to COVID-19, and to be currently working from home."  Work From Home Survey 2020 report.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

ballot measure classifying workers as contractors covers the plans by a coalition of rideshare/delivery companies to do a ballot measure in Massachusetts that would classify their workers as independent contractors. " The simple answer is that if rideshare drivers are classified as employees, the companies will have to schedule them.  

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JUNE 1, 2021

Influencer marketing has become a popular way for companies to promote their brands.    According to Influencer Marketing Hub, brands are expected to spend $13.8 billion on influencer marketing programs in 2021. As their chart below shows (click to enlarge), influencer marketing spend has been rapidly increasing.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

  To comply with Prop 22 - which only applies to "app-based drivers" retained by "network companies" - hiring organizations (such as Uber and Lyft) must provide a set of benefits normally not provided to contractors or gig workers.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

JP Morgan isn't the only company planning on this. Most companies also want employees to show up at the office some of the time.    Key quote: The big picture:  Since the onset of pandemic-induced telework, companies have oscillated between can't-wait-to-go-back and work-from-home-forever. .  

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

    The company currently has over 300 units across 13 cities in its network.  Landing is the first company addressing this.”. For example, there's no need to set up accounts with utility providers.    We're looking forward to seeing how Landing progresses as it pursues this opportunity. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A recent study by Colliers , a global real estate services company, found that 83% of those working from home due to COVID-19 would prefer to continue doing so after the pandemic ends. As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), 45% said they'd like to work from home 1-2 days per week.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Examples include video editing software Kapwing, personalized video app Cameo, and creator credit card startup Karat — companies spanning use cases like content creation, fan interaction monetization, and financing solutions."

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Crunchbase's How Seed Funding Has Exploded In The Past 10 Years reports that: Fewer than 3,200 companies received seed funding in the period between 2006 and 2010. The article points to the launch of Amazon Web Services in the mid-2000s, which made it cheaper and easier to start a software company, as a driver.  

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Two companies that connect artisan makers with retailers and customers announced large funding rounds last week. The company sources the designs and products from independent illustrators, textile designers, painters and other artists.  As the chart below shows, Etsy's stock is up 270% YTD and the company is worth $6.5

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AUGUST 26, 2021

  And with many companies allowing employees to permanently work remotely, their numbers will likely increase in the coming years. .  Island fever was one, and slow internet connections another.    But mostly, they liked island living. The number of digital nomads has substantially grown during the pandemic. 

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JANUARY 19, 2021

Poshmark CEO Chandra said the company is riding three trends: the acceleration of e-commerce; consumers embracing social selling; and the growing market for second-hand goods. He sees a huge opportunity, and one the company is only just beginning to tap. " Social selling isn't new. 

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JANUARY 7, 2020

  Key quote: A new California state law meant to restrict the gig economy has caused companies like Vox Media to cut jobs for freelancers directly before the holidays.    And some companies, with Wonolo being a good example, are simply leaving California because of the law. 

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Stripe  is one of the most successful and highly valued fintech companies.    They provide widely adopted online payments infrastructure products and services - including to creator economy companies. Their Stripe Connect platform  is used by most of the creator economy platforms and marketplaces.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

.  But there's been much debate around whether or not companies - and particularly the online platform marketplaces like Uber and Lyft - could shift their workers to traditional employment and still provide the same levels of work flexibility.   In the case of one company, about half their drivers quit over the shift.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent survey by the global HR services company Randstad, "More than half of global human capital leaders expect to transfer one-third of their permanent positions to contingent roles in the near future." Many companies are also increasing their training efforts. None of this data comes as a surprise.

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