Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

  Controversy swirled around grocery delivery company Instacart and their policy on tipping, witch many called wage theft. While this led to Instacart changing their policy, other food delivery companies so far are continuing with their tipping practices despite complaints by both drivers and customers. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Key quote: "Facing ever narrower margins, media companies prefer to avoid the time and cost of parsing the law and any risk of running afoul of it. Forcing these workers to be traditional employees is bad policy. companies want greater workforce flexibility.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Other states, including New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Illinois, have been among those considering crafting legislation to force companies to deem freelancers as employees. Now those states can more clearly see the risks, experts say. Worker classification is another issue that is handled very differently by blue and red states. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Over the past few months there's been almost a stampede of gig economy companies talking about the corporate market and/or announcing new services, products or initiatives aimed at serving large corporations. First, big companies are starting to embrace the gig economy.    So what's going on? Three things.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 8, 2017

Deloitte’s not the only big company diving into the future of work. The next shift we need is a consensus, especially among policy makers, that the gig economy and self-employment is not all bad - and for many it's quite good.  It includes an interview with Thomas Friedman, who also authored one of the future work articles.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 6, 2018

According to the Kellogg Insights article  How “Speed Factories” Help Companies Adapt to Capricious Consumers , speed factories are: a local-market facility designed to quickly pump out products with shorter life cycles and less predictable demand, like apparel sported by Kendall Jenner or LeBron James that suddenly becomes a must-have item.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 18, 2017

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

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It's a non-stop attack on Uber, Airbnb and any other company or person who offers contract work or suggests freelance work isn't awful.    Raw Deal also ignores the advantages sharing and on-demand economy companies provide consumers. The main policy suggestion is the creation of independent security accounts.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 16, 2015

." As we've pointed out in the past  these lawsuits are a really big deal to on-demand and sharing economy companies.   If the courts find the drivers have been misclassified by Uber and Lyft and should have been classified as employees, the companies will face substantial fines and penalties.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 17, 2013

  Key quote from a Reuter's article on Airbnb's issues in New York: the company has run afoul of authorities in cities around the country for violating zoning laws that prohibit unlicensed rentals, as well as ducking taxes that hotels ordinarily have to pay. ."   Government Policy trends'

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 28, 2011

  About 18 months ago we conducted a study to better understand if and how founders of high growth companies differ from their counterparts at more typical small businesses.  Motivation :  The top reason for starting a company according to high-growth entrepreneurs was "building wealth."  economy. . 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 6, 2016

Lack of company oversight means untrained workers can pose a danger to consumers. Privacy dangers arising from the companies collecting a huge amount of personal information.   I was also recently on a panel with a senior policy person from the Department of Labor. But there are some real problems.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

According to a survey from the Global Business Travel Association  (GBTA), half of corporate travel policies allow for the use of ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft. There continues to be a lot of debate about whether or not on-demand economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb will continue to be successful.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In their place, companies offer defined contribution plans like 401Ks. These plans reduce costs and limit company risk. These are similar to the public exchanges mandated under Obamacare, but are private and only available to member companies and their employees.   Government Policy trends'

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

There's a growing view that the way economic statistics are collected and analyzed fails to reflect the economic and jobs impact of independent work - especially independent work created by new economy companies like Airbnb, Etsy and Elance.   Government Policy Independent workers trends'

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Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2011

  The median survey respondent's company has been in business roughly 9 years.  The   For policy makers this data shows that small businesses run by underrepresented demographic groups are equally competitive once they survive the early startup stages. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 29, 2015

.  A relatively new HR buzzword - " Total Talent Management " - is being used to describe systems and policies that  integrate all aspects of workforce management, from temporary agency workers and traditionally hired permanent employees to independent contractors and some types of outsourced services. 

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Small Business Labs

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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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I was not surprised to hear Instagram, the photo sharing site acquired by Facebook, was changing its privacy policy. "If you do not agree to be bound by all of these Terms of Use, do not access or use the Service," the company said. Intuit's policy is they don't own their customer's data - their customers do.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 16, 2015

Cloud companies do get hacked and small businesses need to have policies and procedures in place to manage the security of cloud applications. Despite the fact we have IT backgrounds, we simply don't have the time or the expertise required to be good at security. It's a key reason we make extensive use of cloud applications. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 2, 2011

Innovative bus companies like Megabus and Bolt Bus offer convenient service, comfortable seats with power outlets, WiFi access and super cheap fares purchased online. Switchboard - looks at the buses from a public policy point of view. New Geography - detailed look from a policy and environmental standpoint.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 29, 2012

Foreign Policy magazine has an article on the phenomenon of Chinese companies employing white Americans on a part-time basis.  Having a white guy around meant the company was hip and "kokusai" - meaning international. " This practice was also common in Japan during the boom years of the late 1980s.

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Small Business Labs

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

JANUARY 27, 2020

The petition also points out what we think is one of the biggest problems with AB5, which is the way the law is written is scaring off companies from hiring independent workers, even if they are properly classified as contractors.  "  And it's not just musicians that need to be worried about this. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 9, 2013

  This led to a number of stories suggesting the mandated health insurance requirements for full time employees associated with Obamacare is resulting in more companies shifting to part-time employees. Contingent Workforce Government Policy Independent workers trends' Total part-time employment increased by 432,000.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Economy is Only Doing Half its Job  and the progressive Economic Policy Institute released their Top Charts of 2015.   Large companies in the United States are prospering alongside the economy as a whole.   Both focus on the failure of the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

It reports that 55% of cities have a good or very good relationship with sharing economy companies like Airbnb and Uber (see chart below; click to enlarge) and that 4 out of 5 cities support the growth of the sharing economy.   So naturally, Fast Company's article's headline on the report is 33% Of U.S.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Shapeways is a 3D printing services company and retailer. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. and burger giant McDonald's Corp.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. " VCs, of course, used to invest in raw start-ups. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 13, 2019

  The offer is in response to a bill in the California legislature that would make it much more difficult for companies to classify workers as independent contractors.    Uber, Lyft and pretty much all the gig economy companies (and most other companies) have been lobbying against this legislation. Labor

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   The day consists of three sessions. 

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 9, 2019

  Uber is also the first rideshare company to provide this data (Lyft says it plans to do so in the future). .  interestingly enough, there's almost nothing to compare Uber's data with. Similar national data does not exist for the taxi industry nor for most other forms of transportation. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   Lei's total investment in ooShirts was $2,200. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 17, 2011

.    In case you're wondering, we don't have a business relationship with Evernote (our disclosure policy requires us to disclose business relationships).  And as far as I know, we've never talked to or met anyone from the company. I'm just a happy, mobile customer.

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