Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

She’s passionate about enabling teams of creatives, technology leaders and innovators with the skills, mindset and network to tackle the complex and evolving challenges of tomorrow. She believes the best teams have fun, laughter and optimism for the future. Feagins’ societal advancement is accentuated by the founding of F.A.M.E.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 30, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   They recently surveyed  400 local companies in these two states.    The found 72% of the companies they surveyed are feeling the economic recovery. .  Kudos to QPS for their survey work. 

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Page Personnel

JANUARY 12, 2023

Why an effective onboarding process is more important than you think simonewu 24/01/2023 The saying “you never get a second chance to make a first impression” never rings truer than when referring to the onboarding process — one of the most important steps a company can take to stay ahead in today’s busy job market.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. » August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.    Sharespost is also a good source of information on private company valuation. 

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Nicole Grinnell took the idea of being a virtual assistant and turned it into a multimillion dollar company. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Specifically, in our case, when we look at the trend of remote work, for instance, combined with the enormous uptick in startups and small companies in the last decade, coworking really came as a natural solution, as an affordable and flexible workplace, so that’s like when it started, people were able to share a place to work from.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. » August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.    Sharespost is also a good source of information on private company valuation. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   The chart below shows the 2010 Q2 year-over-year sales growth for the S&P 500 (a large company stock index) compared to similar data for small businesses.    So far, most small businesses are not. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   The dramatic growth in social media use - especially Facebook - is resulting in more small businesses choosing to use social media sites as their primary, and in some cases only, web presence.   The idea is simple. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 4, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. " We're looking forward to the next wave of Network Solutions Small Business Success Index data on small business use of social media.  When done correctly, social media can be very profitable. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 13, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.    The general consensus from the feedback is that despite the growth of social media, having a traditional website is still a good idea. Yesterday's post Do Small Businesses Still Need a Website?

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 21, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. He is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders and published authors in new media. Marc Meyer is the Director of Social Media and Search at Digital Response Marketing Group in Naples, Florida. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 5, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research.   The chart below, from Nielsen, is pretty self-explanatory. many used facebok.coz they have fun and more game. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Successful small businesses are leveraging social media and technology :  the SBSI results continue to show that technology and social media help many small businesses thrive despite the challenging economic conditions. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 24, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges | Main | Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 » August 24, 2010 What are Social Magazines and Flipboard? View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 22, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   They are fluent in social media.    Some of the best examples of Twitter usage comes from this industry and several good uses of social media are presented in the article. "  3.  View an alternate.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 29, 2014

Think about how you work – are you at your best in a team or independently? Think about your interests – at work and at home (practical, artistic, social). ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE (CHARITY WORK, VOLUNTARY WORK, RETIREMENT). The type of roles that these companies offer. Consider your values. Do you prefer routine or variety?

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 12, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   The awards are given to customer relationship management (CRM) industry leaders and includes both people and companies.  Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US.    Key quote: While global players like industrial conglomerate 3M Co. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. » June 04, 2010 Coworking Labs - Our New Research Blog for our Coworking Project Emergent Research (that's us) is teaming up with the Society for New Communications Research for a research project on coworking.  View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Shapeways is a 3D printing services company and retailer.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.    The U.S.   The U.S.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 3, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   It is also becoming attractive to companies to offer social shopping services.  Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   His first point comes as a big surprise to many:  VCs don't like to invest in companies unless they have a product in market that shows customer traction.  " VCs, of course, used to invest in raw start-ups. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. 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.  Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   This event is targeted at entrepreneurial companies interested in exploring partnering opportunities with Intuit.    To be invited a company needs to submit an application and be selected to attend.  View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 19, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 | Main | Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business » June 19, 2010 The Female Economy Following on the heels of The End of Men is the female economy. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 21, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media? Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 4, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. In the case of social shopping, I have no idea why they aren't aggressively pursuing it. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Industry clusters are place where there is a concentration of companies and services related to a particular industry.    The best know example is the tech industry cluster in Silicon Valley.   View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies.    There are thousands of new, small "apps" companies  generating real revenue.  software companies raised $689 million from VCs.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   Companies of all sizes are increasing their use of contingent workers - contractors, part-timers, freelancers, etc. - Shift health care, retirement planning and other risks to the individual. Reduce employment security.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 11, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. economic recovery, analysts are forecasting continued large company sales and profit growth over the coming year. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. It is about a UC Berkeley student who started a custom T-Shirt printing company in high school and continues to run it at college.    Lei's company is even leaner than lean startups.  ooShirts

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Gartner predicts that by 2016, social technologies will be integrated with most business applications. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 15, 2010

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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