Small Business Labs

AUGUST 2, 2010

When TechShop first opened several years ago, it was positioned as a workshop for hobbyists.    This partnership highlights a trend we posted on last week - the growing role hackerspaces and industrial coworking facilities  are playing as shared work environments for entrepreneurs and inventors.   

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

If you work full time until retirement age, you’re going to log at least 90,000 hours on the job. Tom Terez is a speaker, workshop leader, and author of “ 22 Keys to Creating a Meaningful Workplace.” But do you and your colleagues ever step off the task treadmill and talk about the workplace itself?

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Allwork

MARCH 29, 2023

As companies continue struggling with turnover and absurdly high quit rates , the businesses that are willing to go the extra mile for their employees will experience better retention. While the financial troubles are clear, the solutions aren’t always as straightforward when a company can’t afford to give raises.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2010

  Think of them as shared workshops instead of shared offices.  .  But the concepts - shared space, targeted at independent workers and small businesses, an emphasis on community and networking - are being picked up in a variety of fields and shared facilities. Hackerspaces  are an example. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2010

  Think of them as shared workshops instead of shared offices.  .  But the concepts - shared space, targeted at independent workers and small businesses, an emphasis on community and networking - are being picked up in a variety of fields and shared facilities. Hackerspaces  are an example. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 7, 2010

" Freelance Camp is modeled on BarCamps, which are open, participatory workshop-events.  .  It's part of a broader Freelance Camp effort aimed at providing "accurate information and community support that empowers people to run a successful independent business."   Space is generally limited and costs low. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

  These are shared workshops that cater - at least in part - to inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses.  .  As of the end of August, we found 226 office-based coworking facilities in operation in the U.S.    Tech Shop is a good example of an industrial coworking facility.  View an alternate.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 21, 2009

For example, while baby boomers may be thought of as nearing retirement, the truth is that many in their 50s these days have begun new careers in new industries and may be more than 20 or more years from retiring – if they retire at all, Lynch says. Many people in our workshops have these ‘ah hah!’ Career status.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The news stories focus on completely legitimate reasons for why this is happening, such as staff taking early retirement, fears about Covid and not wanting to return to the office, lack of childcare, and of course, the search for better jobs at higher compensation. The saying goes that people join companies, but they leave managers.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? No one ever told me that…&# We both know there’s no retirement fund in what we do. That’s like being able to attend a workshop given by an expert authority three times a week and learn how to improve your business without paying a penny.

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