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Small Business Employment, Confidence Stalled

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Linking Coworking and Innovation | Main | Good News - The Unemployment Rate Went Up in August » August 31, 2010 Small Business Employment, Confidence Stalled The Intuit Small Business Employment Index for August showed a slowing rate of small business job growth. 

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Book Review: Building the Business of You

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To help develop a mashup career, the book explains to readers how to: Push past the fear that holds them back and build limitless confidence to move forward. Identify the full value they bring to every new network so they can socialize with confidence. Align their interests, strengths, and skills to get them where they want to be.

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Our Updated Small Business Closure Forecast is More Optimistic, But Still Grim

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.    The pessimistic case remains high - both in closures and probability of happening - because COVID-19 cases are rising in many parts of the country, leading to new business restrictions and reduced consumer confidence.    This is putting another round of financial stress on already vulnerable small businesses.  

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Freelancers Increasing Their Use of Online Marketplaces to Find Work

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  So we're very confident forecasting that next year we'll see close to 30% of full-time independent workers using online platforms to find work. And as the chart above also shows, there's a strong correlation between between one year’s reported intentions and the next year’s reported usage.   

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The Positive Mental Health Effects of Self-Employment

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The gig economy offers workers the opportunity for more control in their jobs, which may lead to more self-worth, more confidence and less strain. For employees in the mainstream economy, heavy job requirements plus low autonomy equals a scenario with high occupational stress. 

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Adapting To Versus Adopting Cloud Computing

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    For the purposes of this forecast, "fully adapted to cloud computing" means being completely or very confident using cloud tools to manage a business.    But despite relatively high cloud adoption rates, relatively few (37%) small businesses report being confident using the cloud to manage their business.

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SafetyPIN: Building Trust in the Gig Economy (and elsewhere)

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  For individuals, their pitch is a SafetyPIN will increase the confidence of the people you work with or are meeting with. Youth coaches, for example, are a prime target market.    And also unlike other background check companies, users receive and can display their SafetyPINs on their social media accounts and websites.