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DECEMBER 30, 2020

  Improvements in outsourced logistics services have reduced the costs and greatly simplified the process of delivering physical products to pretty much any global destination.   Almost half (48%) of those producing goods reported being exporters in 2020 compared to 16% of services firms. ."

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APRIL 12, 2011

Intuit recently released a new report on The Future of Financial Services.  We have a blog post on Banking.com with more on the report, which covered 4 broad trend areas: 1.    Click here to download the report. We'll have more on this in the coming weeks including what it means for small businesses. 

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MARCH 25, 2021

At around 4,000 words, Recode's 10 ways office work will never be the same is really more of a report than an article. If an analyst or consulting firm produced this report, it would cost thousands of dollars.  7,We've long thought our standard productivity measures don't capture knowledge work properly. 

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AT&T 219

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Ardent Partners recently released their 2017-2018 State of the Contingent Workforce Management report. The report is targeted at procurement and HR professionals who manage contingent workforce programs at larger organizations. This   Also interesting is that reducing cost has fallen to 5th on the challenges list.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 23, 2015

It just needs a good system to allocate these costs accordingly, apply a surcharge to passengers and remit the taxes. And Mr King believes that, with relatively minor changes to the way it handles drivers, it could reduce the risk of being seen as an employer. "For Uber, it does not mean that its business model is invalid.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 15, 2018

The report chart above (click to enlarge) illustrates this and shows that the companies surveyed are spending about the same amount on external service providers and external independent workers. The report also points out that while cost is still important, "it's no longer the principal driver for using an external workforce. . 

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

.  The data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by taxpayers on Schedule C of tax Form 1040. This includes the vast majority of small businesses, including small businesses that report on a pass-through basis (LLC's, etc.).     In 2016 about 25.5 in 2016, up from $34.4

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Faire reports having "15,000 stores actively buying on the platform?—?more   The trends we reported on in 2008 as driving the growth of the new artisan economy still hold true today: 1.   Technology is lowering the costs of serving niche markets and making artisans able to compete with even the largest of firms.  

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

  Taking their place in attracting talent are lower-cost cities and towns, mostly in the sunbelt.  the study also found continued growth of remote workers - again, especially in lower-cost areas of the country.    EMSI found about 7 million Americans report being full-time remote workers.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 11, 2019

.  According to their findings: nearly half of working Americans (45 percent) surveyed reported having a side gig in addition to their primary job.    48% of millennials, 39% of Gen Xers and 28% of Baby Boomers reported having side gigs. side giggers worked an average of 12 hours per week.

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Expenses 119

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Glocalization  refers to the integration of local differences in the cost and availability of skills to a standardized global structure that enables their use. This is also referred to as geoarbitrage, which is tapping into lower cost labor from lower cost countries.   But U.S. in greater numbers.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The Brewers Association recently released their small and craft brewing economic impact report for 2018.  We even featured the industry in a 2008 research report,  The New Artisan Economy,  which we did with Intuit.   The study found that the craft brewing industry contributed $79.1 Billion to the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2019

" The broader point of the article is that the new wave of clubs need to charge high prices because they are ventured backed, have lots of amenities and high costs. This is because solopreneurs, remote worker and home-based workers report loneliness and lack of belonging among their biggest work challenges.

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JUNE 29, 2020

 This means revenue shortfalls have to be met with cost-cutting. The NLC survey shows that 74% of cities have started to cut their budgets, with 20% reporting across-the-board reductions.    Unlike the federal government, most U.S. cities are required by charter to run a balanced budget. This Also, about 1.5

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

It reports that 13.9% But bigger issues include is it doesn't factor in other cost of livings (rent, etc.), it doesn't include support programs like food stamps or the earned income tax credit and it assumes the cost of living is same everywhere in the U.S. In September the U.s.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Chamber of Commerce article The K-Shaped Recovery and the Cost of Inaction.  Households Face A Financial Crisis 54% of those with household incomes below $100,000 reported serious financial problems due to the pandemic, compared with only 20% of those with incomes above that threshold. The chart below is from the U.S.

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AT&T 215

Small Business Labs

JULY 26, 2018

  A November, 2017 SCORE study found that small business owners reported a 37% increase in hiring gig workers over the prior six months. They also reported more than half of surveyed small business owners plan to increase their use of non-employee talent over the next year. And it's not just big companies. 

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APRIL 11, 2019

And as the report chart below shows (click to enlarge), 32% of all Americans aged 12 and older listened to a podcast in the last month. This is due in part to podcasting's low production and distribution costs. This equals about 90 million people. There are a number of drivers of podcasting's growth. . 

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JULY 23, 2019

Simply put, workers up and down the income ladder are finding that their compensation simply doesn’t keep up with rising costs, especially of education, health care, and housing.  Occasional independents are are workers who report working independently occasionally or sporadically, but at least once a month on average. 

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Because of their remit, they report on a wide range of interesting trends. Key quote from the report on this trend: Video and digital collaboration tools have transformed the modern workplace. Skift is one of our favorite publications. It covers the travel, dining, and wellness industries from a business perspective.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Patch Media has placed an ad looking for reporters to cover stories about California, so long as the reporters don't actually live in California. 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. Some employment listings.

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JULY 18, 2017

Both labour and industry groups in the UK are criticizing the report.    The Independent's Matthew Taylor review: Unions slam gig economy report for 'spectacular failure' to deliver on promises  obviously covers the fact that unions don't like the report. delivery service Deliveroo.

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MARCH 6, 2018

We even featured the industry in a 2008 research report, The New Artisan Economy,  which we did with Intuit.   Technology is lowering the costs of serving niche markets and making artisans able to compete with even the largest of firms.   In other words, these are good jobs.    3. 

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APRIL 26, 2018

Add in increases in utilities and other related costs and the increase is close to 50%. But as the report chart below shows, even at moderate levels being rent burdened greatly reduces the ability to save and build wealth. The main cause of this is rents have been rising much faster than household income.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

The National Young Farmers Coalition's report Building a Future with Farmers covers the demographics, issues and needs of young farmers (those under the age of 40). 63 percent described their farms as “organic,” though due to the cost, many have not been certified as such by the USDA.). .    The St.

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Networking UPS 178

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 13, 2020

." Quibi, which is short for “quick bites” is going to offer short-form videos of 4 to 10 minutes on everything from movies and TV shows in the form of short chapters to daily news and sports reports.    These bite-sized pieces of content will have Hollywood quality production values, meaning they're expensive to make. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 27, 2016

As the report chart below shows (click to enlarge), the cost of health insurance remains an issue. Adding to the cost problem is the confusion caused by the complexity of rules around qualifying for assistance. Click here for the complete report. Hopefully these issues will be addressed and Obamacare improved.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 29, 2019

In fact, 20% of the online work and talent platform users we surveyed reported they turned to online gig work due to a financial hardship. Recently Sites like Fiverr lets those with creative talents find part-time work while sites like Etsy provide creative artisans a low cost place to find customers for their wares.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by individual taxpayers on Schedule C of Form 1040. This is how most independent workers and small businesses report business income for tax purposes. In 2013 there were a bit over 24 million sole proprietors reporting about $1.34 In 2012 there were 23.5

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

BI Intelligence , the research arm of new site Business Insider, has an excellent report on PayPal and Square's activities in the small business lending space. Their report - The Small Business Lending Opportunity - requires a paid subscription. Just be aware of the costs.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Regular readers may remember back in 2014 we reported on a survey that said most small businesses are started with less than $10,000. And as we noted back then, most solopreneur businesses report spending less than $5,000 to start their business.  Census 2014 Survey of Entrepreneurs.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The Rise of Online Lending is a new entry in Intuit's Dispatches from the New Economy report series. According to the press release: By leveraging QuickBooks data and not requiring a credit check or any paperwork, this new solution delivers faster financing, lowers costs, and puts more money directly in the hands of small businesses.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 12, 2016

These are just two of the many interesting facts found in Upwork's report The Independent Workforce in America: The Economics of an Increasingly Flexible Labor Market. Key quote from the report on this section's findings: Online platforms such as Upwork facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers in different locations.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

  According to Pew Internet's Home Broadband 2015 report, "the share of Americans with broadband at home has plateaued, and more rely only on their smartphones for online access." " As the chart below from their report shows, since 2013 U.S. " As the chart below from their report shows, since 2013 U.S.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2015

The recently released Wasp Barcode Small Business Accounting Report supports this.  As the report chart below shows and Wasp highlights in their blog post on the report , 52% of respondents report that they pay too much on taxes are they are not sure. But I actually interpret the results a bit differently.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 9, 2017

This is why the satisfaction rate among multi-level marketing participants is quite high - 77% report being satisfied or highly satisfied.  Because of this, as both the article and the show point out, many people aren't. But those that have these skills and attributes can be successful. But it's still pretty high.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 1, 2016

The real estate company and website Trulia recently released the report From Own to Rent: Who Lost the American Dream? The key finding, which is shown in the report chart below, is the share of U.S. Key quote from the report: The younger 18-25 year-old group only saw a 5.9 households that rent increased from 36.1

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