Small Business Labs

JULY 10, 2018

.  We don't have access to the survey questions, so we' don't know how they defined "side job" But it must have been a broad definition to get to 92 million.  To capture people working on a 2nd job less than once a month requires a broad definition.  Most do it only a few times a month or less.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

   Social selling is defined a variety of ways, but at a high level we like LinkedIn's definition : "Social selling is about leveraging your social network to find the right prospects, build trusted relationships, and ultimately, achieve your sales goals." " Social selling isn't new.  3%) to 10% in 2020.  

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Small Business Labs

MAY 29, 2018

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (The Fed) recently released their 2017 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. This report "examines the economic well-being and financial lives of Americans and their families."   We'll have more from the 2017 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 21, 2018

Key quote from their report: "Gallup estimates that 29% of all workers in the U.S.   Gallup has a broad definition of gig work. Gallup's report theme is "a tale of two gig economies"  By this they mean the gig economy is comprised of two broad types of gig workers. "independent

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2018

Users can also find links to published reports and publicly available datasets to engage in further research. Most of this due to the various gig economy studies using different definitions and study methodologies. There’s obviously a lot of confusion around the size and scope of the gig economy.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 25, 2015

labor force  reports that in Q1 of 2015 Millennials surpassed Generation X to become the largest share of the American workforce. The report chart below shows the generational shifts in the U.S.   An interesting sidelight to the report is Pew's definitions of age cohorts. Pew's are to the right.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 1, 2019

.  And as the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), about 10% of UK residents report using a gig platform for work on a weekly basis and almost 30% are seeking work using these platforms.  The study report has lots of interesting data on UK gig workers. Using data from the U.S. metropolitan areas. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 14, 2018

 79 percent of independent contractors reported preferring independent work over having a traditional job :  Also, only 9% reported they would prefer a traditional job. We also  have an article  that goes into more detail on the CWS definitions.  Key findings for this segment include: 1. 79

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Crowd Companies has released their 2nd annual report on the collaborative economy - The New Rules of the Collaborative Economy.  Crowd Companies has a very broad definition of the collaborative economy, which is why it's so big. Despite its breadth, we think this is a solid definition and we've adopted it for our use. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

"  Key article quote on the technologies: One day soon an emerging technology highlighted in this report will allow you to virtually teleport to a distant site and actually feel the handshakes and hugs of fellow cyber travelers. These forecasts were obviously wrong.  

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 18, 2016

Last week in our article Confusion Reigns Over the Number of People Working in the Online Gig Economy  we reported that a recent study developed jointly by Burson-Marsteller, The Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative and TIME found that 45 million Americans have worked in the on-demand economy. So who’s right?

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 24, 2017

  According to their first report, there are 30 million American workers without a college degree who have a good job.   The report goes on to break down which industries produce good jobs and who has them by demographic group.  In 1991 60% of good jobs went to those without a college degree.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2015

According to a recently released report by the U.S.   The GAO's definition of contingent covers the broad category of workers who aren't full-time, permanent employees. The GAO includes the following in their definition: Agency temps: (1.3%). Government Accountability Office (GAO), 40% of the U.S. Government.

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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    And if you need supplemental income - which by definition means you have a different primary income source - you likely also need a high degree of schedule flexibility.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 22, 2016

due to some workers reporting being in multiple categories): Temporary workers assigned through staffing firms, 6.2%. SIA has a broad definition of gig work that is very similar to one we use.   The differences between the three studies are mostly due to differing definitions of gig work. .  They surveyed 7,700 U.S.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 6, 2017

The Mastercard report is a little hazy about what they are including and not including in their sharing economy definition. This would mean it would be  16 times as large in 2025 as it is today. That's a lot of projected growth. They are also a bit unclear about what geographies they are including.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 31, 2015

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) - a leading, global analyst firm focused on the use of contingent workers by businesses - recently released a report on the human cloud. It's only available to their members. The drivers get the other 80%.    For more information on this topic, visit SIA's website.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

  Key quote from their report: A study by Yardi Matrix of coworking leases in 20 major markets found 1,166 coworking sites with 26.9 The reasons for the disparity have to do with definitions and methods. Yardi Matrix , a provider of real estate industry data and research, has released an interesting coworking study. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 12, 2015

The key finding is while coworking spaces are definitely workspaces, they are also much more. Learning related: 69% reported they learned new skills. 68% reported they improved their existing skill set. According to the respondents: 89% reported they are happier  83% reported they are less lonely.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

  The report chart below (click to enlarge) illustrates how they split sectors into privileged and precarious. independent workers who report annual earnings of $100,000 or more. While this doesn't exactly map to the Resolution Trust's definition of "privileged", it is similar.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

  Key quote on their definition of "the open workforce": Organisations are increasingly finding themselves managing an “open workforce” – one in which talent and resources are spread across a complex mix of in-house teams, freelancers, contractors and external business partners. New Ways of Working.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 23, 2017

." This definition is pretty close to the one used in the Intuit study. The key quote from the study report is: Another point that should not be overlooked is that, for many people, working in the gig economy is a positive choice rather than a last-resort option in lieu of not being able to find more traditional employment.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Highlighting this, 43% of those working in the on-demand even report having a full (29%) or part-time (14%) traditional job. This Most ODE workers plan to continue with their ODE work:  Very few (3%) report they definitely will not continue with ODE work.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

  BTW, if you're interested in what's happening with startups or venture capital you should definitely subscribe to CB Insights' newsletter  and/or follow their blog. CB Insights  From DogBnBs To Subscription Dog Treats: The Tech Startups Unbundling PetSmart covers the growing number of pet focused startups. 

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to a report by the "Big 4" accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), in 2012there were "1.83 " I love their definition of a meeting: A meeting is defined as “a gathering of 10 or more participants for a minimum of four hours in a contracted venue.”    I have no idea how they track this data.

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MARCH 13, 2017

More interesting is 1/3rd of the people aged 55+ working in the ODE report being retired. These people are already fitting into Gratton's definition of a multistage life.  .  According to the results of the recent Intuit On-Demand Workforce Study , about 25% of ODE workers are aged 52 and older.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Shareable i s an online magazine reporting on the sharing economy.   It's definitely our favorite site on this very important topic and trend.  They cover the people and projects bringing a shareable world to life. And the companies making it happen.   They are in fund raising mode  and need our support.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2015

And as we've reported in the past, access to specialized talent and increasing business flexibility and agility are key reasons for the growing use of external talent. Definitely see the article for details. Externals seem to be reading from a script rather than trying to understand our unique problems.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 22, 2013

Most definitions also discuss the 3 Vs - volume, variability and velocity - and how the Internet, mobile computing and smart objects are leading to vast increases in all three. When we asked experts to define Big Data, they consistently gave us some form of this definition.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 21, 2016

In 2014 we reported on a Pew study showing only 44% of Americans consider themselves middle class, down from 53% in 2008. in 2002 to 34.8% This is part of a broader trend of fewer Americans in general seeing themselves as middle class. So it's not just millennials. How will I ever be able to put down money for a house?

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Small Business Labs

JULY 25, 2016

.   It also makes them happy to learn their goals for their business and definition of success is shared by most other small business owners.   Most do want to grow - 76% of those surveyed and 71% of those interviewed reported having a growth goal - and almost all (over 90%) have explicit financial targets. 

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 15, 2014

 This definition includes internal employees, vendors, consultants, alliance partners as well as contingent workers who work for the organization on a project basis.  What we are saying is despite what is often reported in the press, issues other than cost are often more important.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

According to their website, the tracking computer records and reports: • The time of day or night you drive • The speed you drive at on different sorts of road • How smoothly you drive • If you take breaks on long journeys • Your motorway miles • Your total mileage • The total number of journeys you make • Details of any accidents.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 19, 2016

As the article chart below shows, even those who are not big fans of technology are starting to use on-demand services (see the article for the definitions of each segment). This means despite the many press reports to the contrary, the on-demand economy is not dying or  even sputtering.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 22, 2015

They adjust this by household size and the report chart below shows the various income definitions. In 2014, that meant a three-person household would have to earn between $42,000 and $126,000 to be considered middle-income.    As 538 points out in their article on the study , the news is not all bad.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

General Accounting Agency reviewed the research on job lock and reported: Empirical research generally indicates that certain types of workers are more likely to remain in jobs they would otherwise leave in order to keep their employer sponsored health care coverage, although research does not allow for a definitive answer on the prevalence or implications (..)

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 6, 2012

 Back in 2007 we discussed the growing role cars would play as mobile offices in the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Connected World of Entrepreneurs.   I think this overstates how quickly this will happen, but self-driving cars are definitely coming. We've long followed the trends toward connected cars.

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