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  A study by PWC , for example, found that 72%  say they’d like to work away from the office for at least two days a week post-pandemic.  As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), 45% said they'd like to work from home 1-2 days per week. Only 15% said they'd like to work from home full time.

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Examples include video editing software Kapwing, personalized video app Cameo, and creator credit card startup Karat — companies spanning use cases like content creation, fan interaction monetization, and financing solutions." .  This is quickly changing. 

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AUGUST 31, 2020

.  But the TechCrunch article mentions several other examples, with our favorite being Pivot Bio.   Another interesting example is Bolt Threads. They are creating self-fertilizing cereal crops like corn, wheat and rice.    This would eliminate the need for nitrogen fertilizers, which are major global pollutants. 

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MARCH 9, 2021

For example, a digital art piece recently sold for $6.6    Another example is sports video highlights.  This means the objects an NFT is attached to can be bought and sold. million on an online art marketplace.    Current bidding is over $3 million.  

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This study is another example of cloud-based, digital data being used instead of traditional survey methods - something we are doing with increasing frequency. Not surprisingly, the largest drops in hours worked were in firms in the leisure and entertainment, beauty and personal care, and bars and restaurant industries. will disappear.

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JUNE 29, 2020

The impact on cities is a good example of the pandemic's 2nd order effects.     Examples include advertising agencies and marketing firms, professional services providers and cities, which rely in part on sales tax and consumer use fees for much of their budgets.

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APRIL 1, 2019

CreditUnions.com's article 3 Ways to Connect Through Coworking Spaces provides an excellent example of how coworking is spreading across industry verticals and niche markets. This is also yet another example of the growing number of differentiated and niche coworking spaces.  And they continue to be member owned non-profits. 

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

  For example, it's not hard to predict that AI will improve and have a big future impact. And a few (social robots, for example) have reached the point where there are in-market examples.  But you could easily argue about when "one day soon" will be.   Identifying trends is pretty easy. 

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MARCH 15, 2021

  And survey questions about becoming a digital nomad are a good example.   .   In our work, we've learned surveys asking aspiration questions or questions on hot topics or things that sound like fun result in a large number of false positives. 

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MARCH 16, 2021

Whatnot is yet another example of an online marketplace helping people turn their interests and passions into side businesses. .   There's been a surge in interest in collectibles since the beginning of the pandemic.  eBay also started as a person-to-person marketplace but evolved into a site dominated by businesses. 

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APRIL 22, 2021

   Among the examples, most of which are anecdotal, is the surge in new business applications by solopreneurs. .   There is a growing body of evidence indicating that the number of independent workers (freelancers, self-employed, gig workers, etc.) has increased substantially since last fall.  

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JULY 27, 2021

   An example is people searching through garage sales looking for baseball cards, which have become more popular and valuable thanks to the pandemic.   .   A more local version is combing through garage sales and flea markets searching for items to sell on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.  

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JUNE 17, 2021

  Our favorite example is Smithsonian Magazine's 1955 article predicting nuclear powered flying cars would be common by 2000.  .  The New York Times likes writing about flying cars.    Just last November, they had another article on flying cars.  

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For example, our accountant is not a CPA but is more than qualified to do our accounting work. Examples include doctors, lawyers, electricians and others where you want to make sure the people providing the service are highly skilled.   An example is the great hair braiding controversies in Utah, Oregon and Tennessee.

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JULY 26, 2021

  This is likely an example of people not telling the truth on surveys.  We spent about a third of that time on leisure activities, with the rest spread out across a variety of endeavors - including getting a bit more sleep. According to the data, we spent less time on grooming, but only 5 minutes less per day. 

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APRIL 20, 2021

For example, PWC's study It’s time to reimagine where and how work will get done found that "less than one in five executives say they want to return to the office as it was pre-pandemic." " The reason hybrid work is winning is surveys consistently show most workers and their bosses think hybrid is the best way to go.

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For example, the growing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is all about independence.    Another example is modern homesteading, which the Small Town Homesteading blog defines as : Homesteading is a lifestyle of the pursuit of self-sufficiency and sustainability.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

    Examples include using their marketplaces to sell their products and services (Amazon and Alibaba marketplaces; Apple and Google's App stores), acting as value added resellers (Microsoft and Apple) and providing value added services (marketing help for those using Facebook and Alphabet's ad and marketing services). 

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Railroads are a good example of these waves.    One example we used was what we called at the time "hives" , which we described as: Cloud-adapted small businesses will increasingly be made up of individuals who share talent to form a team. .  The 3rd wave results in transformations of business and society.

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MAY 21, 2020

Some store examples are illustrated below. ." Businesses will be able to create a Facebook Shop for free and upload their catalog, product pictures, and details like prices, delivery terms, etc.    Customers can then browse and order products.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Leap Venture Studios , for example, is a partnership between Michelson Found Animals and Kinship, a division of Mars Petcare.  Pet startups now even have their own venture accelerator programs.   Leap, which started in 2018, provides training, seed investments and other support to pet startups.   million U.S.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Liveops is yet another example of the growth of low friction, highly flexible work. It’s also an example of the growing use of a distributed, remote workforce. And, of course, it’s another example of a firm using skilled independent workers.  Many are parents or care givers and about 1 in 5 are semi-retired.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

We constantly run into examples of bad information hygiene in our work.  Avoids spreading misinformation: Do they check information veracity before forwarding content to others? Unfortunately, as their chart below (click to enlarge) shows, only 26% of Americans practice good information hygiene.

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MARCH 1, 2021

   Natural gas, propane and gasoline powered backup generators are good examples.   Microgrids are localized power generation grids that can disconnect from the traditional grid and operate autonomously.      Less common but growing rapidly in number are solar panels connected to batteries.  

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MAY 18, 2021

  For example, the shift is even more pronounced in professional services than it is in retail. Back in 2003-2007 80% of new retail trade business applications came from firms planning on hiring traditional employees.    In April, only 33% did.   At this point it's clear the surge in applications is real. 

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

  Examples include personal trainers, wealth managers, dog walkers, mow and blow services, sports, music and education coaches for kids, and many others.   .   Fora is also tapping in to the long-term growth in personal services companies. 

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APRIL 4, 2019

  We first started following the craft beer industry in 2006 because we felt the industry was a good example of the growth small, niche markets.    It's also a good example of a barbell industry structure. See our Industry Structure section for examples.  Retail dollar value was estimated at $27.6

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

For example, according to eBay's 2020 United States Small Online Business Report : " 96 percent of small businesses on eBay in the United States export internationally, sending goods to an average of 17 foreign countries. independent workers and microbusinesses who sell to customers outside of the U.S. finds and buys from a U.S.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

.  In the early years of the coworking, for example, the industry's tagline was "come for the space, stay for the community."  A good example is the all female New York city social club/coworking chain  The Wing.  They are becoming lifestyle brands.

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JULY 16, 2018

" This is another example of shared workspaces expanding into a wide range of specialized niches. We've long covered this trend , with our most favorite recent example being a combo coworking space and spa in Kansas City.  .  Social clubs  are co-working spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

For example, the employment multiplier for auto factory workers is about 7. We've long used craft brewing as  an example of the rise of niche businesses. Economy in 2018 and provided directly and indirectly about 550,000 jobs.  This means for every auto factory job gained or lost, 7 other jobs are gained or lost.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

For example there are several trends about the long tracked shift to experiences. trend 44) is an example: “Carb” was a dirty term in the health and wellness world for a long time. As self-employment continues to explode, a wave of freelancer-first networks and platforms is emerging, offering help and advice to self-employed workers.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

  Romance novels is yet another example of an interesting independent worker niche market. It's also a good example of digital technology changing an industry. And yes, one of the reasons we wrote this article was so we could say "bodice-ripper"   And no, we don't know what a "bodice" is. 

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JUNE 1, 2017

  Our favorite example comes from the Dutch town of Bodegraven. This is a great example of unintended consequences, which almost always play interesting and important roles in the diffusion of new technologies. A good example is the Segway personal transportation device.

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APRIL 5, 2018

Our key finding at the time was that the growth of food trucks was an excellent example of the broader of growth of niche, artisan businesses. Craft brewing, which we covered a few weeks ago , is another example.    Our thinking hasn't changed. For  For more on this topic, see our food truck section.

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JULY 30, 2018

Probably the best known example of biofabrication is the use of 3D printers to create tissue used in treatments for damaged joints and organs.   For example, there's a whole industry creating packaging and other products using mushrooms - more specifically  mycelium, which is the root structure of a mushroom. 

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JULY 22, 2019

For example, we use both - and especially adoption curves - in our forecasts. A good example is drone forecasts back in 2014.   Other examples include autonomous car forecasts, Internet of Things forecasts back in the early 2000's and again in 2010 through 2015 and pretty much all the forecasts that A.I.

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