Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

  Like PWC's Talent Exchange and Deloitte's Open Talent Community , the goal of GigNow is to help EY find and engage skilled independent workers - both for EY's internal use and for use on client projects. The global accounting and professional services firm EY has developed GigNow , an external online talent platform. 

Skills 177

Skills 2016 International Goals 177

Small Business Labs

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. 

Social Media 192

Social Media 2014 Clothes 2020 192

Small Business Labs

JULY 31, 2019

  Their goal is to make it as easy for families to book a caregiver as it is to book a ride with Uber or a dog walker with Roverr. Joshin is a new company that connects specialized caregivers with families with special needs care requirements. 

Interviewing 110

Interviewing Goals 110

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 20, 2017

These findings are particularly distressing given that the report points out that "Gaining and keeping customers remain the top marketing goals" for small businesses. Forty-six percent are unsure their marketing strategies work, 17 percent know they aren’t working.

2018 183

2018 Budget Goals AT&T 183

Small Business Labs

APRIL 5, 2018

cities and the goal is to show what it's like to start an operate a food truck. Chamber of Commerce's study Food Truck Nation includes a "food truck index" that shows which cities are the most food truck friendly. The index covers 20 U.S.   See the report for the complete list.

2012 160

2012 Restaurants Goals AT&T 160

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 22, 2018

The goal, of course, is to eliminate the time and hassle associated with check-out lines. Amazon .  After shopping you simply walk back out through the turnstile. The store's technology automatically figures out what you have and charges your Amazon account via your smartphone app.

Goals 201

Goals Learning 201

Small Business Labs

JULY 25, 2016

These are small business owners who told us they were meeting or exceeding their business goals and objectives and self-described their business as "successful" One of the key findings is that most small business owners are largely motivated to work in a field or discipline they enjoy and/or by being their own boss. .

2007 100

2007 2008 2015 Interviewing 100

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Our goal is simply to give insects back their natural place in the food chain.”. We've covered the use of insects as a food source in the past. And while insects are popular snack foods in parts of the world, most people continue to be hesitant to embrace eating bugs.

Goals 128

Goals 128

Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2018

The goal of the Data Hub is to provide accessible and comprehensive information about the scope and nature of independent work and the gig economy. Key quote from their announcement blog post : The Data Hub seeks to consolidate, communicate, and clarify available data sources, including public, private, and academic research.

Equipment 140

Equipment Policies Goals Learning 140

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

    The basics are a group of people with a common goal get together online, pool their resources and collectively attempt to accomplish the goal. The simplest way to describe DAOs - distributed autonomous organizations - is they're online communities owned and controlled by their members.   

Legal 53

Legal Forms Goals AT&T 53

Small Business Labs

JUNE 2, 2017

These organizations research a variety of topics with the goal of positioning their firms as field experts. Based on the large investments these firms are making - according the book McKinsey spends over $400 million per year on their think tank activities - they are likely accomplishing these goals.

Policies 113

Policies Goals UPS 113

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 29, 2018

This goal of this is, of course, to attract more freelancers to their platform.  .  Fiverr also announced AND Co's product suite, which was a paid subscription service, would be free for all. 

Payroll 155

Payroll Goals Management 155

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The goal of this area of research was twofold. The second study goal was to understand what makes a hiring organization attractive to highly skilled independent workers. First, we wanted to better understand how much discretion professional services providers to businesses have over who they work with.

2015 100

2015 Skills Goals Management 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 31, 2014

The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation  (NNMI) is a federal program started in 2012 with a goal of creating up to 15 national centers for manufacturing research and innovation.   As the Brookings Institute chart below shows , so far 4 centers have been started.

2012 100

2012 Goals Networking UPS 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 12, 2017

According to the map maker's Medium article the goal of this map is to: create a relatively small, 2-D map that a reader can grasp in 15 minutes or so, and which accomplishes the paradoxical and essential job of pulling all the emerging technologies into one map while dividing them into different and more-or-less well-defined neighborhoods.

Forms 129

Forms Networking Goals AT&T 129

Small Business Labs

MARCH 6, 2018

Their firms will agile, flexible and often partner with larger firms to accomplish their business goals. They'll be equipped with advanced technology, able to access global and local business partners and customers, and be capable of competing in any industry.

2008 174

2008 Equipment Goals Skills 174

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The goal of the project is: Getting Smart is exploring the economic realities of a project-based world as part of the equity movement to ensure all students are prepared for college, career and citizenship.

Goals 100

Goals Learning 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 24, 2016

  The article focuses on a retired educator who has put together a portfolio of activities to meet his goal of “balancing a life of leisure with a life of purpose.”. They are doing so for a variety of reasons, including financial need, wanting to stay engaged and simply enjoying work. 

Retirement 133

Retirement Goals Management 133

Small Business Labs

MAY 15, 2014

The goals of the survey are to better understand how freelancers are changing the definition of success and how they are working with one another to improve their business outcomes. The Freelancers Union is conducting a survey on how freelancers work and live.

Policies 100

Policies Promotion Goals 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 4, 2014

Key quote from their article: The goal is to help farmers get started by using the incubator model that has been successful in launching new businesses. So we're very excited about the the emergence of farm incubators that combine both concepts. According to Fox Business dozens of farm incubators are springing up across the country.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Equipment Training Goals 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

To have “fired” is to have achieved that goal." To be “firing” is to slash one’s expenses to maximize saving while amassing income-generating investments sufficient to support oneself. " One of the movement's bibles is the 1992 book Your Money or Your Life.   So what this got to do with independent work?

Retirement 128

Retirement Agencies Lifestyle Expenses 128

Small Business Labs

APRIL 7, 2016

 Whistle’s activity trackers help you set your pet’s fitness goals, track progress and compare stats to other similar dogs. The location-sharing could also help you find your dog if it ever gets lost.

2013 100

2013 Goals 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 19, 2013

" According to an article in Tech Crunch , their goal is to be a new kind of web advertising company. The describe themselves as "a video comic strip about the tech world and cover topics like programming, productivity, design, hiring, marketing, & social media." trends Web/Tech'

Social Media 100

Social Media Goals AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 21, 2013

  The goal of the book is to provide these folks a guide on how to find an encore career that combines personal meaning with a social purpose - and also provides a paycheck.   The book achieves this goal. It's full of practical advice for budding second careerers.

Retirement 100

Retirement Finance Networking Goals 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 11, 2015

 The goal of LifeWorking is to change this. .  In other words, they're not just workspaces, they're LifeWorking spaces. Ayelet pointed me to the great quote below, which unfortunately describes work for way too many people.

Skills 100

Skills Goals Learning UPS 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 6, 2012

 The goal is to accelerate the development of Internet-connected cars. The goal was to brainstorm around how to make cars more social. .  For example, Intel just announced a $100 million connected car venture fund. Another example is the recent "hackathon" by Ford and Facebook programmers and product managers.

2025 100

2025 2007 Google Goals 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 14, 2014

According to his trip website , over 8 months TJ will make hundreds of stops with the goal of: exploring the cities, towns and off-the-path byways to uncover a fundamental change in the way things are designed and made, and how this is bringing radical change to business and to society at large. How cool is that!

Twitter 100

Twitter Travel Goals 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 13, 2015

  If they can deliver on their goal of using technology to blend the physical and digital and create spaces that "enable amazing things rather than just a place where you might do amazing things", success will be pretty much guaranteed.   

Google 100

Google Facebook Goals 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 21, 2014

Their primary target market is aging baby boomers and their goal is help this group transition to social service work as they enter the traditional retirement years. 28% of the 4.5 million Americans already in encore careers are self-employed.    - The average age the survey respondents plan to retire is close to 70.

Retirement 100

Retirement 2014 Forms Goals 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 23, 2017

The most common reason cited by survey respondents for working in the gig economy is that it allows them to boost their income, with a third saying this is the case, with a quarter (25%) of gig economy workers reporting that their gig economy work enables them to achieve an end goal such as buying a car or going on holiday.

Holidays 100

Holidays Forms Goals Skills 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 29, 2014

A recent Freelancers Union post titled  87% of Freelancers Have Multiple Sources of Income covers the gowing trend of freelancers piecing together multiple sources of income - and even multiple careers - to meet their financial, work and lifestyle goals.

Lifestyle 100

Lifestyle Interviewing Goals UPS 100

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 24, 2012

We explained they tend to define success as meeting personal goals and objectives. We We had an interesting discussion last week on how small business owners define success.  We also explained that most small business owners aren't interested in building or running a high growth business.

Holidays 100

Holidays Lifestyle Goals 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The call themselves "social offices" Key quote from their website: We've created the social office—communities of 1 to 10 person private offices with plenty of common space and coworking for companies to share, socialize, and collaborate. This theme is echoed by work being done by European coworking expert Jean-Yves Huwart.

Collaborate 100

Collaborate Environment Goals Management 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 16, 2016

It used to be hiring employees was the goal of almost all small business owners. This is no longer true.    As the Your Story article Running an employee-free business without compromising on scale and quality  points out, you no longer need traditional employees to start and scale a small business. 

2016 100

2016 Collaborate Networking Goals 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 17, 2014

  The goal is prevent certain inheritable diseases - such as muscular dystrophy - by replacing bad genetic material from one parent with good material from a 3rd party. .  But it lets me use my 2nd favorite baby picture in the article.   So is this the next step down the road towards designer babies?

AT&T 100

AT&T Goals 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

  The nice folks from Inspirato told me the goal of the store was to provide potential members with a place to experience what it's like to be a member. While you can sign up for their service in the store, most sales are finalized via their direct sales force.

Clothes 100

Clothes Goals Learning UPS 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 18, 2013

According to site, their goal is to enable a broader set of people to become small business owners. Line Up for Food Scooters  covers Food Trikes and Scooters , a new LA startup.    They are trying to ride the food truck wave by providing low cost food scooters.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Goals UPS 100