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The Pros and Cons of Working Remotely

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We cover the importance of flexibility a lot (if you do a Google search on "flexibility "Small Business Labs"" you will find 3400 citations). And to better understand this trend, we closely follow two remote work edge groups - digital nomads and fully remote organizations. The big pro is, of course, flexibility.

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It's Not Just Cloud Price Wars Driving Usage

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The cloud storage price wars being waged by Google, Amazon, Microsoft have been getting a lot of press this summer.   And Google is telling everyone to expect price declines to continue. increasing collaboration across teams, geographies and organizations is leading to the growing use of cloud based collaboration tools.

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Mary Meeker's Annual Internet Trends Report

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The report nicely organizes the information on the topics covered (the report outline is below). It shows just how dominant Google and Facebook are in terms of online advertising. Because of that, there's simply not as much stuff that's new. But all of these areas have been extensively covered elsewhere. 

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The History of Santa Trackers

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Key quote: If you want to honor NORAD's Santa-tracking roots, then give the organization a ring at 1-877-Hi-NORAD. Google also has a Santa Tracker this year. .  Live Science explains how to track Santa and they also include how NORAD got into Santa tracking. Happy Holidays! and we'll see you again next year.

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How Silicon Valley is Changing How and What We Eat

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According to Time's How Silicon Valley is Addressing the World's Food Crisis : the food industry and tech industry have started to intersect and companies like Google and Yahoo have major research projects related to the future of food. ." Food products and technology have become a hot area in Silicon Valley.

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The Rise of Gourmet Food Trucks

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The chart below shows the stunning growth in the number of Google hits for the search term "food trucks" over the last 4 years.  Consumers are increasingly focused on what they eat and where it comes from, with a focus on quality, freshness and organic.  - Local food , which is part of the new localism movement.

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The Future Job That's Here Today

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When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. " The data analytics and forecasting field has been growing rapidly over the last decade and is exploding right now (think Google, Facebook, hedge funds, biotech, the list goes on and on). 

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