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JUNE 8, 2017

  The company reported $795 million in revenue for 2016, up from $341 million in revenue for 2015. It reports having $390 million in revenue in 2016, up 71% over 2015. Food delivery is already a multi-billion dollar industry. Blue Apron , a meal kit delivery service company, has filed for an IPO. 

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APRIL 25, 2016

  But the ridesharing industry is not just stopping there. It's starting to have major impacts on adjacent industries.  Business travelers, the mainstay of the rental car industry, are also switching from rental cars to ridesharing.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

As the chart below shows, Etsy's stock is up 270% YTD and the company is worth $6.5 .   Both Minted and Faire are excellent examples of all three trends.    BTW, so is Etsy. It too is doing well connecting artisan makers with customers.   We believe we're still at the beginning of The New Artisan Economy.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Rig Up , an online talent marketplace that connects oilfield workers who are looking for a job with oil and gas companies, recently announced it had raised $60 million in VC funding.    The company was founded in 2014 and it pre-qualifies contract oilfield workers and helps them find gigs quickly and easily with energy firms. 

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) is a research and industry analyst firm that focuses on contingent work. Their clients are staffing industry firms and corporations that employ contingent and/or temporary workers. staffing industry forecast. And over a 10 year period, growing faster by 2% per year adds up.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

We've noticed that a growing number of coworking facilities are starting to look and act like mini-industrial clusters. Industrial clusters are geographic concentrations of firms that broadly serve the same industry and have common needs for talent, technology and business infrastructure.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

According to Staffing Industry Analysts , the online staffing industry is now about a $1billion dollar industry that's growing at "double-digit" rates.    The best known of the firms in this industry are probably oDesk and Elance.  Based on this, I don't think it's a big industry.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

.  The American Staffing Association reported that 2010 Q2 staffing industry revenues were up 33% versus Q2 2009.  Yes,     This revenue translated into the staffing industry employing 2.4     This revenue translated into the staffing industry employing 2.4   We agree. 

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MAY 10, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Increase in Unemployment Rate Good News | Main | 1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010 » May 10, 2010 Disruption and the Analyst Industry I signed up for GigaOm Pro  recently.    It costs $79 a year to subscribe. . 

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MARCH 21, 2012

The recent Global Coworking Unconference Conference left many with the same impression it did Shareable's Neil Gorenflo - that " coworking's all grow'd up "   GigaOm's Jessica Stillman echoes this view, writing in her article The conversion to coworking 2.0  Only 27% do not plan to expand in 2012.

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MARCH 30, 2015

  This is all good news for the industry's providers, who are the independent workers doing the real work - driving, cleaning, delivering, etc. The article chart below shows the impact of these efforts on the prices of common Google adword search terms related to the on-demand economy.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Advisors Struggle to Serve Aging Boomers from AdvisorOne: the financial services industry is working hard to figure out how to help boomers plan and save for retirement. study showing that older motorcycle riders involved in a crash are up to three times likelier than younger bikers to suffer severe injuries.   7. . 

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MARCH 23, 2021

spending on pets reached nearly $100 billion in 2020, up from $95.7    Regular readers know the pet humanization trend is driving the growth of the pet industry.   See our Pet Trends section for more pet humanization and the pet foods industry.    BTW, in case you were wondering, 63.4

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

According to Christensen : Disruptive innovation describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors. The Christensen Institute adds that a disruptive innovation.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Over 500 attendees showed up to discuss the state of the coworking industry and learn from one another. It was clear from the discussions and presentations that the state of the coworking industry is excellent. And now there's a coworking option for this industry.  The 2019 U.S.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

  Key quote from a Restaurant Business article on the forecast : The firm predicts that by 2030, food delivery could account for up to a third of consumers’ $3 trillion food spend globally. They're predicting food delivery will be $1 trillion global business by 2030. 

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APRIL 22, 2021

." Key quote from the article: Several people in their late 20s and early 30s — mostly those who went to good schools, work in high-prestige industries and would never be classified as “essential workers” — told me that the pandemic had destroyed their faith in the traditional white-collar career path.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

  But like so many technologies, it's taken a while for the reality to catch up to the early hype. And, not surprisingly, there are synthetic biology platform companies helping to build the industry.  ." Synthetic biology is not a new trend. About a decade ago it was hailed as the next big thing. 

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JUNE 29, 2020

   The first set of impacts hit consumer-facing industries, like travel, entertainment and dining.    But we're now seeing firms and organizations further up the value chain from these industries get hit.  The impact on cities is a good example of the pandemic's 2nd order effects.  

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MAY 8, 2020

Campaign's How will adland's freelance industry and gig economy change due to COVID-19? covers how a group of advertising industry executives think the gig economy and freelance work will evolve in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. " This succinctly sums up what we also think is going to happen post-pandemic.  

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

As the coworking industry continues to expand, so do efforts on the part of coworking spaces to differentiate themselves and target niche market segments with specialized services. The USA Today’s As co-working grows up, niche spaces catering to small businesses take center stage also covers the growth of differentiated spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Small Business Employment, Confidence Stalled | Main | Our iPad Review » September 04, 2010 Good News - The Unemployment Rate Went Up in August It's hard to be positive about the overall jobs picture.  in July to 9.6% Web/Tech women work/life balance

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AUGUST 24, 2020

  We've long covered the ups and downs of the 3D printer industry.  But developments like the Iconn printer show the reality is catching up. Marines to quickly build a storage facility. 

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Key quote from the musician's Change.org anti-AB5 petition : AB5 will have a devastating and catastrophic impact on independent musicians, their livelihoods and the music industry in general in California.   Again from the musicians' petition: "We are, frankly, terrified of AB5 as it applies to us. . 

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The global design and architecture firm HOK recently released a new report looking at the coworking industry from the corporate real estate perspective.  " The report covers a lot of ground and we found all the chapters interesting. The report is well worth reading.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

  But many factors contributed, not the least of which is the broad adoption of technology across industry and society during this period.    This opened up a wide variety of new market opportunities for tech startups.     That's certainly true. 

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Wag calls itself the "#1 dog walking and dog sitting app for busy dog owners"   And backing this claim up is their recent $300 million funding round.  Somewhat related, Franchise Direct released their 2017 Pet Franchise Industry Report last December.    

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MAY 23, 2016

The Coworking Industry is an interesting white paper by coworking industry veteran Drew Jones, who is a partner in the boutique coworking consultancy OpenWork.   The key reason for this is the real estate industry and corporate America are starting to adopt coworking.

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MARCH 29, 2016

According to the Brewers Association , small and independent craft brewers continued to gain share on beer industry giants in 2015. The 21% revenue share is up from just 6% in 2008. We've long used the beer industry as an example of how industry structures are becoming more barbell like. 

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As the Crunchbase article 3D Printing Investment Going Vertical As Big Exit Looms points out, 3D printing has been around a long time and, so far, has not lived up to its hype.  3D printing is actively used in a lot of industries to manufacture things. 

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JANUARY 26, 2017

As the CB Insights chart below shows, the amount of venture capital investments in pet tech startups is up 4 fold over the past 5 years.   And based on the continuing growth in pet spending, it seems the investors behind these deals aren't barking up the wrong tree.  billion dollars. billion dollars.

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JUNE 12, 2018

But as the article chart below points out, the Midwest is also an economic powerhouse that has traditionally been undervalued by the tech industry.   Regular readers know we've long covered the tech industry's growth in the Midwest. .  It's not just startups and VC's that find the Midwest attractive.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

beer sales, up from effectively 0% a decade or so earlier.   We revisited the industry in 2010 and found craft brewers 2009 revenue share of the U.S. Since 2009 the craft beer industry has continued to advance, with 2013 being a banner year. billion industry (a 14% revenue share) and is showing no signs of slowing down.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rides Last Year - sums up the media coverage of the report, which has highlighted the number of sexual assaults.  Similar national data does not exist for the taxi industry nor for most other forms of transportation.  .  Last week Uber released a U.S.   But Uber also provides a lot of rides - 1.3 in 2018. . 

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JULY 20, 2017

It also let people who bought something online arrange to pick up the item from the truck.  The Treasure Truck is yet another example of the rapidly expanding industry of truck-based commerce.    The drivers behind this trend are: trucks are cheaper to open and operate than traditional stores.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 9, 2016

The continued exponential growth of global coworking spaces and members : Karsten's Foertsch's excellent presentation on the coworking industry  made it very clear our forecast at the 2014 GCUC that there would be 1 million coworking members by 2018 is woefully low. Coworking is truly global.

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MARCH 27, 2014

 Quick summary: the hotel industry isn't worried about Airbnb. I've always been very surprised by the hotel industry's lack of concern about Airbnb. This is how Southwest Airlines, Japanese Car Manufacturers, Nucor Steel and many others became industry leaders.   industry structure trends'

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