Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

think tank, recently released The State of Gig Work in 2021 report.      The report covers the results of an in-depth survey of Americans who earn money from the gig economy, which Pew defined somewhat narrowly.    Only 17% report a negative experience.   

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I was looking through the State of the News Media annual report and ran across this interesting bit of data: " 80% of the traffic to news and information sites is concentrated at the top 7% of sites. " There are, of course, millions of small news and information sites (including this one) that share the other 20%. 

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JUNE 15, 2020

Work From Home Survey 2020 report. The key study finding, as the report chart below shows (click to enlarge), is only 12% say they want to work from home full-time.   Key quote from the report: "When asked what they miss most about working from the office, three out of four survey respondents said “the people”. . 

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? The report covers 20 key demographic, social, economic and technology trends. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Almost 4 in 10 (38%) said it's hard to be successful and a third of content creators (34%) report struggling with burnout.   See the report for more information and details on the study methodology.     Content creators also cited two other major challenges.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 19, 2021

   But you should be interested because the economic and labor data collected by government agencies no longer provide the information we need to properly understand and manage the U.S.    Federal Statistical Needs for a National Advanced Industry and Technology Strategy is a report from the D.C.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2019

  Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

  According to Reddit, the forum is for: " those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on antiwork ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles." has increased 34% in 2021 as compared to 2020.  

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2020

   And as the report chart below (click to enlarge) shows, the number of independent professionals in this space has grown rapidly over the past decade - increasing at almost 4 times the growth rate of overall employment during this period.  million independent professionals (freelancers, independent consultants, etc.)

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 22, 2017

Also, only 68% of small business owners report plans to retire. Almost 1/3rd (32%) reported they plan on working indefinitely. Most baby boomers are reporting they plan on working longer than prior generations, either due to need or choice. We've long covered the topic of delayed retirement in our Baby Boomer section.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 22, 2019

  They report this is a 42% decline in authors earnings over the past decade. As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge) nearly one-third of writers report they earn under $20 an hour for their work.  10% report they earn more than $76 an hour, and another 17% earn $50-$75 per hour. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2018

The Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative and Cornell University's ILR School recently launched the Gig Economy Data Hub , which is a curated online repository of studies, data and information on independent work and the gig economy. We excited by the release of the Gig Economy Data Hub.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 24, 2017

A recent study by researchers at the University of Birmingham found "that employees with higher levels of autonomy in their work reported positive effects on their overall well-being and higher levels of job satisfaction." " In other words, independent workers with autonomy and control are highly satisfied and like their work.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

So many we're having a hard time keeping up and reporting on them all.  Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports. the debates about the future of work will continue to be based in part on bad information. As we pointed out a few weeks ago, there's been a flurry of studies lately on the gig econom y.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Gig Economy - 2018 Edition report. But they do provide a lot of useful research summaries and information for free on their Staffing Stream blog. The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) recently released their U.S. They found that about 48 million Americans are in the gig economy, which is 31% of the workforce. They also found about 13.7

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Small Business Labs

JULY 9, 2018

The report The Rise of the Expert Economy is a interesting look at what it calls a "little-known, high-growth sector, made up of networks that connect experts with companies that need them."  Our clients leverage the insights and perspectives shared by our Advisors to stay informed and make better business decisions.

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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. It's a great list and hard to argue these technologies won't have a big impact.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 6, 2017

The Center for the Future of Museums released their annual trends report, TrendsWatch 2017.  This year's report has 5 chapters: A Mile in My Shoes: closing the empathy deficit. The report is targeted at museums, but anyone interested in trends and the future will find it valuable. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

adults (54%) have gone online to look for job information, 45% have applied for a job online, and job-seeking Americans are just as likely to have turned to the internet during their most recent employment search as to their personal or professional networks. And the information in this report is up to their usual high standards.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 3, 2017

These three large and influential firms all recently released 2017 global trends reports.    The "Big 3" strategy consulting giant BCG report is called Twelve Forces That Will Radically Change How Organizations Work. The report chart below (click to enlarge) shows their 12 megatrends. Wellness 3.0:

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 4, 2018

The technology information site CB Insights recently published their list of 15 Trends Shaping Tech in 2018. These include (the trends and descriptions are from their report): Cars become a subscription good : Pay a monthly fee and drive a car for as long as you’d like. So their list of tech trends is well worth taking a look at.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 6, 2015

While there's lots of interesting information in the study - the more detailed study results deck can be found here - I found their information on multiple job holder and/or people with multiple sources of income of most interest. This is way more than the roughly 7 million reported by the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Enterprising and Informal Work Activities (EIWA) provides a detailed look at those working in the online and offline gig economy. Another interesting finding is that 21% of those who report having a job also report having a 2nd full or part-time job.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

These are formal or informal knitters clubs where members meet, knit, socialize and share knitting advice. We worked with Intuit on this report and while the research is 9 years old, we think the findings are still relevant.   Success on the Internet was propelled by real-life interactions.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 29, 2014

.   As the article's title states, 87% of the surveyed freelancers reported having more than one source of income. The chart below shows the number sources of income reported by these respondents. But its been very hard to quantify this information via surveys. This data is an example.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 11, 2015

Smartphone Use in 2015  profiles American smartphone usage and the growing role that "smartphones play in helping Americans access, share, and create information and communicate with others." The key quote from the report is: 64% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind, up from 35% in the spring of 2011.

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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.    It's full of interesting information and data on why consumers are participating in the collaborative economy.   See the report for much more on this topic.

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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.   China’s state information sector recently announced  that by 2020, it could account for over 10% of domestic GDP, and that the ratio will continue to grow to roughly 20% by 2025.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

  This report provides a snapshot of small business activity in each state and territory, including information on the number of firms, employment, demographics and other topics.   The report opens with a fun set of 15 "Top 10 Lists" on a variety of topics.

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JULY 7, 2015

A study recently issued by eBay reports that in the last year 190,000 U.S.   According to data from the 2014 MBO Partners State of Independence report, 13% of full time independent workers - roughly 2.2 Of these, about 600,000 report at least one-third of their annual revenue comes from outside of the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Recent studies include, but aren't limited to: Pew Research's Gig Work, Online Selling and Home Sharing found that 24% of adult Americans - that about 59 million people - report earning money from the digital ‘platform economy’ in the past year. Skeptics who think the gig economy is small and/or not growing still exist.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2016

Every so often a report comes across our desk that makes us go "wow!" " McKinsey's Digital Globalization: The new era of global flows is such a report. It claims that "soaring flows of data and information now generate more economic value than the global goods trade." These show over 2 million U.S.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 18, 2014

The marketplace themselves are also reporting continued strong growth.  work reports from Elance-oDesk, which recently merged. The chart below, from the Elance-oDesk reports, highlights the relative strong growth on online job listings.   This is highlighted in the recent global and U.S.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The fastest growing sectors employing these privileged workers include finance, banking, management consulting, advertising and information technology.   The report chart below (click to enlarge) illustrates how they split sectors into privileged and precarious. .    The chart below show the growth of U.S.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 18, 2017

These folks, of course, likely wouldn't report being satisfied with gig work. But adding former gig workers to the studies would reduce the percent reporting they're satisfied.   They will provide useful information and likely different perspectives than current freelancers.   

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