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Many Working in the On-Demand Economy Are Business Builders

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The platforms that participated in the study are Lyft, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Upwork, TaskRabbit, Wonolo, MBO Partners, OnForce, Work Market, Catalant, Field Nation, Kelly Services and Avvo. The study report is here. 37 percent of the study respondents said they already own a business.

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The On-Demand Workforce Continues to Expand

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On-Demand Work Fills Near-Term Financial Needs: Sixty-six percent of people working on-demand report having variable monthly income. Federal Reserve survey reported encountering a financial emergency. By comparison, just 18 percent of all Americans in a recent U.S.