Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2019

Creative services, healthcare and sciences and project management have been fast growing fields for independent workers. Some workers in project management and creative services likely would have self-described as IT workers a decade ago. .  But a few patterns are clear.

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Skills 2019 Finance Project Management 193

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These include low-cost, Internet-based tools, services, and online marketplaces for everything from billing and project management to marketing and sales.  Over the ten years of this study, there's been a growing array of products and services that make it easier to be a successful independent worker.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 31, 2018

  These include low-cost, Internet-based tools and services for everything from billing and project management to marketing and sales. .  The growing infrastructure of products and services that make being an independent easier is also making independent work more secure. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 15, 2017

 Next-generation chat, video calling, and project management software make it easier to coordinate work with and manage remote teams. The New York Times article covers the Midwest-based  Nexient , whose tagline is "100% U.S. But paradox of place continues to be, well, paradoxical.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

.  The program, called Blitz, provides companies seeking short-term contractors for specific projects access to graduates of Udacity education programs.   Much like a project consulting firm, Udacity bids on the project, puts together projects teams and provides project management services.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 3, 2015

The key article quote comes from a 25 year old project manager who got extra time off instead of a raise: “Would I like to make more?   Companies say they are catering to the growing workforce of millennials who seem to prize short-term flexibility over long-term financial security.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 4, 2016

Paying out of pocket for health care (not everyone qualifies for the Freelancers Union), quarterly taxes, accounting, bookkeeping, promotion, marketing, negotiations, pre and post project management. You're the boss and there's no one to complain to. There's the uncertainty. I'd say that's the hardest part.

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