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Farmers Business Network Raises $250 Million

Small Business Labs

Farmers Business Network (FBN) provides a data and analytics platform that helps farmers - and especially family farms - with everything from seeds and planting advice to pricing and marketing. They recently raised $250 million and the company is valued at $1.75

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Whatnot - A Live Streaming Person-to-Person Collectibles Marketplace

Small Business Labs

  Key quote from one of their press releases : Instead of focusing on the retailer-to-consumer relationship, Whatnot builds peer-to-peer connections within existing communities, driving high adoption and conversion. ." And yes, we have no idea what "Funko Pops" or "FigPins" are, but they must be collectible.

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Do You Treat Yourself Like You Deserve?

Success

Her clients included BET, Interscope Records and FX Networks. No more focusing entirely on the next client or the next press release. The work was tireless, often keeping her up until 4 a.m. She either ate fast food or no food at all. And no more obsessing about everyone else except her.

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Are There More Gig Walkers Than Uber Drivers?

Small Business Labs

According to a recent GigWalk press release : "Gigwalk’s Cloud Market solution instantly connects businesses to a network of over one million Gigwalkers in North America …" GigWalk's gig walkers are mobile independent workers who execute a variety of tasks for GigWalk clients.

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Top 5 Public Relations Tactics for Your Eco Friendly Business

Eco-Office Gals

Go into LinkedIn and network with like-minded colleagues. Send out press releases on days that catch a lot of people’s attention when it comes to being eco-friendly, such as Earth Day. Tweak your press releases. So, look into publications that do stories on eco-friendly businesses.

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The Staffing Industry Analyst's Human Cloud Framework and Taxonomy

Small Business Labs

SIA does not include job boards or social networks in their definition because they don't enable or support work arrangements through to their completion.   Click here to go to the report's press release and landing page.   So the gig economy is big. 

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Is Your Networking Fishy Enough?

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? by adrianswinscoe on Jul 02, 2010 Networking is an essential growth strategy for any small (even large) business. However, there is an essential difference between having a strategy and how you implement it and many small businesses try networking with little success.