Small Business Labs

MARCH 14, 2019

.  But as companies become more reliant on external talent, they increasingly need to structure their policies, procedures, and engagement practices in order to be successful in attracting, engaging, and retaining highly skilled independent professionals.  A Positive Work Environment. The Opportunity to Learn and Build Skills.

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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 19, 2019

Patch Media has placed an ad looking for reporters to cover stories about California, so long as the reporters don't actually live in California. Forcing these workers to be traditional employees is bad policy. .  As the article points out, this is already happening. Some employment listings.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The National League of Cities recently released Discover Your City's Maker Economy , a report that "provides a roadmap for cities to develop policies, programs and a culture that better supports local maker businesses."   This echos a report earlier this year from the Brookings Institution. ."

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Small Business Labs

JULY 2, 2018

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) dug through social security data and found the number of self-employed grew between 2000 and 2015 (the most recent data available).    Their chart below shows the increase in share of earners reporting self-employment earnings.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 18, 2017

Both labour and industry groups in the UK are criticizing the report.    The Independent's Matthew Taylor review: Unions slam gig economy report for 'spectacular failure' to deliver on promises  obviously covers the fact that unions don't like the report. delivery service Deliveroo.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Federal Reserve itself, in their 2017 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households,  reported that 31% of Americans do some form of gig work and that gig work income was important to many. These finding are not surprising. This study was also based on SHED data. A key reason for this is data from the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This means she works with the people who decide the remote work policies at GE. million report having traditional jobs. Based on our digital nomad interviews, the vast majority of job holding digital nomads have been allowed to do this outside of any official corporate policy.  million American digital nomads.

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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 rise of side gigs, which has clearly happened, will continue to be discounted in policy circles. 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

AUGUST 11, 2020

Uber's 18-page report, A First Step Toward A New Model For Independent Platform Work , outlines their proposal for improving the financial security of independent contractors, especially Uber drivers.    The report has a series of nine proposals from Uber.    Instead, we suggest you click here to read it.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The report is long, but the first page provides an excellent summary. What these experts recognize is technology can be used for both good and evil purposes. It's up to us to decide which.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 19, 2020

.   As the Census chart below (click to enlarge) shows , 51% of the small businesses surveyed reported that the pandemic was having a large negative effect on their business.    Another 39% reported it has had a moderate negative effect. reported the pandemic has had a positive effect on their business.  

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2015

The recently released Wasp Barcode Small Business Accounting Report supports this.  As the report chart below shows and Wasp highlights in their blog post on the report , 52% of respondents report that they pay too much on taxes are they are not sure. Government Policy Small Business Economy'

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2018

Users can also find links to published reports and publicly available datasets to engage in further research. In addition to being a valuable source of information for policy makers, we think it will quickly become a key resource for anyone interested in learning about independent work, the gig economy and the future of work.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 30, 2017

We just read Accenture's Technology Vision 2017 report  and they strongly suggest independent work is the future of work.  The report chart below shows how Accenture sees labor markets evolving.  The Accenture report is another signal showing how quickly corporations are increasing their use of non-employee labor.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Another interesting finding is that 21% of those who report having a job also report having a 2nd full or part-time job. As we've reported a number of times in the past,  government statistics state the number of Americans with multiple jobs has been steadily declining over the past couple of decades.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They also found that 57% reported they were very satisfied with contract work. Only 45% of traditional full time employees surveyed reported they were very satisfied.    The book closes with policy suggestions for making independent work less precarious. This section is quite good. Too bad it's so one-sided.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Elance's  monthly jobs report  aims to supplement the monthly Bureau of Labor statistics employment report which, according to Elance, "does not fully capture independent workers due to outdated reporting standards."  This year's MBO Partners State of Independence Report shows that 17.7

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2013

  This study adds to a recent report by the Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy saying the law could increase the number of new U.S.    Contingent Workforce Freelance Government Policy Independent workers' businesses by as much as 33% over several years.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 10, 2017

  New Scientist Magazine reports there are as many as 20 human Crispr trials underway or soon to be underway.  basically has no policy position or strategy related to genetic engineering. And it's not science fiction, it's being used today.   Most of these trials aim to cure genetic diseases.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 25, 2013

A 2011 by Richard Cebula and Edgar Feige estimated that as much as “18-19 percent of total reportable income is not properly reported to the IRS.”   Government Policy trends' For obvious reasons data on the underground economy (also called the informal economy) is hard to come by. economy is growing.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

  Take for example the coverage of the recent National League of Cities report  Cities and the Innovation Economy: Perceptions of Local Leaders.   So naturally, Fast Company's article's headline on the report is 33% Of U.S.   As the report chart below shows, over 40% of U.S.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 11, 2013

The most recent BLS jobs report showed that almost 500,000 Americans left the workforce  in March, resulting in the workforce participation rate falling to 63.3%.   Government Policy'  This is the lowest its been since 1979.   There's a pretty active debate over what's driving this decrease.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Key quote: Regardless of the concerns of policy-makers, litigators, and lobbyists around worker classification, the On-Demand Economy is here to stay because of its core benefit – people feel empowered and liberated knowing that they can work when they want to.   So I understand why there is so much negative reporting on this topic.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

.  To help these micro multinationals, the Global Innovation Forum has released Simple Steps for Global Success , a report with advice on how startups, small businesses and freelancers can successfully engage in global markets. The report focuses on 4 steps small businesses can take to become successful exporters.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 16, 2015

Cloud companies do get hacked and small businesses need to have policies and procedures in place to manage the security of cloud applications. But as the chart below from CDW's s Cloud 401: Navigating Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing study shows, only about 1 in 4 survey respondents report security as a major issue with cloud computing.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 29, 2020

The NLC survey shows that 74% of cities have started to cut their budgets, with 20% reporting across-the-board reductions. .  Examples include advertising agencies and marketing firms, professional services providers and cities, which rely in part on sales tax and consumer use fees for much of their budgets. Also, about 1.5

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 12, 2013

 According to a labor report written by the Post Office in 2011 , they are looking to grow their contingent workforce to 30% of their total workforce by 2015. Contingent Workforce Government Policy Independent workers'   They also plan to continue to expand their use of contingents. Sounds pretty good.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

We've been getting a lot of feedback on the On-Demand Workforce report Intuit released last week  (we worked with Intuit on this study). This is  "the dark side" of independent work and we need policies, laws and regulations that end the abuses.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

This means young freelancers can piggy back on their parental policies. Our advice to freelancers is to pay attention to your state's exchange plans and policies. While there's broad agreement that job lock is real, there's little consensus in the academic community over how big an impact job lock has on employment choices.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 5, 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

NOVEMBER 2, 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

MAY 17, 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

SEPTEMBER 4, 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

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Economy is Only Doing Half its Job  and the progressive Economic Policy Institute released their Top Charts of 2015.  They adjust this by household size and the report chart below shows the various income definitions. .  After much debate, there is broad consensus around this topic.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 9, 2013

June's employment report was good news. Contingent Workforce Government Policy Independent workers trends' Net jobs increased by 195,000 jobs and over 200,000 private sector jobs were added.  The BLS also  revised upward  the prior two months by 70,000 jobs.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 9, 2011

  In early 2007 we released the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs.    The report also forecast that personal businesses - one person businesses without employees - would increase in number and importance, and drive an overall increase in entrepreneurial activity. 

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