Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2019

This is because solopreneurs, remote worker and home-based workers report loneliness and lack of belonging among their biggest work challenges.   It's an extension of a Harvard Divinity School report that looked at declining church membership. So we will continue tracking and reporting on this topic.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

  The report: " presents a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of 545 occupations covering 90 percent of the U.S.   As the report chart below shows (click to enlarge), the number of high digital jobs has grown from 5% of jobs in 2002 to 23% in 2016. workforce in all industries since 2001.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 11, 2017

Those reporting wanting or planning to start a business — about 20 percent of the survey respondents — use gig work to supplement their income while working on their business and/or are using the platforms to experiment with and test their ideas, products and services, and business models. For more see the study slide presentation here.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Regular readers may remember back in 2014 we reported on a survey that said most small businesses are started with less than $10,000. This data is consistent with the Census data presented above. And as we noted back then, most solopreneur businesses report spending less than $5,000 to start their business. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The key quote describes what she did when she finished her year as a digital nomad: A point of culmination of this experiment is when I had the opportunity to pitch my experience to the CHRO of GE and so I have presented my learnings about this aspect of the future of HR, painting an image of digital nomads and flexible work at GE.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 12, 2015

Learning related: 69% reported they learned new skills. 68% reported they improved their existing skill set. 67% reported they attend events at their coworking space occasionally (45%) or often (21%); only 4% said they never attend events. 78% reported that coworking helps keep them sane.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 18, 2014

The New York Times article In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty  presents an unflattering view.   For most independent workers, the good outweighs the bad and the majority report they prefer being independent.  The rest are on the fence.

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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. The report stresses that individuals and the self-employed are becoming increasingly globalized. These show over 2 million U.S. These show over 2 million U.S.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As with last year, there is lots of interesting data in the study presentation. 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.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The article reports that 62% of Americans have a pet in their household, with Gen Xers (71%) and Millennials (65%) the two largest pet owning generations. The article has a great quote on pet humanization: Forty-five percent of owners buy birthday presents for their pets, and 64% buy them gifts on holidays.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 13, 2017

MBO Partners released their 2017 State of Independence report today. Despite being highly satisfied, opportunities presented by the strong jobs market lured them back to traditional employment.  million full time Independents reported making more than $100,000 annually, up 4.9   See the report for more details. 

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 23, 2017

The key quote from the study report is: Another point that should not be overlooked is that, for many people, working in the gig economy is a positive choice rather than a last-resort option in lieu of not being able to find more traditional employment. Also, they present a lot of data based on very small samples (often less than 100).

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2015

On-demand economy workers mostly work part-time:  as the chart below from Intuit's study SlideShare presentation shows, most ODE workers work part-time with ODE platforms and marketplaces. Highlighting this, 43% of those working in the on-demand even report having a full (29%) or part-time (14%) traditional job. This

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The New Data Democracy: How Big Data Will Revolutionize the Lives of Small Businesses and Consumers is a new research and trends forecast report from Intuit and Emergent Research (that's us).    For more on the report, see these articles: ZDNet: Intuit Aims to Give Small Business Spin to Big Data.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 9, 2014

Examples include: GigaOm Research : provides research reports on emerging technologies.  The reports are not as detailed or data intensive as those provided by the traditional industry analysts, but they only charge $299 per year for a subscription that includes all of their reports. charge for their services.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Hope Labor: The Role of Employment Prospects in Online Social Production looks at the motivations behind "hope labor", which the authors define as: " un- or under-compensated work carried out in the present, often for experience or exposure, in the hope that future employment opportunities may follow."

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

  The Freelancers Union/Elance report says multiple job holders fall into two broad segments: Moonlighters (14.3   But these differences really matter because the results of each survey present very different views of the state of the U.S. The Pew Report suggests a job market and economy that is strong and getting stronger.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 11, 2014

 These include: Pew Research - Millennials in Adulthood : Pew consistently does excellent research and this report is another example.   What I really liked about all of these is the information is presented without the hype, drama and complaining usually associated with articles on Millennials.   Gen Y trends'

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 5, 2013

Mary Meeker's 2013 State of the Internet presentation (required reading for those interesting in what's going on with the Internet) also focuses on wearable computing.   For a relatively brief overview of wearable computing, see CNET's Minority Report in Waiting: Wearable Tech on the Cusp of Going Mainstream.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The press mostly reports on bad things, so I was really happy to read the BBC's  Hans Rosling: How Much Do You Know About the World. It presents 5 good things that are going on globally.   My favorite is the first fact, which is about the rapid decline in global population growth.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 13, 2014

Over the coming months we will be releasing a series of reports, presentations and videos covering the full findings from  The New Entrepreneurial Mindset study. .  In this new landscape, many people are re-imagining the idea of small businesses to create new, innovative models that work for their needs.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2014

Governments, academics and the media mostly present the negatives of self-employment.   The Guardian's headline read Self-employed are worse off but enjoy greater satisfaction, report says.   The Guardian's headline read Self-employed are worse off but enjoy greater satisfaction, report says.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 14, 2011

77% of respondents report that their desktop/laptop usage decreased dut to the tablet.   The chart below is from the study presentation and shows how the respondents are using their tablet.  Interesting survey from Google on tablet PC use.  82% of respondents said they primarily use their tablet at home.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 24, 2011

  Last year in the Intuit 2020 report we forecast that 1 billion middle class consumers would join the global economy by 2020.    The forecasts presented in this article are even more aggressive.  ." The rise of the developing world is one of the most important trends we follow. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 12, 2014

Small Business Success in the Cloud is the first in a series of reports, presentations and videos - called Dispatches from the New Economy - Intuit will be releasing in the coming months. They will increasingly build personal empires in the cloud, finding previously unseen opportunities for revenue generation.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

 Key quote: The strange present, we may conclude, is one in which the middle class is slowly being squeezed out of an economy that is gradually dividing into two camps, the few rich and the many poor.   This article focuses on growing income equality. Furthermore, “rich” increasingly means “those working in technology.” 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 21, 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

JUNE 22, 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

AUGUST 27, 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

JUNE 9, 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 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? Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Ford (yes, that Ford) recently released their 2018 Trends Report. Ford has been doing an annual trends report since 2013. Like prior years most of the reported trends are not new or surprising. But Ford does a great job presenting and explaining the trends. Consumers are hungry for inventive ways to cope and adapt.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 7, 2015

We're continuing futurist week here at Small Business Labs by covering  a presentation on the future of work from Faith Popcorn.   Popcorn is probably best known - at least for those of us old enough to remember - for her best selling 1991 trends forecast book The Popcorn Report. 

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

In addition to the report, there's a very nice study presentation with more details available on Slideshare.  “Freelance business owners” (5 percent, or 2.8 million workers) are business owners with between one and five employees who consider themselves both a freelancer and a business owner.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

A detailed Slideshare presentation of the study results can be found here and their infographic here. One of the most interesting findings of this study is the number of people who report having multiple jobs. We discovered this about 7 years ago and changing our questions resulted in about 4 times as many people reporting 2nd jobs.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 8, 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 24, 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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