The Ethical AI Debate Intensifies as Musk Takes OpenAI to Court
Allwork
MARCH 1, 2024
Instead, there are just press releases bragging about performance. There are no scientific publications describing the design of GPT-4.
More tech layoffs? Lenovo will make “workforce adjustments” to cut costs
Allwork
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
What’s going on: Lenovo’s struggles have taken their toll, despite the company’s best attempts to paint a rosy picture in their latest financial reports. billion, with actual revenues being reported as $15.3 billion, with actual revenues being reported as $15.3
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Work-Life Balance Revolution? Sanders Introduces 32-Hour Week Legislation
Allwork
MARCH 14, 2024
According to a report published by Common Dreams , the proposed bill, co-sponsored by Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) That has got to change,” Sanders stated in a press release. workers benefit from the significant productivity gains and technological advancements of recent decades.
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U.K. Gov. Threatens Funding Cuts In Response To Four-Day Week Trial
Allwork
DECEMBER 19, 2023
According to a report published by Fortune, the trial has seen more than 700 staff members work 80% of their hours for full pay. The South Cambridgeshire Council, a local authority north of London, finds itself at the center of the debate. The council officially launched its four-day trial in January 2023.
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Rapid Work Style Shifts Are Tanking Tax Revenues — Can City Planners Catch Up?
Allwork
JANUARY 6, 2023
“New York raises almost $1 billion annually from a tax on large commercial leases, which could fall if demand from big tenants like law and financial-services firms remains soft,” Bloomberg reported. . City leaders must work quickly to keep up with the shift to remote work and the ripple effect it has on urban areas.
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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?
Success
JULY 28, 2023
In July 2022, the Student Borrower Protection Center released a report titled Trapped at Work: How Big Business Uses Student Debt to Restrict Worker Mobility detailing the issue. Asking employees to report on learnings, identifying ways to apply training experiences to improve their work performance, etc.,
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Enterprise Rockers: Response to Lord Young’s Report
The Small Business Blog
MAY 13, 2013
Enterprise Rockers #MicroBizMatters enterprise rockers Lord Young micro business Micro Business Matters'
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The Number of Nonemployer Businesses Continued to Grow in 2016
Small Business Labs
JUNE 27, 2018
Census recently released the 2016 nonemployer business statistics. Key quote from their press release : nonemployer establishments increased 2.0 But one of the fastest growing segments of nonemployers are those reporting $100k or more in gross receipts. percent from 24,331,403 in 2015 to 24,813,048 in 2016.
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Survey: 29% of American Workers Have Side Jobs
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
So many we're having a hard time keeping up and reporting on them all. So we're just getting to a survey on side gigs that CareerBuilder released in September. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports. 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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How Women Are Rising in Business
Success
MARCH 8, 2023
Women in business: a look at the numbers A 2022 annual report by the National Women’s Business Council found that women owned 20.9% Additionally, the report found that women-owned businesses “employed 10.8 Additionally, the report found that women-owned businesses “employed 10.8 of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7%
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The Recent Flurry of Gig Economy Studies
Small Business Labs
JULY 1, 2019
But we admit we laughed out loud when we read their press release. And as the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), about 10% of UK residents report using a gig platform for work on a weekly basis and almost 30% are seeking work using these platforms. And, overall, they've accomplished that goal.
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The Staffing Industry Analyst's Human Cloud Framework and Taxonomy
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Last week the Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) released The Human Cloud, the Gig Economy & the Transformation of Work. It nicely covers the topics mentioned in the report title. The report is excellent and well worth reading. The report is excellent and well worth reading.
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Study: Many Corporations Converting Traditional Jobs into Freelance Roles
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 11, 2017
The study press release has an interesting quote on the growing role contingent talent is playing: "Companies are increasingly embracing gig workers, and even robots, in their overall workforce to address the increasingly tight labor market in the U.S.
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Small Business Labs
MARCH 20, 2018
Key quote from the study press release : “Households have diverged along economic lines and now people’s respective income levels are steering their behaviors and dictating the success of retail segments,” said Robert Stephens, senior manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP and co-author of the study.
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Small Business Labs
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
Package Facts recently released their list of 10 Pet Product Trends to Watch in 2017. Key quote from their press release: From leather collars to fur-lined carriers and orthopedic bedding, there's no shortage of innovative and human-inspired products trending in the U.S. pet industry.
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Are There More Gig Walkers Than Uber Drivers?
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
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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Mastercard on the Sharing Economy
Small Business Labs
JULY 6, 2017
Key quote from their press release on their recently released sharing economy study: “The sharing economy is experiencing an extraordinary level of growth, transforming the fundamental way industries operate and people experience a variety of things,” said Mark Barnett, President, Mastercard UK & Ireland. .
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The Rise of Online Lending
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 22, 2015
The Rise of Online Lending is a new entry in Intuit's Dispatches from the New Economy report series. According to the press release: By leveraging QuickBooks data and not requiring a credit check or any paperwork, this new solution delivers faster financing, lowers costs, and puts more money directly in the hands of small businesses.
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The On-Demand Economy Driving Growth of Nonemployer Businesses
Small Business Labs
MAY 30, 2017
See their reports for more on high earning independent workers. Census press release this year focused on the fast year over year growth of nonemployers in transit and ground transportation. This is, of course, due to Uber, Lyft and the broader ride share industry.
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More Forecast to Cycle Between Traditional Jobs and Independent Work
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Over 40 percent of the adult workforce reports currently or previously having worked as an Independent. See MBO's press release for their other independent work predictions. The two predictions that cover this are: 1. By 2027, more than half of the workforce will be, or will have been, an Independent.
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Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 14, 2015
The research is based on a survey of independent workers that work with 11 different on-demand economy and online talent marketplace companies (see this Intuit press release for the companies and more details). Three of the key findings from this research are: 1.
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Landlords Rolling out the Red Carpet for Dogs
Small Business Labs
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
The NY Times article reports: Members pay a $250 annual membership fee plus monthly add-ons ranging from $40 (for self-service use of the facilities in the off-hours) to $750 (daily day care with walks and report cards written by handlers, plus an ear wash and “pawdicure”). I also would have laughed at doggie report cards.
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Tech Savvy Small Businesses Outperform Peers
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
Key quote from the study press release : The BCG report argues that the latest wave of technological advancement—which encompasses cloud-based software, services, and solutions—brings the potential for the most far-reaching innovation and business growth ever.
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Small and Independent Brewers Continue to Gain Share
Small Business Labs
MARCH 29, 2016
Key quote from their press release: In 2015, craft brewers produced 24.5 We used the beer industry as the main example in our 2008 New Artisan Economy report on how changing industry structures is leading to more small businesses. Retail dollar value was estimated at $22.3
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Ford's 2013 Consumer Trends Forecast
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Ford (yes, that Ford) released their first ever trends report. According to their press release , it reveals "predictions about consumer habits and behaviors expected to shape 2013 and beyond." " The report is very glossy and nicely written. The 13 trends are solid if not surprising.
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Five Ways to Repurpose Your Content Into New Products and Marketing Tools
Step It Up VA Coaching
DECEMBER 16, 2010
Give yourself a jump start by compiling blog posts or brief articles you have already written on a topic or related topics into an ebook, print book, or special report made available on your website. Compile them into a tips sheet or expand each tip topic into a brief chapter of an e-book, special report or video blog topic.
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4 Reasons Why Media Exposure Is Essential To Kick-Start Your Small Business
The Small Business Blog
MARCH 2, 2011
Business owners that understand how to cultivate relationships with the local media, even particular reporters, will benefit from nurturing those relationships when seeking additional coverage in the future. But be careful to research the reporter first to ensure your news is relevant for their beat.
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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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Small Business Labs
FEBRUARY 25, 2011
eMarketer reports that 9% of the adult (18+) US Internet population currently uses Twitter at least once a month. Key quote from their press release: “Twitter has continued to gain traction but at more moderate levels than we had expected,” Verna said.
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The U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance
Small Business Labs
MAY 17, 2011
The strategy consulting firm The Boston Consulting Group released a study predicting that over the next 5 years the U.S. Key quote from their study press release : "Products that require less labor and are churned out in modest volumes, such as household appliances and construction equipment, are most likely to shift to U.S.
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Net-zero emissions is a great goal for companies to set — but it’s incredibly hard to reach. Here’s why
Ideas.Ted
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Though the pledges make great press releases, net-zero is more complicated and potentially problematic than it may seem. As a result, companies have a lot of discretion over how they report their emissions. As environmental policy and economics researchers , we study how companies make these net-zero pledges.
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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch
Ian's Messy Desk
JUNE 15, 2010
Press release from the Canadian Index of Wellbeing : TORONTO – Canadians, especially women, are caught in a time crunch and the problem has been getting worse over the past 15 years, says a new report by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), Caught in the Time Crunch: Time Use, Leisure and Culture in Canada. Take the Quiz.
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Step It Up VA Coaching
MAY 29, 2014
There are many ways to market your business – email marketing, social media, press releases, attending networking events. Visit [link] to receive the free report, Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid in Creating a 6-Figure VA Business. by Donna Toothaker.
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Why Surveys Show Wide Differences in Small Business Social Media Use
Small Business Labs
MAY 10, 2011
For example, the Wall Street Journal article Facebook Tops for Small Business reported on a survey that found small businesses quite positive about social media. They recently released a survey and their press release headline is Citibank Survey Reveals Small Businesses Not Joining Social Media Conversation.
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HealthyWage - Lose Weight, Make Money
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
According to their press release, participants pay $100 for an opportunity to double their money and earn $200 if they lose 10% of their starting body weight within 6-months. HealthyWage is sponsored by corporate and government clients who have a stake in wellness, heathcare costs and disease prevention.
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Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. | THE SMALL.
The Small Business Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 When you sign up to WinWeb’s free LiveNet – still in public beta – you can also use our useful and FREE RSS Press Release service. Free Press Release Distribution- Ever wish for an all in one online office workspace?
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Small Business Labs: Moody's Small Business Information Zone
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 15, 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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The Time I Threw Myself Off A Ladder
My EA Career
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
The buzzing of my phone was a text message from a good friend sending me a link to a press release she was mentioned in. She is a kick-ass business leader who has led large teams, negotiating deals and acquisitions worth millions and leading business units with hundreds of staff reporting up to her. I knew something was coming.
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Step It Up VA Coaching
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
There are many ways to market your business – email marketing, social media, press releases, attending networking events. Visit [link] to receive the free report, Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid in Creating a 6-Figure VA Business. by Donna Toothaker.
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100 Bosses Feeling the Strain
On The Job
APRIL 29, 2008
Ream contends it's up to today's parents to rescue our children from shoddy writing, or we're going to have a whole generation of workers who can't use their critical thinking skills to write reports for the boss. Her suggestion: Get the kids to talk about a novel they've read and put their thoughts down on paper.
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Speak for Yourself!
Step It Up VA Coaching
MAY 19, 2011
There are many ways to market your business – article submissions, social media, press releases, attending networking events. Visit [link] to receive the free report, Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid in Creating a 6-Figure VA Business. by Donna Toothaker.
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Who is doing your media campaign?
Catch Friday
JULY 8, 2011
A demonstration of a media campaign can be seen in the press releases around the subject of the hacking of telephones by staff from News Corp reported in the British Press: The End of British Politics As We Know It Can Cameron Survive? Targeted press. offers the advantage to effectively run campaigns.
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Good Ol’ Fashioned Marketing is Still Good For Business!
Step It Up VA Coaching
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Offer to do a free class or workshop at your local library, women’s business network, or community center, and send press releases to local papers, radio, television, and local business newsletters, such as those sent out by the chamber of commerce.
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My EA Career
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
The buzzing of my phone was a text message from a good friend sending me a link to a press release she was mentioned in. She is a kick-ass business leader who has led large teams, negotiating deals and acquisitions worth millions and leading business units with hundreds of staff reporting up to her. I knew something was coming.
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