Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Key quote: We recently conducted an apartment feasibility study for a proposed new building where the developer was considering including some units devoted to Airbnb users. We get an weekly email from John Burns , a real estate consulting firm. What caught our eye was their discussion of Airbnb.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 8, 2013

  Poor Marx must be rolling over in his grave as we discuss collectivist actitivies with entrepreneurs using business growth strategies from start-ups.   But I digress.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 7, 2010

  Content is provided by participants and the day consists of sessions proposed by attendees with the schedule created on site the morning of the event. " Freelance Camp is modeled on BarCamps, which are open, participatory workshop-events.    Space is generally limited and costs low. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 18, 2020

   Uber has recently proposed a set of legal changes that would provide a third way for drivers.   We don't think Uber's third way proposal goes far enough. .  Our concern is requiring gig workers to be classified as employees would hurt many more people than it helps.  

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 21, 2016

The EPI and the National Employment Law Project have teamed up to produce a fact sheet on their proposal to increase the national minimum wage to $12 by 2020.  But most recent research shows as long as the increases are relatively modest and phased in over time (both true for this proposal), the overall impact is likely positive. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Senate Republicans are turning to the gig economy for new revenue to offset their proposed tax cuts. They are including a safe harbor provision for gig workers in their tax bill proposal (for those who are so inclined, see the section starting on page 151 of the document).

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 21, 2017

The quick summary is self-employed who are younger or have higher incomes will likely be better off under the Republican proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA, a.k.a. As the Kaiser Family Foundation chart below shows  (click to enlarge), there are winners and losers under the ACHA as currently proposed. Trumpcare).

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 2, 2018

That proposed bill tightly limited who could take advantage of the pass-through provision. But most freelancers who make less than these phase out levels will likely be able to take this deduction.    This is a major change from the original House bill. It's also more generous than early versions of the Senate bill.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 8, 2017

The quick summary from that article is: self-employed who are younger or have higher incomes will likely be better off under the Republican proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA, a.k.a. Most of what we say in that article is still true. Trumpcare). Self-employed who are older or have lower incomes will likely be worse off.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

  So it's both interesting and informative that the NFIB has come out against the proposed Republican tax cuts and jobs act. The proposed 25% pass-through rate is substantially lower than the 39.6% According to their press release , the reason is: “This bill leaves too many small businesses behind.

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