Small Business Labs

JULY 15, 2021

." Their essay The next revolution in commerce will be driven by the seller goes deeper into this thesis: If commerce is a transaction between buyer and seller, the face of the seller is evolving with new tools for discovery and purchase that allow for a personal relationship between creator and customer.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 25, 2020

  The Census even provides some simply analysis and visualization tools so you can play with data and/or track it over time. .  Since it's only one week's worth of data, we'll continue watching this to see if these numbers change. The pulse survey is well worth following.   

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 17, 2020

By providing timely and transparent pricing on crop protection products, biologicals, seeds, technology and services, as well as ecommerce purchasing and financing options, FBN arms farmers with the tools they need to make the best decisions for their business, their families and the planet. Canada and Australia.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 26, 2019

Online video and chat services make it easy to connect and communicate with customers and partners, online content creation tools and cloud storage enable work to be done and delivered from remote locations, and online marketplaces provide remote access to new customers.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 26, 2020

Other reasons people like offices include they tend to have fewer distractions than home (except for coworkers) and they tend to have better work tools. People also like interacting with coworkers, both socially and to work together. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 19, 2021

   But as this data shows, social media has become an important customer acquisition tool for a growing number of independent workers.  .   Social media is just one part of social selling - there are obviously other ways to leverage a network in the sales process.  

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The report describes their anxiety index as: a tool designed by Edison Research and Marketplace to measure the amount of stress a person feels about their individual financial situation. .  The survey also asked a series of questions about economic anxiety.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

  The VanLife App is an example of the growing support system of tools and services targeted at this growing group of travelers. The picture below is from the app's website. million Americans consider themselves digital nomads and many are VanLifers. 

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 2, 2017

  A good example are the various tools that help the self-employed do their taxes.    It's an automated tool called  ExpenseFinder. It   It's an automated tool called  ExpenseFinder. It We also think he's ignoring the productivity gains automation tools provide.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

CNBC's Mom and Pop Shops Flying to the Cloud does an excellent job of describing how and why small businesses are rapidly moving to cloud based tools. increasing collaboration across teams, geographies and organizations is leading to the growing use of cloud based collaboration tools.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 5, 2020

  This led to him working on Microsoft's 365 freelance toolkit , a set of software tools that help corporations hire, work with and manage freelancers.  This worked out so well he started using the virtual assistant at work and this quickly mushroomed into using a variety of freelancers in his work. 

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Suppliers Forms Skills Management 161

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But its growing popularity is remaking how we work, the tools we use to work, how we communicate at work, and even the hours we work. Recode's How remote work is quietly remaking our lives provides a deep dive on the growing impacts of the shift towards working remotely.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

We'll have more on this topic, including how small business owners view automation and automation tools, in the near future. This will impact almost all jobs and pretty much all small businesses.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

With the advancements of video conferencing and online collaboration tools, it's become much easier to interact with and manage remote workers. In other words, the amenity gap between superstar cities and other places has closed, while the housing-price gap has widened.     

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Restaurants Collaborate Skills Management 143

Small Business Labs

MARCH 29, 2018

We wouldn't exist without the ability to access through the cloud advanced analytical tools that even fairly recently were only available to firms large enough to afford the substantial expense of installing these systems in-house.  This is very important trend that is creating many new small business opportunities. 

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 27, 2018

The 3rd revolution is being driven by a combination of computer aided design tools linked to a variety of fabrication technologies including laser cutters, NC milling machines and, of course, 3D printers. .  In case you were wondering, the book says the first two digital revolutions were computing and communications.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2019

To help with this problem, the MBO Partners 2019 Client of Choice study used natural language processing tools to help categorize independent workers who provide services to businesses. They also tend to self-identify in very specific and often idiosyncratic ways. This makes grouping them into categories difficult.

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Skills 2019 Finance Project Management 193

Small Business Labs

MAY 25, 2017

Precision Agriculture and Predictive Data Analytics : Tools and technologies that focus on using big data and predictive analytics to make better farm-related decisions. Sensors :  Smart sensors that collect data and help farmers monitor crop health, weather, and soil quality.

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Health Management UPS 165

Small Business Labs

JUNE 16, 2016

The firms also seem to recognize the growing need for tools that support blended teams of independent workers and traditional corporate employees.  The combined firms will no doubt come up with new tools and capabilities that will make it easier and more effective to collaborate in blended workgroups of company internals and externals.

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Networking Collaborate International Skills 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 29, 2018

This next evolution in Fiverr’s own path is to deliver the end-to-end solutions needed to support today’s freelance economy, which includes offering intuitive and time-saving business and accounting tools that allow to you focus more time on what you love: the work. The video below is from Fiverr and provides their explanation for the deal.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 19, 2014

    For the purposes of this forecast, "fully adapted to cloud computing" means being completely or very confident using cloud tools to manage a business.    As you can see from this data, 37% of respondents said they were completely or very confident in their use of web tools.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Because of this 68% of the respondents said they would be interested in a tool that made it easier to hire, manage and pay freelancers. No doubt not by coincidence, the company that sponsored this research - Elance  - recently announced a tool to help mid-sized companies do just that. 

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Elance Skills Management 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 6, 2013

These spaces have a variety of industrial equipment and tools available for member use including things like laser cutters, 3D Printers and other computer controlled tools. Electronics related tools and equipment and also usually available. 

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Equipment Collaborate 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 2, 2014

It's the use of digital data and analytical tools to analyze, track and improve work methods and performance. Labormetrics is one of the trends we closely monitor. We track this trend for 2 reasons.  First, it's clear labormetrics systems are going to be used in most businesses and across most tasks.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

  The key finding of the study is "participation in the Online Platform Economy functions as a cash-flow management tool for many families." The JP Morgan Chase Institute recently released a new study, Bridging the Gap: How Families Use the Online Platform Economy to Manage their Cash Flow. 

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2017 Medical Management Policies 110

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 25, 2014

The Internet and a growing array of telework and online collaboration tools are the key enablers of the digital nomad lifestyle.   As long as they can find a decent Internet connection, laptop carrying nomads can work pretty much anywhere.

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Telecommuting Lifestyle Yahoo Retirement 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

  Key quote describing makerspaces: Also called hackerspaces or innovation labs, these establishments act as communal workshops where makers can share ideas and tools. The article came out last February (we're behind in our reading).  They can pop up anywhere, including in schools, libraries, and community centers.

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2006 2009 UPS 100

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

First, many people confuse working with online tools in a traditional job with working in the gig economy. The false positive problem – meaning people say they do something in response to a survey question when they don’t – is a common problem with gig surveys for two broad reasons. This seems to be the main issue the BLS had.

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2017 123

Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2013

.  In interviews, independent workers who invest in social media tell us they see social media as a tool for building their reputation and brand. So while few see social media as their most important source of business, many see it as an important reputation/branding tool and a source of leads.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

 We're pleased to see MBO Partners providing these tools. We partnered with MBO Partners on The State of Independence study  which found there are 16.9 million independent workers in the U.S.

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Training 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

The theme of the presentation is the economy is moving to "data factories" that create tools and products that make it easier to start a small business. .  His slide show in embedded below.

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Google Facebook AT&T Skills 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 31, 2012

  The book focuses on how to apply business tools to improve your life. Each section discusses tools, cases and theory from business and business research.  Others question the value of applying business tools and research to life. Finding Happiness in Your Relationships. How to Stay Out of Jail.    

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Goals Skills 100

Small Business Labs

APRIL 2, 2015

  The Internet and a growing array of telework and online collaboration tools are allowing laptop carrying nomads to work from pretty much anywhere they can find a decent Internet connection.  Digital nomads are attracting a lot of attention these days. 

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Lifestyle Collaborate Management 100

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

This is a lightweight, mobile office. And it feels great. When combined with wifi and the right community, things really happen.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 20, 2013

It's the use of software and analytical tools to analyze, track and improve work methods and performance. They use the term "labormetrics" to describe these tools and efforts. Salon's The Scarey New Labormetrics of Work  describes a trend we've following for some time now.

AT&T 100

AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Mobile, Cloud and Social technologies are rapidly becoming the main tools for accounting professionals.  These tools are allowing accounting firms to provide real-time customer support and "appify" the entire accounting experience.

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2011 Interviewing AT&T Management 100

Small Business Labs

APRIL 27, 2015

More opportunities, more tools, more leverage than ever before. .   According to an interview with Godin on the Gaping Void blog , here's reason he's done this course: This is the golden age for freelancers. But for many freelancers, there’s a big “but”….

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Interviewing AT&T Training UPS 100