Small Business Labs

AUGUST 28, 2017

  More advanced applications are also starting to happen, including 3D mapping and the inspection industrial equipment such as power lines, train tracks and dams. Examples include real estate and insurance photography and broadcast TV. 

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Many companies are also increasing their training efforts. About half of the respondents said they've increased budgets for their training and reskiling programs. .  In response, corporations are looking far and wide for needed talent. None of this data comes as a surprise.

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APRIL 18, 2018

We've long believed there is a strong connection between targeted training and independent worker success. The expansion of Samaschool's training program will no doubt improve the financial lives of many.  The research by Samaschool shows this to be true.    More exciting is Samaschool is planning to expand.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

"  They also provide training for journalists and programs that support their role in society.  The Poynter Institute is a non-profit that explores "the intersection of journalism, technology and the public interest."    They recently released a series of articles on freelancing. 

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Again from the Quartz article: “The Philadelphia 76ers have bought esports teams and are providing them access to training facilities —and they’re not the only ones. .  Since then the industry has grown to the point where professional sports teams are getting involved.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

It's been the forecasting equivalent of chasing a runaway train. And that train has gotten very big and is moving rapidly.  .  Secondly, however you define it, the global coworking industry is big and growing fast. It's always been very challenging tracking and forecasting the coworking industry.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

.  Driving this is the decline in corporate training.   While we are seeing a pick-up in corporate training - corporations are starting to realize they need to increase their training efforts to stay competitive - we continue to believe more people will turn to the ODE to learn new skills. 

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AUGUST 4, 2014

The National Incubator Farm Training Initiative  provides training, support and even tools to incubators focused on training new farmers. There's even a group helping to set up farm incubators. Yet another example of how cooperative, shared workspaces continue to expand into new vertical niches. small farms'

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MARCH 19, 2019

Other popular professions include education and training (9 percent), sales and marketing (8 percent), and healthcare and sciences (8 percent).    Although we've been tracking independent worker professions for over a decade, the categorization problems make it difficult to compare this data over time. 

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APRIL 16, 2019

In particular training people for jobs that require strong hard and soft skills will not be easy. " The emergence of superjobs is going to require new types of thinking by both organizations and workers. It will also require major shifts in thinking.    It's not just traditional employees who will become super.

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MAY 12, 2020

Instead, the next few months are going to feel like an empty-chair economy, with new shift patterns at factories, half-full buses and trains, staggered opening hours and unusually roomy restaurants. .  Key quote: But in most places, it will be anything but business-as-usual.

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JULY 19, 2018

This is especially true for training firms of all kinds, including fitness trainers, business coaches, music instructors, etc. Many of these use sites like Amazon, Etsy and eBay to sell their products outside of the U.S. Also, a growing number of services businesses are creating products.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

key quote: People with scientific training are adopting these <gig economy> practices as well, either by offering services on sites such as Upwork or finding projects through their previous academic networks. Like all Nature articles, the topics are covered in-depth and are well researched.

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MARCH 6, 2017

And who's better trained at curation than the folks working at museums. .  The Center does a great job at trend spotting and reporting. We think this is because a big part of this work is the curation of news and information. They're even called curators.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

This broadly includes e-commerce and subscription startups targeting niche pet retail; hardware startups providing food, training, toy, waste management, and tracking solutions; and mobile app and/or software-based platforms that connect pet owners with pet service providers (e.g. dog-walkers, veterinarians, shelters, grooming services, etc.) 

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APRIL 27, 2015

I can't imagine any clearer signal that the freelance economy is happening than having one of the most successful business authors of past decade or so - Seth Godin - release a training class on becoming a freelancer. The class is available on Udemy at a cost of $57.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2016

New educational programs are changing how job training is done. In other words, Udacity grads get paid tryouts that provide real world work experience with potential employers. The employers get to test out new talent while getting real work done.

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JULY 6, 2012

Capelli also laments the lack of training companies provide these days. Companies simply aren't willing to spend the money to train people - in part because of the cost and in part because of the fear they will leave.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

This product obviously has important potential use cases in law enforcement, rescue situations and other applications where highly trained dogs are used.  The collar also has bark detection, which can notify you when the dog is being a little too rowdy.   Pet Trends'

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APRIL 3, 2013

CAMEO network members provide entrepreneurs with small and micro-business financing as well as technical and advisory assistance and business management training. CAMEO is already the largest microlending network in California.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Vocational training is widely touted as a good alternative, and others suggest save the money and learn on your own.  Due to high costs, high debt loads and a lack of good post graduate jobs, many are suggesting other paths.   Some say doing a startup is better than going to college.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

In our research on independent workers we consistently heard they need access to better training materials and information on starting and running an independent worker business. 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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APRIL 7, 2014

.  Key quote from the article on what this means: The Industrial Internet allows us to fix things before they break, reduce waste, and optimize the performance of individual machines and entire systems like hospitals, power grids, and fleets of airplanes or trains. 

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JULY 14, 2016

Not surprisingly, entrepreneurs are responding to this craze by offering a wide range of services to help Pokemon Go players capture and train their Pokemon. In just 8 days it has become almost as widely used as Twitter and the most popular smartphone game ever.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

.  Key quote on Dog City from a Related press release : Encompassing 800 square feet, Dog City at Abington House will offer an indoor play area, state-of-the-art grooming and training facilities, and a wide range of services, from luxurious pooch-pampering treatments to veterinary care with an onsite AAHA-certified practitioner providing both (..)

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APRIL 30, 2013

  One of the new exhibitors this year was A*Train Cycles , a one man shop in Minneapolis. This year's show had 22 new handmade bike companies that exhibited at the show for the first time. Most of these are very small shops or solo bike artisans. One of their bikes is pictured below.

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JUNE 15, 2011

  Based on our work with entrepreneurs, we're strong supporters of entrepreneurial education and training.  Magazine has a nice Launch Pad summary and Business Week also covers it in an article on youth unemployment.   Miami's approach is an exciting innovation in this field. 

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AUGUST 1, 2013

But other pet products and services - which includes grooming, boarding, training, and pet sitting/walking services, etc. - Dogs garner the most spending, with about 2/3rds of all pet spending going to the dogs. Medical and food spending are the biggest segments. is a large segment and growing faster than the overall market.

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MAY 16, 2012

 According to the article: "Supertemps are top managers and professionals—from lawyers to CFOs to consultants—who’ve been trained at top schools and companies and choose to pursue project-based careers independent of any major firm." Excellent article in the Harvard Business Review on The Rise of the SuperTemp.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

  Online Training Brings Professional Education to Small Business :  Another miss.    Online training did advance in 2010.  .  The focus on testing and measuring online marketing campaigns in particular became more common in the small business sector. "  He was so right. 

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JUNE 5, 2012

  It's mostly about the economic train wreck hitting the European PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain), but also covers problems in the U.S. .   Meanwhile, job prospects for millennials (born 1980 to 2000 and also called Gen Y) are even worse.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

. Forward-looking HR leaders should take action now to plan for a blended workforce and address issues such as; how do you on-board and integrate gig workers or what types of training can gig workers have access to?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

These workers will adeptly combine technical skills with interpersonal interaction, flexibility and adaptability to offer services that are uniquely human.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For small businesses and entrepreneurs, it provides a way to access to training in ways that used to only be available to much larger organizations. .  It's still relevant even though the article is over a decade old (the future often takes a long time to change).   We're very excited about just in time learning.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

  Developing human capital : Investments in workforce training will be required to lift skill levels in new markets and to remain competitive in developed ones. Increased consumption of oil, food, water and ores is a function of population growth but has been amplified by the industrialization of emerging economies.

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2020 Training Skills 100

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Over the past couple of months they've announced deals with  Shell Oil to put them in European gas stations  and the  French National Railway to put them train stations.   While coworking facilities tend to focus on regular users, they also offer touchdown services.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

 Their members are almost all technology startups (they have very few freelancers or firms that aren't tech startups) and they provide extensive startup training and education programs. ." pariSoma :  This SF coworking space's tagline is where ideas meet execution.

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