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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The Voices of Coworking is a video where members of coworking facilities discuss why they cowork, the benefits of coworking and where they see this new style of work going in the future. The video is the the synthesis of over 80 interviews with coworkers conducted by Emergent Research over the last summer. 

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JUNE 15, 2021

Examples include video editing software Kapwing, personalized video app Cameo, and creator credit card startup Karat — companies spanning use cases like content creation, fan interaction monetization, and financing solutions."

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MARCH 16, 2021

According to TechCrunch's Whatnot raises $20M for its livestreaming platform built for selling Pokémon cards and other collectibles : "The company currently focuses primarily on Pokémon cards, Funko Pops, FigPins and sports cards, but they mention things like comic books, video games and vintage hardware as natural fits."

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JUNE 24, 2010

If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey.     As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic.   Click Here to Take the Survey. .

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MAY 13, 2021

Key quote: Substack creators are writers, while Twitch creators make videos. Axios' Tech giants have all become creator companies covers the various ways digital creators can earn money on a variety of tech platforms,  Their excellent summary chart is below (click to enlarge).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Good Morning America had an excellent segment on gig economy side hustles this morning (see the video below). It focused on women and side gigs, but they hit on the main reasons both men and women get side jobs - they provide a flexible way to supplement their income and earn money in response to a financial shock.

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MARCH 22, 2021

And after looking at his videos, we don't get why he's a star.    But his burger target market (teenagers and young adults) loves his videos. And yes, we've never heard of MrBeast. So they buy his burgers.     MrBeast's contribution is his name and his promotional activity.

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JUNE 17, 2021

  Their aircraft is shown in the YouTube video below. As TechCrunch's The Air Taxi Market Prepares to Take Flight points out, "Electric air mobility is gaining elevation. But there’s going to be some turbulence ahead." " One of the companies covered in the NY Times articles is Kittyhawk. 

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JANUARY 13, 2020

" Quibi, which is short for “quick bites” is going to offer short-form videos of 4 to 10 minutes on everything from movies and TV shows in the form of short chapters to daily news and sports reports.    These bite-sized pieces of content will have Hollywood quality production values, meaning they're expensive to make. 

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

  It includes an excellent video that is the most professionally done of any VanLife video we've seen and is well worth watching. Between their Instagram posts, YouTube videos, blogging and photography, Jess and Jorge are hustling hard from inside their roughly 80-square-foot van. 

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AUGUST 25, 2021

  This money is being used to bonus creators who create Shorts videos that hit certain viewership targets. They've also created a $100 million YouTube Shorts Creator Fund to attract creators to their TikTok competitor. 

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This includes independent writers, musicians, designers, artists, instructors, video makers, online influencers, and others who create and monetize digital content.  .   For this study, creators are defined as independent workers (freelancers, self-employed, etc.)

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The video below shows Iconn's 3D printer in action and being used by a group of U.S. Consumers will be able to order, build, design and purchase a brand-new home in a matter of days — something that is truly innovative and truly disruptive.”. Marines to quickly build a storage facility. 

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APRIL 10, 2018

  JLL also has a very cool video illustrating the growth of flexible workspaces from 2010 to 2017.  .  They call this " Coworking's unstoppable market growth "   We've pointed out that our prior coworking forecasts (dating back to 2009) have all ended up being low. So JLL could easily be right. 

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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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MARCH 9, 2021

   Another example is sports video highlights.  .        And the art auction house Christie's is currently running an auction to sell a digital art piece (pictured) by the artist known as Beeple.    Current bidding is over $3 million.  

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

They recently released a short video (below) that we think nicely captures 3 key things highly skilled independent workers are looking for in terms of assignments. These are: Access to diverse and interesting gigs.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Key quote: “Tens of millions of viewers are tuning in to watch other people play video games competitively, and it’s becoming big business …  it is creating a new kind of sports star, and both the gaming industry and professional sports franchises have taken notice.”.

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JULY 31, 2019

The video below is a TV interview with the founders. Joshin curates their independent worker caregivers to ensure they have the qualifications to provide the care required. Joshin's founders are twin sisters who have a special needs brother.    So they understand the challenges facing families who need this type of assistance.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

 Next-generation chat, video calling, and project management software make it easier to coordinate work with and manage remote teams. The short video below (less than 1 minute) give a quick overview of the Midwest's Silicon Prairie. based software partner"   Technology is, of course, the other driver of this shift. Next-generation

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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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MAY 7, 2019

  The short Accor video below explains their coworking push in more detail. .  We find this strategy quite interesting because it's based on one of our favorite trends, work/life integration. It's also another example of hospitality and coworking merging. 

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JUNE 10, 2019

Outdoorsy's short video below nicely describes the company. With this program even a solopreneur can more easily start an RV rental business.    And, of course, owners who rent out their RVs are creating a source of self-employment income.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Below is Ryder's video explaining Coop. So Ryder decided that building their own marketplace is better for them than being disintermediated by someone else. Seems like a smart decision to us. Ryder's move highlights the ongoing shifts towards access over ownership and the use of connective technologies to increase asset utilization. 

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Key quote from the report on this trend: Video and digital collaboration tools have transformed the modern workplace. Taking Care of Business, the Traveler, and the Planet. While we like all of these trends, we find The Power of Being There in Person the most interesting.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

The video below is from Fiverr and provides their explanation for the deal. 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.

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JULY 19, 2013

They coined this term in their spoof video on startups (shown below). The describe themselves as "a video comic strip about the tech world and cover topics like programming, productivity, design, hiring, marketing, & social media."

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JULY 13, 2015

  Below is Amazon's video explaining their Treasure Truck.  The Treasure Truck is yet another example of the rapidly expanding world of truck-based commerce , which we would love to call "mobile commerce" but smartphones have already grabbed that.     

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The "Big 4" accounting and consulting firm Deloitte has released a series of articles, podcasts and videos on the future of work.    "Off-balance sheet talent" is the term Deloitte uses for contingent (non-employee) talent and gig economy workers.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

  The global race for AI chip dominance heats up : We’re seeing a Cambrian explosion of applications for artificial intelligence, from recognizing faces in videos for security purposes to detecting diseases in medical images at scale. But what chips will these processes run on? China and the US are in a race to own this segment.

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JULY 16, 2013

 Shown in the short video below (and yes, he comes with the expressive eyes and eyebrows), Baxter is designed to do simple, repetitive tasks that are hard to automate.   PBS explores the growth in their video The Rise of Artifical Intelligence (AI), shown below.   A number of trends are driving the growth of robotics.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Facebook's video below provides more details on the virtual conference room. Over 12 million people watched it live, and the concert video (below) has been viewed over 60 million times.   The online game industry is also promoting the metaverse.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

  The site has a ton of videos. For example, there's a full series of videos where Intuit Founder and Chairman Scott Cook interviews Lean Startup guru Eric Ries. .  They have channels on serving customers , innovation , values and growing their company.   

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 10, 2015

36% of mobile users say they watch videos that are five minutes or longer on their phones daily or more frequently. Here are the three article statistics I found most interesting: 1. The amount of time spent browsing the Internt on mobile devices is greater than on PCs.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 24, 2011

.   Here's the description of the movie from the filmmakers: SHINE began on May 6, 2009 when 12 video crews and over 400 entrepreneurs gathered in Seattle’s largest film production studio to share why they work long hours, for low pay, facing great uncertainty.

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JULY 10, 2012

Zagats has a video showing how it works.  Popular Science has a video showing it in action. Sprinkles Cupcakes, credited by many as the originators of the cupcake bakery trend, has invented a cupcake ATM (shown on the right).  Beyond the cupcake ATM, our other favorites are: 1.  Burritobot (pictured below) is real.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Their lessons/lectures also tend to be short - usually 8-12 minute videos.  A non-profit with the mission of "a free world-class education for anyone anywhere," they've produced over 3400 short instructional videos anyone can access. They The best known of the MOOCs is the Khan Academy.

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