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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Shapeways Gets VC Funding, Moves to the U.S.   It is also called farmshoring and it is a trend that is picking up steam.  Main | Soaring with the Cloud - Free Online Virtual Summit » September 24, 2010 Outsourcing to Rural Areas of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

September Contest winner: Karin Wilson was the winner of the a $28 make up package from Lisa Miller, which included BeautiControl’s “Lash and Lid Bath&# and “Speculash lash lengthener.&# Her second book Smart Women Publish was published in 2005. Karin, just get in touch with Lisa to claim your prize!

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MAY 10, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Increase in Unemployment Rate Good News | Main | 1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010 » May 10, 2010 Disruption and the Analyst Industry I signed up for GigaOm Pro  recently.    It costs $79 a year to subscribe.

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MAY 3, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Accounting a Barbell Industry | Main | Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping? » May 03, 2010 More on Social Shopping - Groupon In follow-up to last week's post on social shopping I wanted to spend a bit more time on Groupon.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Linking Coworking and Innovation | Main | Good News - The Unemployment Rate Went Up in August » August 31, 2010 Small Business Employment, Confidence Stalled The Intuit Small Business Employment Index for August showed a slowing rate of small business job growth. 

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MAY 4, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « More on Social Shopping - Groupon | Main | More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web » May 04, 2010 Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?   The leader in this space is the start-up Groupon , which just raised $125 million and is valued at over $1 billion. 

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MAY 28, 2010

Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Small Business Recession Not Over | Main | Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement » September 29, 2010 The Future Job Thats Here Today I've been a regular reader of Popular Science since junior high and have always enjoyed their visions of the future. 

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JUNE 28, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Corporate Speed Dating Opportunity with Intuit | Main | Frugal Innovation and Homemade Nuclear Fusion » June 28, 2010 Silicon Prairie Silicon Prairie News covers the midwestern technology scene, with a special focus on Omaha and Des Moines.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 16, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « What is The Singularity?   They also have a blog and a daily research round-up.   Both the blog and daily research round-up are excellent sources of trend information.   And The chart below is taken from their research on U.S.

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JULY 7, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Trend Towards U.S.   This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Hispanics make up just over 50.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.    Hispanics make up just over 50.5%

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

  Industry analysts are upping their app revenue forecasts almost monthly.  A I know this is really boring and you are skipping to the next comment, but I just wanted to throw you a big thanks - you cleared up some things for me! At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies. 

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Outsourcing to Rural Areas of the U.S. Cloud computing lowers capital cost requirements, turns fixed costs into variable costs and provides small businesses the ability to easily scale their business up, and down, with demand.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JULY 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Foreign Born in the U.S.   I grew up in a small, midwestern farm town and admit to being biased towards the Heartland.  Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Education Driving the She-conomy | Main | Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures » October 19, 2010 Large Companies Recovering - Small Businesses Still in Recession Large corporations are recovering from the recession and seeing sales increases. 

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JUNE 4, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce | Main | What is Freelance Camp? Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.     Our project plan is to: 1. 

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MAY 11, 2010

TV sets , up from 2.86 Hi, You obviously put a lot of work into that post and it’s very interesting to see the thought process that you went through to come up with those conclusion. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. home has 2.93

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JULY 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Angels Versus VCs | Main | TechShop, Ford Partner on Automotive Innovation Center » July 30, 2010 Coworking for the Bio-Curious One of the more interesting things we've found during our current coworking study is the growing number  of "non-traditional" coworking spaces. 

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JULY 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Angels Versus VCs | Main | TechShop, Ford Partner on Automotive Innovation Center » July 30, 2010 Coworking for the Bio-Curious One of the more interesting things we've found during our current coworking study is the growing number  of "non-traditional" coworking spaces. 

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JULY 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Business Incubators Versus Coworking Spaces | Main | Coworking for the Bio-Curious » July 27, 2010 Angels Versus VCs Fred Wilson has a great post on his A VC blog covering the differences between Angels and VCs, and who entrepreneurs should turn to for funding. 

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JUNE 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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JUNE 21, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Female Economy | Main | Street Food Gets Real » June 21, 2010 Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business Using Twitter to Grow Your Business  is a free webinar presented by MyVenturepad and SAP.  a start up for small businesses.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Coworking Labs - Our New Research Blog for our Coworking Project | Main | Whats Causing the Decline in Small Business Lending? Basically you show up, help pick the sessions and break into small groups and exchange information.  » June 07, 2010 What is Freelance Camp? . 

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MAY 27, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Inc. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. These women, who have been living or contributing at a subsistence level, are now entering the mainstream for the first time.

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MAY 21, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media? Main | Maker Faire Round-Up, From a Small Business Perspective » May 21, 2010 The Small Business Side of Maker Faire Maker Faire  is best known as a geek-fest.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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MAY 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek | Main | Disruption and the Analyst Industry » May 08, 2010 Increase in Unemployment Rate Good News We're at an odd time in the economic cycle.    The unemployment rate rose from 9.7%   But in this case it is not. . 

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JUNE 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « What is Freelance Camp?   However, as the economy continues to recover we expect small business demand for credit to also pick up.  Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.

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JUNE 17, 2010

  And having discussed these trends with a variety of audiences, I can report that many react negatively to the idea that women are not only catching up to men, but may overtake them on many economic measures over the next decade.  " The recent Newsweek article - Are we There Yet?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business | Main | Are VCs Colluding?   A recent WSJ article, Start-ups on a Shoestring , also covers ultralight startups.  Not all start-ups are this fortunate. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 | Main | 20 TED Talks for Small Business » August 26, 2010 Despite Recession, Private Tutoring Booms One of the trends I find really interesting is the continued growth of small personal services companies. . 

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Job Creation Confusion | Main | The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges » August 19, 2010 Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth Good article from Nielsen Wire article on going global.    This is 3x the growth rate of developed countries. 

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AUGUST 11, 2010

  Q2 profits for the S&P 500 were up 29% and profit margins reached near record levels. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. It also seems to be a good descriptor for what is happening in the U.S.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Atlantic Monthly on The End of Men | Main | The Female Economy » June 18, 2010 Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 Several years ago (have I really been blogging that long?) .    It is interesting to see his perspective after 3 years. 

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JUNE 15, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « MBO Partners: A Business Platform for Independent Consultants & Freelancers | Main | The Future of Museums - A Good Source of Trend Information » June 15, 2010 What is The Singularity? .    It even has a name -  "post humanism." 

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « China Passes Japan - Now 2nd Largest Economy | Main | Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth » August 17, 2010 Job Creation Confusion With unemployment high and job creation weak, it would be nice to know what kinds of businesses create new jobs. 

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Good News - The Unemployment Rate Went Up in August | Main | Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy » September 07, 2010 Our iPad Review The iPad is a huge success.    Many of these are being used by small businesses.

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JULY 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery | Main | The Trend Towards U.S.   The workforce participation rate for those 65 and older starting moving up in the early 90's.  But another group will work because they have to. 

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