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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

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After years of feeling the experience’s personal impacts and seeing it in other children whose families could afford it, he looked beyond the usual slate of campers to found Camp Power in 2009. In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, serial entrepreneur Ashley Fathergill’s outlook was bleak. in December 2020.

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Small Business Closure Scenarios

Small Business Labs

employer small businesses will close in 2020 (2) (3).     On average about 8% of small businesses closed each year between 1990 and 2015 and 10% closed at the height of the Great Recession in 2009. .   Based on an industry by industry analysis (1), our base case estimate is 21% of U.S.

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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To further encourage biking as a form of transport, Mayor Claudia López Hernández plans to permanently convert 84 kilometers (52 miles) of newly established road sections into bike lanes to help essential workers travel around the city more quickly. Between 2009 and 2016, it grew from a city of around 1.2 million to over 1.6

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A Detailed Look at US Self-Employment Data

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .  million Americans were self-employed in 2009.    15.3

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Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .  Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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Soaring with the Cloud - Free Online Virtual Summit

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses?   It's also on our Top 10 Small Business Trends lists for 2010 and 2009.  Cloud

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1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? .   Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.

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