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Number of U.S. Nonemployer Businesses Continued to Grow in 2018

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Census,  the number of   nonemployer small businesses increased to 26,485,532 in 2018, up 3% from 2017.     From 2010 to 2018 the number of nonemployer businesses has grown at an average annual rate of 2.53%. between 2010 and 2018 and reached 3.1 million in 2018

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The Long Term Shift to Contract Labor by Small Businesses

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billion on contract labor in 2018 (the most recent data available).  billion in 2010. Over the period from 2010 to 2018, contract labor spend by sole proprietors increased by an annual growth rate of 9.1%. billion in 2010 to $97.9 billion in 2018, or an annual growth rate of 3.61%. This is up from $64.8

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The Economic Impact of Craft Brewing

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The Brewers Association recently released their small and craft brewing economic impact report for 2018.  Economy in 2018 and provided directly and indirectly about 550,000 jobs.    The study found that the craft brewing industry contributed $79.1 Billion to the U.S.

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U.S. White Population Started Falling in 2016

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Census data, the number of white Americans fell by close to 100,000 in 2016 and continued falling in 2017 and 2018.   residents from 2010 to 2019. million people between 2010 and 2019—a growth rate of 6.3%. According to U.S. has been declining for several decades.    But in the last 3 years, it fell.

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The Strong Job Market's Impact on Self-Employment

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unemployment rate fell under 4% for the first time since 2000, continuing a steady decline that started in 2010. Despite the strong traditional job market, according to the BLS self-employment has increased slightly over the prior year and is also up from 2010.  This is especially true for independents with in-demand skills.

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They’re Back: Boomerang Employees on the Rise for Good or Bad

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of all job switches” in 2021, up from under 2% in 2010. months in 2010. He left the company in 2018, then returned in 2022. “I Workers are returning to their former employer more often than in the past and often after a shorter time away. According to LinkedIn data , boomerang employees accounted for “4.3%

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Slim & Husky’s Uses Their Artisan Pizza as a Means for Social Change and Community Empowerment

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Slim & Husky’s origin story Gray recalls the time the friends started their first business together—The Green Truck Moving & Storage Company—in 2010. “We Since 2018, they’ve offered $1,000 PREAM scholarships to S+H employees who are graduating seniors carrying a 2.5 It was, of course, far from it. GPA or higher.