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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” And the pool of millennial small-business owners is growing—just last year, they made up only 7% of the survey sample.

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Media Bias and Pew's On-Demand Economy Survey

Small Business Labs

Despite the impressive numbers, the press has been reporting that the Pew survey found few Americans are participating in the on-demand economy.   The reality is in just a few years - Uber went live 2011 and Lyft in 2012 - ridesharing has fundamentally changed the taxi business. 

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Each Year a Lot of Americans Start and Stop Being Freelancers

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million annually since 2011. In 2012, only about 800,000 exited, but in 2016 2.4 Every year MBO Partners has done this survey between 12%-14% of Americans who aren't self-employed said they plan on becoming self-employed over the next couple of years.  But the number of people exiting has varied widely.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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An online survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in 2019 found that 49% of respondents saw revenue boosted by partnerships and 77% of respondents saw “partnership development as central to their 2019 sales and marketing strategy.” . Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships.

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Independent Workers Feeling More Secure

Small Business Labs

  Back in 2011 when we first starting asking about this in surveys, we assumed the vast majority of independent workers would view self-employment as being less secure than having a traditional job.  This is up from 41% in 2012.

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UK online spending increases

The Small Business Blog

Latest OFCOM figures have shown that online spending for the UK in 2012 increased on average by 16% per person compared to 2011. This meant an increased average spend of £1,175 compared to £1,017 the previous year, more than double the average spend per head of other countries in the survey.

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2nd Annual MBO Partners State of Independence Study

Small Business Labs

  The study consisted of two national, statistically significant surveys as well as several focus groups and dozens of one-on-one interviews with independent workers.   Key findings include: The independent workforce grew from 16 million in 2011 to 16.9 million in 2012.

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