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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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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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In a 2018 study on the psychology of ultra-marathon runners, researchers found that mental toughness helps overcome the perception of physical, psychological, emotional and environmental obstacles. Rest is how you absorb fitness, and slowing down allows you to speed up later.”

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers. Photo by Jaem Prueangwet/Shutterstock.

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Independent Workers Feeling More Secure

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  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.  In 2018 49% of full-time independent workers feel working independently is more secure than having a traditional job.

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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One possibility is that women are often responsible for more household duties during commutes, such as picking up children and grocery shopping (Chatterjee, et al., Thinking of taking up cycling? 2018). . Negative outcomes are also reportedly worse for women, although the cause is unclear. 2020; Roberts et al., 27.5 – 46.9%

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The agent pays to put them up in a luxury condo overnight, covers the change fees on their flights, and sells them a home the next day. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. This article was published in April 2018 and has been updated. Keep them coming back.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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They shook up the art world with their wrapped structures that drew attention to architecture or natural landscapes, including the Wrapped Kunsthalle (Bern, 1967-8), Wrapped Coast (Sydney, 1969), The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Paris, 1975-85) and Wrapped Reichstag (Berlin, 1971-95). Lighting Up.

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