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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2011

Small Business Labs

Continuing our annual tradition, below is our Top 10 Small Business Trends list for 2011.    We're optimistic the economy will continue to improve in 2011 and economic growth will be more widespread.    Online micro-lending in particular will see a substantial increase in 2011

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

Search Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or countless freelancer marketplaces — it’s hard not to find freelancers. Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. ‍ We recommend setting up a shared Google Drive or Dropbox folder.

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How to Get a Corporate Venture Capitalist to Invest in Your Innovation

Small Business CEO

Their contributions are increasing steadily with the number of active corporate investors tripling from 2011 to 2016. Corporate venture capital (CVC) branches have been established in companies from Google and Qualcomm to Johnson & Johnson. In fact, 75 of the Fortune 100 companies are now participating in venture capital investing.

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Trello vs. Monday.com: Which platform is best for task management?

BMT Office Administration

Trello was the brainchild of New York software company Glitch in 2011 before launching as its own company in 2014. Google Drive. Google Calendar. Finance request forms. Yet, these 50 are some of the most commonly used tools, such as: Google Drive. What does Trello offer? Salesforce. Wrike (through Zapier).

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The Future Job That's Here Today

Small Business Labs

" The data analytics and forecasting field has been growing rapidly over the last decade and is exploding right now (think Google, Facebook, hedge funds, biotech, the list goes on and on).  Expect openings for data brokers trading exclusive rights to data portfolios." Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Coworking for the Bio-Curious

Small Business Labs

    For those that are interested, there is also Bio-Curious Google Group.  .  So we can add coworking biology/life science labs to the list of "non-traditional" coworking facilities.    **Update:  An alert reader pointed me to a blog post on this topic on The Atlantic Monthly blog. 

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Small Business Labs: Coworking for the Bio-Curious

Small Business Labs

    For those that are interested, there is also Bio-Curious Google Group.  .  So we can add coworking biology/life science labs to the list of "non-traditional" coworking facilities.    **Update:  An alert reader pointed me to a blog post on this topic on The Atlantic Monthly blog. 

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