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Freelancers Embrace Health Insurance

Small Business Labs

full-time independent workers/freelancers who report having health insurance increased from 64% in 2013 to 82% in 2015.  million more freelancers have health insurance than in 2013. The ACA makes health insurance more available, easier to buy and often cheaper for independent workers than it was prior to the ACA.

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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Success

Thought leader Nilofer Merchant got a lot of buzz in 2013 for her TED Talk extolling the virtues of the walking meeting. Rather than sacrifice her health for her career, she got off her duff and began walking 20 to 30 miles a week while discussing business. This article was published in April 2014 and has been updated.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2013

Small Business Labs

Our overall economic outlook for 2013 is for continued moderate growth with U.S. 2013 will see rapid increases in the number of small businesses using powerful yet inexpensive cloud-based data and analytical tools.    We borrowed this trend from the 2013 Future Workforce Trends from our friends at MBO Partners.

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Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

As the chart below shows, the percentage of full-time independent workers with health insurance has increased from 64% in 2013 to 83% in 2016. This increase is clearly due to Obamacare, which took effect in 2014. million more independent workers have health insurance than in 2013.  This means about 3.3

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Pet Humanization and the Quantified Dog

Small Business Labs

They recently released their 2013 - 2014 U.S. pet market will reach $62 billion in 2013, up 4.7%   For those not familiar with the quantified self trend, it's the use of tools and gadgets to self-track and analyze data on your health and life. It's from the research folks at Packaged Facts.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014

Small Business Labs

Our overall economic outlook for 2013 is for solid if moderate growth with U.S. Income Inequality:  Income inequality is a big issue that will become bigger in 2014.   Health Care. Below is our 7th annual Top 10 Small Business Trends list.  2013's trend list is available here. GDP increasing 2.5%

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

I took part in my first “vertical” beer tasting when my friend Tony invited me and another friend Jeff over to his place to try Driftwood Old Cellar Dwellar from the 2012, 2013, and 2014 bottles. We agreed that the 2012 was too sweet, that the 2014 was too “hot” (boozy but not mild), and that the 2013 was just right.

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