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How Company Passion Projects Can Add to the Bottom Line

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In the early 2000s, Google encouraged an 80/20 policy, which gave employees the bandwidth to ideate, develop and innovate projects during 20% of their work schedule. In many cases, passion projects also result in participants feeling good about doing acts of service that lead to the greater health of the community or even the world.

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Will Small Businesses Drop Employee Health Coverage in 2014?

Small Business Labs

We've looked at the new health care law and tried to understand and forecast what it means for small businesses.    The New York Times has an article covering McKinsey getting hammered over their analysis of the new health care law.    Which is one reason why the topic is so controversial.  The

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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Good Q&A on the New Health Care Law & Small Business

Small Business Labs

Few people know much about the health care reform bill (officially the Affordable Care Act) that was passed last year.    The sections that have the biggest impact on small businesses don't go into effect unitl 2014, so there isn't a huge rush to learn more.

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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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Obamacare, Job Lock and Freelancers

Small Business Labs

According to the  MBO Partners State of Independence study  about 1/3rd of independent workers  do not have  health insurance.   But it may also change in 2014 as the Obamacare mandated insurance exchanges begin operation. This means young freelancers can piggy back on their parental policies.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). million workers and generating revenue of $1.9 of women-owned businesses.

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