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JUNE 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Atlantic Monthly on The End of Men | Main | The Female Economy » June 18, 2010 Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 Several years ago (have I really been blogging that long?) I posted on Tim Berry's un-retirement.    His answer was he was retired.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

  A major reason given for planning to work past traditional retirement age is the impact of the recent recession.    A major reason given for planning to work past traditional retirement age is the impact of the recent recession.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I We are a typical global, internet-based media company, operated out of the garage in my house.”

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 4, 2010

  From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively."   According to the research, Americans now spend 36% of their online time "communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging. . 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  View an alternate.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

» August 23, 2010 The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges Investing in venture-backed private companies used to be by invitation only.  But this has changed over the last few years as private company stock exchanges have emerged.    - Facebook has a value of about $25.5

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Education Driving the She-conomy | Main | Software "Super Vendors" and Barbell Industrial Structures » October 19, 2010 Large Companies Recovering - Small Businesses Still in Recession Large corporations are recovering from the recession and seeing sales increases. 

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The Marq

MAY 26, 2010

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life My Favorite Android Apps – Part 4: Finance Technology Recommendations Welcome to another edition of My Favorite Google Apps. This week I’m covering the Finance or Financial related applications. I love the screen transitions as well as how quickly the data loads.

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JULY 19, 2022

W-2 employees are employed through a company and automatically have their taxes deducted from their paychecks. When you work for a company, you and your employer split Social Security and Medicare taxes. Next, you’ll need to consider your current company benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 24, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges | Main | Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 » August 24, 2010 What are Social Magazines and Flipboard?   It is simple to use and organizes information from most any social network or online information feed. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 5, 2010

Main | Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek » May 05, 2010 More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web Nielsen released their March data on the top social networking sites.  social networking sites play a major role in the web marketing industry.   The chart below, from Nielsen, is pretty self-explanatory.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 3, 2010

  Social shopping is a form of social networking where consumers and/or retailers aggregate and share information about products, prices and deals.   As we said in our prior post, the growth of social networking is driving the growth of social shopping.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The article looks at how companies with a large exposure to international markets are faring versus companies that are dependent on the US.  are getting ever-bigger boosts from their operations in fast-growing economies like China and Brazil, companies dependent on the U.S. and burger giant McDonald's Corp.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

So if you have a good credit score it’s more peace of mind for your executive and company. There are numerous examples of people stealing from companies or doing illegal things. One of the most surprising things for me was to learn that not all companies will give you an expense account or a company credit card.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Shapeways is a 3D printing services company and retailer.  is still an attractive place to locate tech oriented companies.    No doubt Union Square Ventures had a say in moving the company to NY, but several VC firms regularly move their portfolio company HQs to the U.S.    The U.S.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Posted by Steve on October 15, 2010 at 01:00 AM in finance | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Moodys Small Business Information Zone : Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

    NBIA says the 5 year survival rate for companies participating in incubator programs is 87% - almost twice the rate of non-incubated companies.    Their research shows that far from substantially out performing non-incubated companies, incubated business tend to slightly under perform. 

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Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2010

  His first point comes as a big surprise to many:  VCs don't like to invest in companies unless they have a product in market that shows customer traction.    The first 3 companies I worked for (one I co-founded) were funded at the business plan stage by VCs.  Having trouble reading this image?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Coworking Facilities » September 13, 2010 State of Small Business Tweet Chat on Wednesday Wave IV of the Network Solutions Small Business Success Index was released today.  Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy | Main | Over 250 U.S. Having trouble reading this image?

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S. Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More. View an alternate.

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JUNE 25, 2010

  This event is targeted at entrepreneurial companies interested in exploring partnering opportunities with Intuit.    Intuit tells me they are in ongoing discussions with over a dozen of the 42 companies that attended and have active, joint pilot projects in place with 4.  Having trouble reading this image?

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Small Business Labs

MAY 20, 2010

  People use social media for social reasons; companies use social media for sales.    Companies want to see a return on their investment in social media and returns are measured, in the end, by sales and profits.    Tom's point is pretty straight forward.  " We agree. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 9, 2010

  But unlike traditional VCs, super angels actively invest in seed stage companies.    If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down. .    If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down.

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JUNE 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 | Main | Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business » June 19, 2010 The Female Economy Following on the heels of The End of Men is the female economy.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 18, 2010

Recent survey results from Network Solutions Small Business Success Index shows that about 19% of small businesses (less than 100 employees) sell outside the U.S.  .  It covers a wide range of global trends and demographic shifts with an emphasis on the growing power of Asia and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Industry clusters are place where there is a concentration of companies and services related to a particular industry.    The best know example is the tech industry cluster in Silicon Valley.      The chart below shows PWC's 2040 forecast of the largest clusters by industry.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2010

At the same time, many consider this the golden era of small software companies.    There are thousands of new, small "apps" companies  generating real revenue.  software companies raised $689 million from VCs. software companies raised $689 million from VCs. View an alternate.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

  Companies of all sizes are increasing their use of contingent workers - contractors, part-timers, freelancers, etc. - Shift health care, retirement planning and other risks to the individual.       It comes as no surprise that the self-employed are using fewer paid employees.  View an alternate.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

economic recovery, analysts are forecasting continued large company sales and profit growth over the coming year. Large companies are doing well because of their exposure to stronger international markets and better access to credit and government stimulus spending.  They've   Despite the sputtering U.S.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 12, 2010

  The awards are given to customer relationship management (CRM) industry leaders and includes both people and companies.    It is one of my favorite issues of CRM because in one magazine a broad range of key CRM companies, technologies and people are covered.  you think so? Having trouble reading this image?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Small Business Recession Not Over | Main | Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement » September 29, 2010 The Future Job Thats Here Today I've been a regular reader of Popular Science since junior high and have always enjoyed their visions of the future. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

It is about a UC Berkeley student who started a custom T-Shirt printing company in high school and continues to run it at college.    The company is ooShirts.com and the founder, Raymond Lei, expects to earn over $700,000 this year from the business.    Lei's total investment in ooShirts was $2,200. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Companies should bring together their social CRM, internal communications and collaboration, and public social site initiatives into a coordinated strategy. .  Some of the more interesting quotes from the list: Gartner estimates that by the end of 2010, 1.2 This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

  Ironically, AOL just paid $40 million (or more) to acquire new media company Tech Crunch.  .  As part of the sale, they agreed to pay $10 million in post acquisition costs and cover employee pension liabilities. In other words, they paid millions of dollars to get rid of Newsweek.  View an alternate.

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JULY 30, 2010

  But the concepts - shared space, targeted at independent workers and small businesses, an emphasis on community and networking - are being picked up in a variety of fields and shared facilities. Hackerspaces  are an example.    They are coworking facilities for people who like to hack or make things. 

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JULY 30, 2010

  But the concepts - shared space, targeted at independent workers and small businesses, an emphasis on community and networking - are being picked up in a variety of fields and shared facilities. Hackerspaces  are an example.    They are coworking facilities for people who like to hack or make things. 

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