Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The online freelance talent marketplace Upwork filed last week to go public.    According to the filing, Upwork has 375,000 registered freelancers and 475,000 client businesses located across 180 countries.  million in 2017, an annual growth rate of 23%.   The company reported sales of $164.4

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2017

If you’ve ever spent a morning trying to track down a lost file on your hard drive or searching through a decade of email, you know that digital disorder can also take a toll on your wellbeing. Do you usually rely on your search box to help you find files? For example, vacation photos might be named “Hawaii-vacation-March-2017).

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2017

P urge files; clean up computer files. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. I thought I’d keep this bonus blog on the lighter side. With the onset of spring, now would be a good time to do a little cleanup. Here are a few ideas. S pruce up your work area with fresh flowers. R earrange furniture. N egotiate your workload.

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Tips From T. Marie

JANUARY 4, 2017

Although I won’t celebrate my 10 th year of being a #girlboss until September of this year, January 2017 does mark an equally important point in my life as a female entrepreneur. Because of the confusion, many of us adopted alternative terms to describe our services like virtual office managers and online business consultants. .

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Success

JUNE 27, 2024

million freelancers across the country, a figure that “has grown year-over-year by at least two million since 2017.” Watching out for the bad actors Some companies that aren’t paying freelancers on time don’t have a proper business management system in place to ensure that freelancers are treated fairly. has exploded in recent years.

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Success

JANUARY 24, 2023

I was spending more time managing how I felt about the writing than actually writing anything. I manage to make up for some of the slower days, so by the start of Week 4 I’m just above the weekly target, with 38,000 words. I print the unread manuscript and quickly put it into a filing cabinet, and I try not to think about it.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 21, 2017

You are capable of much more than you (or your manager!) Switch up the location of your computer, your phone, and your work-in-progress files. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Suggest an innovative solution to a problem that’s been plaguing your team for ages. Offer to own that project that no one else wants to do.

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Clutter Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Supervisors and managers in your organization are having the same thoughts—they want to make 2018 the best year ever, for themselves and their people. Set aside time to consider 2017. It’s then up to the supervisor to maintain the appropriate files and watch for patterns and opportunities. How can you show them the way?

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 1, 2016

For filing labels that stand out, take a look at some of the Avery predesigned templates. Desks are another common source of clutter, if paperwork is the problem here – why not group your piles with clips and give them each customised labels according to the action needed, such as ‘need signature’ or ‘file’. organiseyouroffice.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Nicki talks about managing a team of assistants, creating a career development plan, cultivating a team culture, and finding happiness in your role. And, you know, you manage a team, how big is the team you manage? While supporting J., I love where I’m at. Totally agree.

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 5, 2022

If so, then you know how hectic project management can be at times, especially if you don’t have a centralized platform to keep track of your tasks. These frustrations are a big reason why project management software is so prevalent today, with literally dozens of apps available for keeping track of projects, tasks, and teams.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

You need to reinforce that your work is under control and manage expectations. Managers ultimately want to hear about bottom lines and how you how you successfully planned and smoothly executed your teams’ success in achieving annual targets. The best way for me to do this was to do an internal time management course.

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BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Not only that, but keeping up with dozens of email threads is a remarkably inefficient way to handle task management, not to mention that it’s a huge hassle. That’s why cloud-based project management software programs have become so widespread over the past few years. Yet, how do you know which one is right for your needs? What’s that?

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Cloud-based project management software has revolutionized how companies manage their workflows, time-tracking, and communications for years now. That is unless you’ve yet to upgrade to a project management app, in which case you’re still stuck with the hassles of managing projects across multiple locations.

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BMT Office Administration

APRIL 27, 2022

A valid EIN is required if you’re e-filing. Schedule B hasn’t been reissued since 2017, so the red circle and slash won’t appear. If you’re filing on paper, postmark your envelope by May 2 and send it certified, return receipt requested. This ensures you timely filed your return, even if the IRS never receives it.

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Energage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Deloitte’s 2017 Global Human Capital Trends report pointed to “The Employee Experience: Culture, Engagement, and Beyond” as a top trend. Bersin’s Predictions for 2017 reported, “the topics of culture and engagement will continue to be top priorities, and we can now measure them closely.”. Solution #5: Bring managers along.

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Success

APRIL 10, 2024

Office expenses and supplies Paul Miller, managing partner and CPA at Miller and Company, LLP in New York, says amidst the complexities of the tax code, this write-off is often overlooked. Americans living abroad get an extra two months to file taxes; their deadline is June 15 unless it falls on a weekend or holiday.

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Allwork

MARCH 27, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has temporarily paused the IPO of WeWork India Management Ltd. WeWork India, backed by the Embassy Group, filed its IPO papers with SEBI on January 31. WeWork India, operating since 2017, provides flexible workspaces for businesses of all sizes. The company planned to offer 4.37

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Allwork

JANUARY 27, 2025

Reuters reviewed filings made to the U.S. Only four of those companies managed to increase the proportion of U.S. However the increases have been marginal, including in the key mid-level managers cohort. mid-level managers that are female has risen from 29.5% The company did not provide its actual 2021 filing.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

With that in mind, Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, estimated that with a “consensus” estimate of ultimately 300,000 DOGE-related federal job cuts, the total employment reduction could be closer to 1 million. Only Washington has shown an uptrend in new benefits filings.

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