Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

While enterprise data infrastructure has improved at least the management of these databases, it’s still amazing how little data enriches our decisions, offers new avenues for analysis, and quite frankly, just makes our lives better on a day-to-day basis.    4.    4.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 25, 2020

  The Census even provides some simply analysis and visualization tools so you can play with data and/or track it over time. .  Since it's only one week's worth of data, we'll continue watching this to see if these numbers change. The pulse survey is well worth following.   

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Small Business Labs

MAY 13, 2019

Deloitte has become, in our opinion, one of the key go-to sources of information and analysis on the future of work. Their recent article Redefining work, workforces, and workplaces is a good example. "   As the article chart above shows (click to enlarge), they focus on three main areas: work, workforce and workplace.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 7, 2020

Based on an industry by industry analysis (1), our base case estimate is 21% of U.S.    Notes: (1) Our analysis looked at industry level historical closure rates (see the U.S. employer small businesses will close in 2020 (2) (3).    This is about 1.2 million small businesses.  

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Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2018

Census non-employer business dataset for this analysis.  So it was a good choice for the analysis done in this study. .  As the report chart below shows, there are about 2.5 million "specialized freelancers" in the U.S.    Fiverr and their research partner, Rockbridge Associates , dug deep into the U.S.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 16, 2018

  We're in the data analysis phase of a new study looking in more detail at how Americans view the risk associated with starting a business.  That study also not surprisingly found that independent workers are more comfortable than non-independents with the risks associated with being independent.   

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APRIL 22, 2020

  But we still think it's a useful and excellent trend analysis piece and if you're interested in trends this report is well worth reviewing.  .  This likely why we - and probably many others - missed it when it first came out.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) , renewable energy sources will pass coal in terms of U.S. electricity generation in 2021. As their chart below shows, each of the sources will produce around 800 billion kilowatts of electricity in 2021.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 21, 2018

According to Crunchbase , an "analysis of residential-focused real estate startups uncovered a raft of companies with a shared and temporary housing focus that have raised funding in the past year or so." " The Crunchbase chart below shows startups some of the startups who've recently raised capital.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 17, 2018

  The study -  Uber and the Labor Market  - is based on a detailed analysis of driver income and expenses.  Our analysis showed average earnings after expenses of $12-$14 dollars per hour.  per hour after expenses.    The study's key findings include: Uber drivers average $24.77

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The book also contains an analysis of the economic impact of an aging society as well as policy suggestions on how to deal with ageism and other age related issues. Throughout the book Farrell includes personal stories of people who’ve successfully continued working well past the traditional retirement age.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Surveys conducted in the six months  since most people started working from home show that less than 10% of Americans actually want to work remotely all the time, according to a new Barclays analysis. So it looks like the hybrid model is going to be the winner, at least over the next few years.  

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 8, 2019

Key quote on those who experienced involuntary job loss: "Only one in 10 of these workers ever again earns as much as they did before their employment setbacks, our analysis showed. .  In addition, most of those who lost jobs never fully recovered financially.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 2, 2020

Based on an industry by industry analysis of small business employment, our base case estimate is employer small businesses will layoff about 21 million employees through July (1).    Under the base case estimate, the overall U.S. unemployment rate would likely increase to about 22% (3).  

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Small Business Labs

MAY 25, 2017

Plant Data/Analysis : systems that help farmers understand plant composition (microbial makeup, genetic expression, etc.) Next Gen Farms : Technology that enables farming in locations and settings that cannot support traditional farming. Marketplaces : That are relevant to agriculture.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2018

The Data Hub is designed for a wide range of users interested in the gig economy, whether they are looking for a quick answer or in-depth analysis. Users can also find links to published reports and publicly available datasets to engage in further research. There’s obviously a lot of confusion around the size and scope of the gig economy.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 9, 2014

.  There are several worth noting: Industry Analyst/Journalism Hybrid : These are firms that are augmenting or replacing their traditional advertising based business models by adding industry analysis and/or research services. BI Intelligence : provides data and analysis on a wide range of digital topics.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 15, 2019

And one trend and related analysis really jumped out at us.  The report is targeted at government policy makers and lists the issues Brookings experts "expect will shape the world this year and the solutions to address them."   The trend is Emerging Technologies and the trend description is written by John R.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 1, 2017

roads spiking; cellphones eyed : Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 last year - the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday. .  According to the CBS News article Pedestrian deaths on U.S.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 18, 2019

" They say this is important because if you do the analysis based only on in-house data, you're likely going to miss important information that can be learned from other, similar projects. They describe this as: " building a statistical view of your project based on a reference class of similar projects."

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Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2018

These are independent workers who would prefer a traditional job (cluster analysis is used to identify this group). .  The main reason for this decline is the strong labor market is pulling independent workers back to traditional jobs. This is especially true for what the report calls Reluctant Independents.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 8, 2018

The only problem was their analysis was flawed, something they conceded this week.  Their finding that the ridesharing drivers working for firms like Uber and Lyft have median earnings $3.37 per hour was widely covered in the press.   The main flaw was pointed out by Uber in a post by their chief economist.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 8, 2018

  We'll have more on this topic once we finish the analysis of the data from the 2018 MBO Partners State of Independence study. .  Because of strong growth in the number of 2nd and 3rd gig economy jobs, we've found the total number of independent workers has increased over the past decade. 

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The good news is quantum computing would greatly improve many things, including weather forecasting, financial analysis, logistical planning, drug discovery and curing disease.  Many are speculating this will happen within the next 5-10 years.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2014

  As part of the 2014 State of Independence research we conducted a cluster analysis looking at why people become and stay independent workers (self-employed, freelancers, etc.). .  The goal of these ads was to communicate the two key consumer benefits of Miller Lite. 

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 9, 2015

Strategy & Business , one of our favorite publications, has a good article on trend analysis. When Megatrends Collide is written by a trio of partners from the giant accounting and consulting firm PwC.    The article provides a primer on identifying and using megatrends.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 9, 2014

Brookings Why the Best Path to a Low-Carbon Future is not Wind or Solar  provides a detailed analysis of why natural gas is the best choice for reducing carbon emissions associated with the production of electricity.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 28, 2011

Most people looking at becoming self-employed or starting a small business go through a risk/reward analysis of their choices.  We've found that corporate benefits tend to be overvalued in this analysis.   but benefits matter.    We don't see the trend towards lower benefits changings. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 31, 2018

He sums up his analysis by saying the U.S. Second, Americans bear the risks of paying those unaffordable costs to an extreme degree, bearing the risks that institutions should, and so those risks are now ruinously high. " About the same time Haque's essay came out, The Atlantic's cover story was The 9.9%  The 9.9%

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

According to an analysis by Intuit of its early borrowers: 46 percent of QuickBooks Capital customers had never applied for a loan before. It also means Intuit's credit model has enough data to allow them to lend to young small businesses - even those that have been around less than one year. 

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 29, 2017

Spend Matters analyst Andrew Karpie's article Upwork Launches Talent Services Division to Enable Enterprise Use of Online Freelance Workforce provides an excellent analysis of this new effort. Please refer to Andrew's article for more details.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Their analysis shows an estimated 75% of the US drinking age population resides within 10 miles of a brewery. According to the Brewers Association, large brewers acquired micro brewers that produced roughly 1.2 million barrels of beer in 2015. This was about 5% of the entire craft beer production in 2015.  Price is also an issue.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 16, 2014

Also released recently was Business Insider's analysis of the amount of venture capital flowing into the Bitcoin industry. It shows that despite setbacks and negative press, the Bitcoin industry continues its rapid expansion. They point out it's similar to the amount of money raised by Internet startups in the mid- 1990s.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 17, 2013

.   It's beyond the scope of this blog to fully cover this topic, but there are two new books well worth reading that do cover it: Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data  does an excellent job of describing the basics around statistical causation and the limitations of statistical analysis in layman's terms.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

These profiles were developed using cluster analysis to group ODE workers who share similar motivations and attitudes.  The Passionistas – Looking for the flexibility to do something they love; 14 percent. The Substituters – Replacing a traditional job that is no longer available; 18 percent.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2010

One of my favorite technology trend analysis and forecasting efforts is Gartner's annual Hype Cycle report.     The Gartner chart below summarizes the analysis for 2010.      As you review this chart please keep in mind that Gartner mostly takes an enterprise viewpoint on technology. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Technological advances such as machine learning are taking the complexity out of data analysis, providing small businesses with the ability to make faster, better decisions. 

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