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MARCH 8, 2021

Their article Five Truths about International Business in the Middle Market covers survey research on the exporting and importing by U.S. As we pointed out in a previous article , about 28% of microbusinesses - firms with fewer than 4 employees including the owner  - conduct business internationally.  

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APRIL 20, 2021

The Washington Post's recent article T he hybrid office is here to stay. The Washington Post article's title mentions that this shift will be disruptive.    But the focus of the article is on it being disruptive for companies.

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MAY 17, 2021

Over the past week, there's been a flurry of articles and social media posts on "geriatric millennials" This term refers to the oldest millennials, those born between 1980 and 1985.      One of the more popular articles is Today's Are you a 'geriatric millennial'?   

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APRIL 13, 2021

The article chart below shows the dramatic increase in the bottom 50%'s wealth since the Great Recession. While very good news, the article points out there is still long way to go.  These amounted to 21.9% over the past year, 125.6% over five years and 526.2% over 10 years, compared with the one-percenters’ 10.3%, 33.8%

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JULY 2, 2020

  Key article quote summarizing these statistics: "On average, people of color experience significantly lower levels of income, retirement savings, and rates of homeownership than white Americans. " The article chart below (click to enlarge) shows the median household net worth by race. 

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AUGUST 26, 2021

   As the article chart below shows (click to enlarge), 7 Caribbean islands now have special, longer term visas for people choosing to work remotely from these islands (Bermuda isn't in the Caribbean, but it's close enough - and tropical enough -  to be included in this list).   But there is some. 

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JUNE 8, 2021

" The article focuses on the challenges digital nomads face and how platforms help digital nomads overcome them. Another interesting article on digital nomads is Work and Wander: What Today’s Digital Nomads Signal for the Future of Travel , from Adventure Travel News.  These include: Finding places to stay.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

  Key quote from the article on the units: "Located at the edge of Studio City, across from Universal Studios, Thirty Four Fifty West has hybrid zoning that permits people to have a full professional office or creative studio with industrial grade electrical and the like in spaces where they can also live in luxury."

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Their recent article Social Commerce:  The Next Wave in Online Shopping outlines why they're forecasting social commerce to boom over the next 5 years. As their article chart below shows (click to enlarge), they're forecasting social commerce globally to grow from about $390 billion in2020 to nearly $3 trillion by year-end 2025. 

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AUGUST 17, 2021

The Rolling Stone article The Rosy ‘Creator Economy’ Is Music’s Biggest Lie discusses the dramatic lack of revenue for many artists involved in the creator economy.    Regarding the streaming platform Spotify, a key finding from the article states: “Spotify's site informs us that just 13,400 artists (0.2

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Both the New York Times and the BBC have recent articles claiming that flying cars, in the form of flying taxis, will soon be common.    The picture below is from a 1917 newspaper article and shows the Curtis prototype, which, of course, never went into production.   And it could be true this time.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

The global marketing agency Wunderman Thompson's article Ghost Kitchens covers the growing popularity of delivery-first dining and the related growth of ghost kitchens, which are also called cloud kitchens. The Wunderman Thompson article does a nice job of covering the trend, so we'll not bother rehashing their article.

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MAY 13, 2019

Their recent article Redefining work, workforces, and workplaces is a good example. In a relatively short article, it nicely synthesizes and explains "multiple converging trends and how they are already fundamentally changing all aspects of work." With this article Deloitte has done an excellent job simplifying it. 

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MARCH 25, 2021

At around 4,000 words, Recode's 10 ways office work will never be the same is really more of a report than an article. The article is chocked full of data and links to interesting studies illustrating what offices will be like post-pandemic.  Flexibility is a double-edged sword.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

.  Marie Claire is currently featuring a multi-article Guide to Going Freelance as its top content offering right now.   The guide continues with three other articles, each of which covers a specific freelancer-related topic.    Think of it as an overview of freelancing. Freelancing With Benefits?

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

" The chart below, also from the Bloomberg article, shows that 19 million Americans say they plan to become digital while another 45 million say they are considering it. As the article points out, we call these wannabes "armchair digital nomads" because most will not follow through and become digital nomads.  

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JULY 1, 2021

  And as is covered in the Axios article The Rise of "Third Workplaces" , the shift to remote work is not just a binary choice between your home and your office.  But we agree with the article that more will do so in the future. The pandemic has accelerated many work trends. That's not a small market.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

  As the Financial Times article Airbnb and DoorDash IPOs leave gig economy issues unresolved points out, most of these firms are still not profitable.  Interestingly enough, the much maligned Uber ($92 billion) tops the list.  So are their business models half-baked, or just half-evolved?

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JUNE 10, 2021

Each of these areas is described in much more detail, including examples, in the Antler article.  .  Creator tools: These are tools that creators can use to build and grow their businesses.   It's well worth reading if you're interested in the creator economy.

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MAY 20, 2021

  Again from the article: "Of the group that wanted to try self-employment, 59% of people said flexibility was the primary factor. As Forerunner's chart below (click to enlarge) shows, a substantial portion of Americans - and especially those with kids at home - are more interested in working for themselves.

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JULY 26, 2021

The New York Times article More phone calls, less shopping: how the pandemic changed American lives, down to the minute examines data from the American Time Use survey to show the changes in how Americans spent their time last year.  

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

  They recently released a series of articles on freelancing.    These include: Why journalists are leaving their full-time media jobs to go freelance : this article covers one journalist's freelance journey, which started less than a year ago.    Key quote: "I’m now nine months along this journey.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

  See this article for details on the business formation statistics and the 2020 surge in new business applications.   .  Because EINs are needed for tax reporting, almost all employer businesses and most solopreneurs have them.     

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JULY 18, 2019

Chamber of Commerce's article The Pet Economy Kicks Into Overdrive. The article covers the growth of the pet economy. According to the article, "the U.S. " The key reason the article gives for this growth is pretty much the same as we covered in our article in our article Pets Used to be for Kids.

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JULY 13, 2021

   Based on an extensive study of digital nomads done by Emergent Research and MBO Partners , the article highlights two key reasons digital nomad policies and programs are important. See the article - written by us and Miles Everson, CEO of MBO Partners - for more details.    And, most of them (6.3

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JULY 20, 2021

   Key quote from the article: "From its garden-studded outdoor space and rooftop pool to its cozy-yet-luxury indoor bar and club, Soho House Austin has arrived." " The article picture below shows the pool area. It gives readers a good sense of what you get when you join.  

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Chamber of Commerce article The K-Shaped Recovery and the Cost of Inaction.  " The Chamber article illustrates this by pointing out that "the financial services sector, for example, has already recovered 94% of its pre-pandemic employment. According to an NPR survey and covered in their article Nearly Half Of U.S.

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JULY 20, 2020

Last week we had an article on U.S. So head over to their article to learn more. And if they plan to become independent consultants, a good place to start is MBO's article.  Census data showing a big uptick in the number of Americans who are self-employed.   Use Social Media to Market Your Skills.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As the Crunchbase article 3D Printing Investment Going Vertical As Big Exit Looms points out, 3D printing has been around a long time and, so far, has not lived up to its hype.  Desktop Metal , a leader in 3D printing with printers than can build metal parts, is going public. 

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MARCH 22, 2021

The New York Times article You’ve Heard of Ghost Kitchens. Key quote from the NYT article on the burger franchise MrBeast Burger , which takes its name from the well-known celebrity YouTube star MrBeast : MrBeast Burger is not quite what most of us think of as a chain, or even a restaurant.

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APRIL 1, 2019

CreditUnions.com's article 3 Ways to Connect Through Coworking Spaces provides an excellent example of how coworking is spreading across industry verticals and niche markets. The article highlights 3 credit unions that have opened coworking spaces.

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APRIL 27, 2021

The article also cited other problems that fashion freelancers face. The article explains why: Giulia Mensitieri is an anthropologist and author of  The Most Beautiful Job in the World , which exposed a culture of exploitation across the industry. So one may ask, why do they do it?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

According to the article,  metaverse related companies "have raised nearly $10.4 Our article The Metaverse is Coming provides more information on this topic. It combines virtual reality, augmented reality, gaming, and other digital social experiences into 3D virtual worlds. billion over the same period last year. .  

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

There's lots of articles these days covering how to become an full or part-time independent worker (freelancer, independent contractor, gig worker. The reasons we like it so much is the article's 8 insights for freelancers are all things we regularly hear in our interviews and survey research. It helps to find a niche.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

As the McKinsey article points out, a lack of social support is not good. As we said in our article  Coworking Is Not About Workspace — It’s About Feeling Less Lonely , coworking spaces provide social support.    But a drawback of independent work is loneliness. This is where coworking comes in.

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JULY 19, 2021

Sometimes we post articles on topics few people are interested in.    This is such an article.      But you should be interested because the economic and labor data collected by government agencies no longer provide the information we need to properly understand and manage the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There's been a recent flurry of articles on retirement, mostly focusing on older people staying in the workforce longer than prior generations. It covers the fact that the world is rapidly getting older, as is shown in the article chart below. A good example is the 2016 article For Boomers, Work is the New Retirement.

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