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Peak Stuff and the Luxury of Less

Small Business Labs

J Walter Thompson Intelligence's The Luxury of Less suggests that "pared-down lifestyles" with less stuff are becoming aspirational for the well-off. NPR Marketplace has an interesting interview with the president of Ikea about their research on the American Dream. It echos the idea of peak stuff. 

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The Decline of Employee Training & The Rise of Side Gigs

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  In our most recent survey of people with 2nd jobs, about 20% of these "side giggers" said "learning new skills" was the reason they had a 2nd job. But out interviews from a decade ago shows a much smaller percentage of side giggers citing this reason.

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The Rise of the Skills Training/Job Placement Industry

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  According to one economist : "Not only are the labor markets stronger today than at any point in the past 20 years, but we are beginning to see the start of broad-based wage growth," Rick Rieder, chief investment officer for fundamental fixed income at BlackRock, said in a client note.

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The Post Office Expanding Use of Contingent Workers

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Interesting interview with the head of the U.S.   One of the ways the Post Office hopes to fix the myriad of problems it faces is by using more contingent workers, which the Post Office calls "noncareer flexible" workers.   The driver behind this is labor costs are 80% of the postal service's total costs.

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Productive Communication & Marketing : How to Manage All of Those Links! Interview with @ItsMyURLs CEO @hustle247

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Today I interview the CEO of the Boston-based company, Eddy Inserra, and he'll tell us more about how you can connect all of your websites in one spot and reference ONE url or QR code.  Thank you, Steph, glad to be interviewed on P&O!    Great, so how can people get started and what is the cost?

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LinkedIn on the Power of Weak Ties - Implications for Coworking & Freelancers

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In 1973 Stanford professor Mark Granovetter described the powerful role that "weak ties" – links among people who are not closely associated - play in spreading ideas, finding jobs and helping people join together for action. "; These findings have very important implications for freelancers and coworking. 

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Tracking How to Get It All Done & Avoid Information Overload-Interview With @Springpad CEO @jeffjaner

Stephanie LH Calahan

Many people have become "information junkies" collecting all kinds of information but not having it in a format that makes it usable.    To see an example of a "public" view of Springpad, here is Jeff's.   Great, so how can people get started and what is the cost?