Gen Z has often been called “the most entrepreneurial generation ever.” The data increasingly shows this to be true. 2021 represents a watershed year in terms of the generational makeup…
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What are DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations)? And Why Should You Care
The simplest way to describe DAOs – distributed autonomous organizations – is that they are online communities owned and controlled by their members. The basics are a group of people…
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The Pandemic Accelerated Independent Worker Use of Online Marketplaces
One of the most significant shifts we’ve seen over the 11 years of the ongoing MBO Partners State of Independence study series is the increased use of online marketplaces to…
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The Metaverse is Coming
The metaverse has been getting a lot of media attention recently, mainly because Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook plans to shift from being a social media company to a metaverse company….
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Tropical Island Digital Nomads
The Wall Street Journal article Some People Worked From Home During Covid. These People Moved to a Tropical Island covers the growing number of Caribbean islands offering digital nomad visas and includes…
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Do Gig Workers Want to be Employees?
The quick answer to the title question is most gig workers don’t want to be employed in a traditional job. But some do. This topic has come up because last week…
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How the Pandemic Changed the Way Americans Spend Their Time
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…
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The Creator Economy and the Rise of Content Monetization
With more than 50 million people worldwide considering themselves to be “creators,” CB Insights, a technology analyst firm covering emerging technologies and tech startups, recently released a creator economy market…
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The Swoosh Recovery Continues
Last year early in the recession, there was quite a debate about what shape the U.S. economy pandemic recovery would take. The two candidates that got the most support were…
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Flexibility, Family, Empowerment and Control: COVID-19’s Effect on Self-employment
Forerunner Ventures’ The universal holding pattern: a period of trial followed by an era of opportunity covers survey work they’ve done on the impact of the pandemic on consumers. One of their…
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