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Tracking, analyzing and forecasting small business trends. Current projects include the future of work and the rise of the gig economy.
Salon's Mike Schur's new sitcom "Abby's" is "Cheers" for the gig economy is an interview with the producers of a new NBC sitcom that takes places in a backyard bar. The interview covers what a show set in an illegal backyard bar says about modern culture
In case you hadn't heard, podcasting is booming. According to The Infinite Dial 2019, an annual survey conducted by Edison Research and Triton Digital, more than half of all adult Americans have listened to one
According to MetLife's 2019 U. S
In 2018, small and independent brewers collectively produced 25.9 million barrels and realized 4 percent total growth, increasing craft’s overall beer market share by volume to 13.2 percent. We first started following the craft beer industry in 2006 because we felt the industry was a good example of the growth small, niche markets. These are industries comprised of relatively few giant corporations on one end, a narrow middle consisting of a shrinking number of mid-sized firms, and a large and growing number of small, micro and even solopreneur firms on the other end. As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), craft brewers have gained significant market share versus the beer industry giants over the past decade.