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Living as a Service and the Growth of Mobility
Landing recently raised $30 million to provide a "living as service" service. The firm's founder describes this as: " ...an all-inclusive long-term…
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America's Affordability Crisis Driving Growth of Gig Work
The Atlantic's The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America covers how the rapid rise in the prices of housing, healthcare, education and childcare…
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Steve King

January 2020

Creative Professionals Pushing Back on California's New Gig Economy Law
California's new gig economy law, AB5, is not being well received by independent creative professionals. Freelance writers, musicians, actors, artists…
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JWT Intelligence's 100 Trends for 2020
Each of the past 6 years the trends group at the global advertising giant Wunderman Thompson has released an annual trends report covering 100 trends to…
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Non-Profit Sector Big and Growing Faster Than Overall Employment
The Johns Hopkins Non-Profit Economic Data Project recently released its 2019 Non-Profit Employment Report. There are two key findings. The first is the…
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Quibi Bets Big on Mobile Movies
Quibi is a startup entertainment company that has raised $1.4 billion in venture funding to build a new content streaming service designed exclusively…
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The Growing Backlash Against AB5, California's New Gig Economy Law
California's new labor law, AB5, was meant to help Uber and Lyft drivers - and others - get hired as traditional employees with the hope this would…
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The Rise of Career Nomadism
Korn Ferry is a large, global organizational consulting and recruiting firm. Their research institute recently released their Top 10 Talent Trends for…
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December 2019

Happy Holidays!
We'll be back in 2020.
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The Paradox of Increasing Business Travel; Skift's 2020 Travel Trends
Skift is one of our favorite publications. It covers the travel, dining, and wellness industries from a business perspective. Because of their remit…
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The Rise of Esports
Quartz’s members-only article (meaning you have to be a paying subscriber to see it) The stars, teams, and investors turning esports into big business…
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HBR on How to Negotiate as a Freelancer
HBR's Now to Negotiate as a Freelancer provides an excellent overview of this important topic. Key quote on 3 things that tend to cause freelancers…
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