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MBO named 5th largest Human Cloud platform by SIA. HERNDON, VA – August 18, 2015 – MBO Partners announced today that Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) has named MBO to its 2015 Largest Human Cloud Platforms List. MBO ranks fifth worldwide in the broader Human Cloud category as measured by the volume of services delivered through its online Business…
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Americans today face an age of economic disruption that is changing the way we buy, sell, and advertise goods or services. This new era of supply and demand is not gradual; it is a rapid process happening every day. With the rise of the on-demand economy, the most successful companies are those that can quickly adapt….
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To learn more about the state of independent workers, I was excited to catchup with Gene Zaino, President and CEO of MBO Partners to hear more about the 2015 State of Independence research theyÃve conducted.
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While there are no definitive statistics around the number of workers involved in the on-demand economy, consulting firm MBO Partners estimated 17.9 million people worked in 2014 as independents for 15 hours or more a week.
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The number of independent workers increased by 12 percent in the past five years, and nearly 80 percent of those who work for themselves plan on remaining independent, according to a new report by MBO Partners. One in seven non-independent workers is considering going freelance. Nearly 80 percent of freelance workers say that theyÃre happier…
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Intuit INTU +1.6% projects that by 2020 40% of Americans will be freelancing, a study by the Freelancers Union found that†34% of the American workforce is already freelancing, and MBO Partners found that there are currently almost 18 million full-time independent workers today.
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According to the 2015 edition of the State of Independence report from MBO Partners, a business services company focusing on the self-employed, 79% of independent workers say they are happier working on their own. The full report will not be released until the fall, but Steve King, partner at the small business analysis firm Emergent…
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Without a doubt, satisfying your customers (or prospects) is the best way to grow your business. To accomplish this, some consultants focus on maximizing revenue and investment returns, while others focus on developing and nurturing customer relationships. Both are often necessary for success, but it’s difficult to find the appropriate balance of these seemingly opposing…
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In late June, 2015, the company MBO Partners–an expert on independent workers–released a mass amount of data on the state of freelancers (consultants, independent workers, etc.) in the US. The bottom line points to a “fundamentally transformed American labor market” wherein freelance workers not only have dramatically increased in overall amount, but have also wielded…
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“These costs can be allocated across all parties involved in the work arrangement, from the employer to the worker to the consumer,” said Gene Zaino, CEO of MBO Partners, a management services company for independent professionals. “For Uber, it does not mean that its business model is invalid. It just needs a good system to…
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