Steve, Many thanks for sharing your research! To add to what Eli said, it's nice to have some numbers from a source we know & trust! Thank you for all your hard work, and for contributing your thoughts to this list in particular.
All the best, Susan __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:45 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Eli: Our numbers on independents are lower than a lot of other > folks. The reason is we excluded people working fewer than 15 hours > per week. We did this because our research focus was on people who > derive a significant amount of their income from working independently > and/or those starting a new business or profession. > > If you include part-timers who work, on average, less than 15 hours > per week as independents the total becomes roughly 33-35 million for > the U.S. This is more inline with other sources, who tend to include > anyone who works at least 1 hour per week. > > Steve > > On Sep 19, 7:50 am, Eli Malinsky <eli > %[email protected]> wrote: > > Fantastic - thank you. We are often referring to a rise in the number > > of independents....turns out we weren't lying. very interesting > > results.... > > > > Eli Malinsky > > Centre for Social Innovation > > Toronto, Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
