Digital Native Franchises reduce the risk of being a solopreneur while providing the freedom, flexibility and financial upside of #smallbuiness ownership. #freelance smallbizlabs.com/2023/08/what-a…

Goldman Sachs is projecting that the current construction boom in #manufacturing facilities will lead to a surge in manufacturing jobs. Seems logical.

Just saw an ad for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and I can’t believe it will be any good. But I’ll still go see it. 😊

About 11% of the US workforce are #digitalnomads #remotework mbopartners.com/state-of-indep…

In September, there were more workers in the motor vehicle and parts #manufacturing industry than at any time since 2006. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES3133…

#Manufacturing employment is at its highest level since 2008. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP

A new #digitalnomad report titled "The State of Independence: Digital Nomads" by MBO Partners is out and fascinating. This report explains the growing trend of digital nomadism and its impact on the future of work. Here are some takeaways:🧵👇

Long thread from cities expert Richard Florida summarizes his recent HBR article on Meta Cities. I've read article an it's quite interesting. If you want a quicker read, or don't have access to HBR, see below.

We're headed to San Francisco and we surprised ourselves by deciding to take BART. We took it home from the airport recently and had a very good experience. We used to take BART a lot, but stopped for a variety of reasons during the pandemic.

Americans are signing up for the ACA (Obamacare) health insurance plans in record numbers. nytimes.com/2023/12/21/hea…

Latest FBI #crime statistics show 8 out of 9 violent and property crime categories tracked by the F.B.I. declined in 2023, with a record drop in homicides. The end of pandemic is mentioned as the main reason. nytimes.com/2023/12/29/us/…

Great interview with the woman who donated $1 billion to the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. nytimes.com/2024/02/26/nyr…

I’m watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. I remember watching, and enjoying, Wild Kingdom as a kid. 🦅

Watching a PBS show I learned the Liberty Bell was made in London. And the same firm that made the original Liberty Bell is still around, It was recently commissioned to create copy for use in Philadelphia. I find this really interesting.

I’m watching How America Works on Fox Business. It’s a great show. This one is on making concrete. As with most of the shows, the workers running these plants use a combination of experience, intelligence and instinct to keep things working. So impressive.

My favorite quote from this article: “Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes,” nytimes.com/2024/10/14/us/…

I'm fascinated that declining U.S. birth rates is getting so much recent attention. They've been going down for many years. I guess it's #demographictrends' 15 minutes of fame. 😊

I was reviewing some old emails and ran across an email during height of covid from a client (a large bank) explaining that we had get finger printed in person as part of a background check. We did it and the guy finger printing us was in a hazmat suit.

Trump: "We have billions of gallons of water. It was on three days ago, you probably saw. It should've gotten a lot of press but it didn't get much. All we're doing is giving Los Angeles and the entire state of California virtually unlimited water."

Demand slump fuelled by Trump tariffs hits US ports and air freight via Financial Times on.ft.com/4cRehsI