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Nowadays, the term “workspace” does not merely relate to a physical location but has to be stretched to include virtual workspaces as well. Thanks to many online collaboration solutions, finding the right workspace for your business has become a challenging task. Provided an internet connection and a tiny budget, online collaborations can be just as productive as working together in traditional office settings.

This great post by mashable discusses different office strategies and provides some advice on choosing the right workspace…

not surprisingly, the u.s. is still far ahead of germany and the rest of the world in terms of entrepreneurship. this interesting chart, produced by grasshopper, compares the u.s. portion of gdp (gross domestic product) that comes from entrepreneurship against that of major european countries.

entrepreneural activity in the u.s. (as a percentage of gdp) lies at 11.3%, compared to 6.3% in germany for example. also worth mentioning is how “would-be” entrepreneurs perceive starting a new business in the current economy: according to the data provided, entrepreneurs in the u.s. feel far more optimistic about starting a new business in the near future and foster much less fear of failure.

in addition, the graphic depicts the percentage of enterprises by size, native vs. foreign-born self-employed and the overall difficulty entrepreneurs face when starting a new business.

image by theeducatedentrepreneur.com

check out the full size infographic here.

dr. micheal zur muehlen is an associate professor of information systems at the stevens institute of technology in hoboken, nj, usa. he has over 14 years of experience in the field of process automation and workflow management, and has led numerous process improvement and design projects in the utility, financial services, industrial, and telecommunications sector both in germany and the us. in this short youtube clip he discusses how workflow and the management of business processes might change over the next 20-25 years. very interesting thoughts and ideas…

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the changing 21st century working environment

“in a good economy, americans start hundreds of thousands of new businesses every year. and in a bad economy, like today’s? they do pretty much the same thing…”