Comments on: The Long Tail of Small Business http://stilgherrian.com/politics/the-long-tail-of-small-business/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stilgherrian · Risk, Fear and Paranoia: Perspective, people! http://stilgherrian.com/politics/the-long-tail-of-small-business/#comment-29411 Stilgherrian · Risk, Fear and Paranoia: Perspective, people! Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:11:06 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=46#comment-29411 [...] let’s remember, the median business in Australia is a sole trader with a part-time bookkeeper. So in a technology field that means a person who [...] [...] let’s remember, the median business in Australia is a sole trader with a part-time bookkeeper. So in a technology field that means a person who [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/the-long-tail-of-small-business/#comment-15199 Stilgherrian Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:10:52 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=46#comment-15199 <strong>@big:</strong> I know, I made it a whole 1% 'cos I knew that if my rounded-off numbers didn't add up to 100% then someone would whinge. Instead... [sigh] The numbers have actually changed a bit since these figures were published. The Australian Tax Office (was it them?) encouraged people to get off the business register if they were below the threshold for collecting GST. So the lower end of the numbers has been cleaned out a bit. @big: I know, I made it a whole 1% ‘cos I knew that if my rounded-off numbers didn’t add up to 100% then someone would whinge. Instead… [sigh]

The numbers have actually changed a bit since these figures were published. The Australian Tax Office (was it them?) encouraged people to get off the business register if they were below the threshold for collecting GST. So the lower end of the numbers has been cleaned out a bit.

]]> By: big http://stilgherrian.com/politics/the-long-tail-of-small-business/#comment-15198 big Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:50:47 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=46#comment-15198 I know it's just a rounding error, but that last percentage is way closer to half a percent that 1%. Still it surprised me a bit that there are less than 5000 businesses in Australia with more than 200 employees -- we really are a very little big country, eh? big I know it’s just a rounding error, but that last percentage is way closer to half a percent that 1%. Still it surprised me a bit that there are less than 5000 businesses in Australia with more than 200 employees — we really are a very little big country, eh?

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]]> By: Stilgherrian · Web 2.0? “Hey, wait for us!” http://stilgherrian.com/politics/the-long-tail-of-small-business/#comment-10366 Stilgherrian · Web 2.0? “Hey, wait for us!” Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:06:18 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=46#comment-10366 [...] The median “Australian business” is a single man or woman — probably a sole trader because sole traders are the most common form of businesses (39%). [...] [...] The median “Australian business” is a single man or woman — probably a sole trader because sole traders are the most common form of businesses (39%). [...]

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