Top Trends for Small Business in 2010

by Andrew Patricio on December 18, 2009 · Comments

 New Year1. People in their 20’s and 50’s starting a business because they can’t find a job

2. Growth in online webinars for small business

3. Cloud computing saving small business millions of dollars

4. Consumers in India, China and Russia becoming key buyers of luxury items and brands

5. New business models you’ve never seen before

6. More people moving to cities and living in small condos. Property near public transport becoming very valuable

7. Growth in online sales

8. Your mobile phone becoming your laptop

9. Blogs becoming the main source of news and education

10. Media overload, it’s going to get worse

11. New sources of finance for small business (online community banks)

12. Big business is bad, small business is good

13. The price of technology assets keeps decreasing which benefits small business

14. More women starting their own business and taking leadership positions in government and large corporations

15. Less full time employment and more contract work

16. Cellular phone services becoming much cheaper. Fixed fee

For more ideas on future trends checkout:

Google Trends

Google Trends Canada

Trendhunter

Springwise

Google ZeitGeist

Small Business Trends

  • I'm very surprised there is no mention of green / sustainability issues in your list.

    Both increased environmental legislation and recovering consumer demand (reinforced by heightened awareness of green and ethical issues such as Fairtrade etc) will have a huge impact on small business activity across the board.

    Or should I say, there will be growing opportunities for those small business that can foresee how such pressures will impact on them and take action accordingly.
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