I came across this list a few days ago and thought it might be a little food for thought for you guys. I snagged these predictions (view full presentation) from the SmallBizLabs blog, where they were put together by Steve King and Carolyn Ockels of Emergent Research.

Anyway, while I didn’t find any of the points to be particularly shocking, it’s interesting to take a minute to think about the not-so-distant road ahead for small business.

Economic Trends

1.    The recession drives small business innovation.

2.    Government plays an increasing role in the economy.

3.    Global infrastructure and stimulus spending.

4.    The number of small businesses will increase in 2009.

5.    Small business globalization will temporarily slow.

Demographic Trends

6.    Baby boomer retirement problem leads them to small business.

7.    Gen Y turns to small business.

Technology Trends

8.    Mobile computing continues strong growth.

9.    Cloud computing becomes mainstream for smallbiz.

10.  Small business use of online marketing tools expands.

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