From the article: Top 5 Small Business Trends of the Decade
Small businesses are known for being nimble and adaptive – but that means being able to spot and keep up with business trends (and if you can get ahead of them a bit, even better)! What are the most important small business trends of the last decade? And how can your small business profit from these business trends today? Share Your Thoughts
Business idea trends
- Hi, The idea and the business trend of mobile bicycle repairs is growing here in the UK. Cycling is ecofriendly and with fuel prices increasing and with over crowded City centres it's becoming big business. But this business takes time to build before you can profit and is not a get rich quick scheme. To view more Google Cycle Tech the network of mobile bicycle mechanics Blog. Or see http://mobilebicyclerepairs.blogspot.com/p/starting-mobile-bicycle-repair-business.html Thanks for looking. Hope this is of help to someone looking for a business idea!
- —Guest Martin
Green Products Real Opportunities
- The trend is clear now as facts have began to speak. Short product cycles, dust-binisation of consumer products; all that happened is to only teach people to turn at good speed to ethical consuming. Designers and Industrialists were once fooling fashion conscious people with false colours and material as true beauty. Now we need organic cotton natural dyed cloths, for example, in place of man-made synthetic dyes and fabrics that are injurous to health. It is required not for fashion but for values. We have changed our attitude to eating, dress, and travel but mere banal imitation of the last decades will not work; creative adapting to organic ways gives many opportunities.
- —Guest N.J.BOND
Outsourcing
- Outsourcing has been booming in the last decade since now. And seems undeniably never stoping from progressing/improving, and providing more services.
- —Guest larry
Global Operation - Even for Small Biz
- As companies looking to expand and keep growing an increasing number of companies begin to look outside the US/Canada for sustainable growth. Even for Small Business, it is now quite easy to have a global operation with today’s technology and services. Thanks for your insightful article. Analyzing trends is a great way to understand how the market has evolved. So we can answer the more important question: is this trend here to stay?
- —Felicia_Chang
Green Business Marketing
- I've had a "green" business for over ten years. When I first started people thought I was strange, now everyone and her sister is saying they are green. Make sure your business really is green before you start a green marketing campaign. Customers are more clever than you think and know green washing is a trend giving real eco-sustainable business a bad reputation!
- —katesparks
Small Business and Jobs
- In the current economic climate which is disastrous for job creation, let's not lose sight of the fact that small business, and particularly small businesses owned by women, have shown remarkable growth this decade. Small business has been the engine creating jobs.
- —Susan
Mobile Marketing
- Technology advances seem to be arriving on a faster and faster pace. Now it's all about mobile marketing and marketing on ever-smaller devices. I've always considered myself somewhat of a tech geek, but even I am having trouble keeping up.
- —Guest Randy4HmBiz
Small Biz Trend
- The growing number of small businesses in itself is an impressive trend. But I would have to agree with your great article that "greening" is a trend that is here to stay. Not just in sales potential for green products and services, but in branding your own business - "We are Green."
- —Guest Lahle Wolfe
More competition
- Because of the trends you mention such as social media, online presence, no need for a storefront, etc, the cost of entry is so low that many people can hop into your niche and give it a whirl. Speed and first to market with any concept is more important than ever.
- —jfritz12
