Welcome to Small Business Labs
- Small Business Labs is the research blog for Emergent Research's ongoing project to identify, analyze and forecast the key social, business and technology trends driving the future of small business.
About Emergent Research
- EMERGENT RESEARCH is a cross-disciplinary research and consulting firm. We identify, analyze and forecast the sources and impacts of social and business change. Our focus areas are the global intersections of social and demographic shifts, technology, marketing and economic decentralization.
Authors
- The authors of Small Business Labs are Steve King, Carolyn Ockels and Anthony Townsend. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and research affiliates at the Institute for the Future. Anthony is a Research Director at the Institute for the Future. Steve, Carolyn and Anthony are co-authors of the Intuit Future of Small Business report series.
Archives
Categories
- analytical software
- any time, any place
- boomers
- China
- Cloud Services
- cooperation
- coworking
- data mining
- Demographics
- DIY
- Economic Decentralization
- finance
- Franchise
- Gen Y
- globalization
- high growth entrepreneurs
- immigrant entrepreneurs
- India
- industry structure
- infrastructure
- innovation
- insourcing
- Intuit/IFTF Future of Small Business
- IP
- labor
- local web
- location based services
- management
- market research
- marketing
- media
- mobile devices
- mobile marketing
- Next Gen Artisans
- open source
- outsourcing
- personal businesses
- platforms
- retirement
- services
- small business data
- small farms
- small manufacturing
- social entrepreneurship
- social media
- social networking
- sustainable small business
- technology
- transparency
- Travel
- trends
- venture capital
- virtual mainstreet
- web 2.0
- Web/Tech
- women
- work/life balance
Reports and Resources
Recent Posts
- The Dollar, Transportation Costs and US Manufacturing
- The Long Tail and Small Business
- New Online Marketplaces Target Small Businesses
- Pearse Street Design - Myspace Design Specialists
- Market Economics, Deregulation and Small Business in Yemen
- Emerging Markets and the Global Economy
- Cell Phones, Market Data and Rural Farmers
- eBay Sellers Express Their Unhappiness
- The Beer Industry and Small Brewers
- Big Companies Using Psychics?
Small Business Blogs
- Entrepreneur Magazine Blog
- Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation
- Fresh Inc.
- GENYLABS - Tracking Digital Natives
- IFTF's Future Now
- New Communications Review
- O'Reilly Radar
- Planning, Startups, Stories
- SBA: Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy's Home Page
- Selling to Small Businesses
- Small Biz - USATODAY.com
- Small Business Trends
- Smart Mobs
- The Entrepreneurial Mind
- The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
- Unleash It!
Categories
- analytical software
- any time, any place
- boomers
- China
- Cloud Services
- cooperation
- coworking
- data mining
- Demographics
- DIY
- Economic Decentralization
- finance
- Franchise
- Gen Y
- globalization
- high growth entrepreneurs
- immigrant entrepreneurs
- India
- industry structure
- infrastructure
- innovation
- insourcing
- Intuit/IFTF Future of Small Business
- IP
- labor
- local web
- location based services
- management
- market research
- marketing
- media
- mobile devices
- mobile marketing
- Next Gen Artisans
- open source
- outsourcing
- personal businesses
- platforms
- retirement
- services
- small business data
- small farms
- small manufacturing
- social entrepreneurship
- social media
- social networking
- sustainable small business
- technology
- transparency
- Travel
- trends
- venture capital
- virtual mainstreet
- web 2.0
- Web/Tech
- women
- work/life balance
