Small Business Labs

APRIL 30, 2012

Forrester just released a report called Tablets Will Rule the Future Personal Computing Landscape.  In it they forecast that tablets will become the primary computing device for most users  within the next four years.  From a forecasting standpoint that's a pretty bold statement - especially given the short time frame of only 4 years.   In terms of numbers, Forrester is saying 375 million tablets will be sold globally in 2016.  This is almost twice t

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Small Business Labs

MAY 1, 2012

Small Town Rules - How Big Brands and Small Businesses Can Prosper in a Connected Community argues that a combination of social, economic, demographic and technology shifts have resulted in business in general looking more and more like business in a small town. The authors are two highly respected small business experts, Becky McCrae and Barry Moltz.   Becky is the author of Small Biz Survival , a well known blog on rural and small town business and Barry is an author, speaker and consult

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Social Media Environment Management UPS 144

Small Business Labs

MAY 2, 2012

According to a study from Pew Research , between 2005 and 2010 more people moved from the U.S. to Mexico than the other way around.  The chart below is from Pew.       This reverses a long term trend of large numbers of legal and undocumented Mexicans moving to the U.S. In fact, 30% of all immigrants currently living in the U.S. are from Mexico.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 3, 2012

We love pet trends here at Small Business Labs.  PSFK has a good post on the rise of online doggie dating sites.   They cover two sites that have recently gone into beta.   Match Puppy is available in New York City and according to the article it allows dog owners to: " arrange playdates, find matches for breeding or just meet up with other dog owners.

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Social Media UPS 121