Bizz: the buzz about small business

T+D, August, 2003

Small businesses will be key in helping the U.S. economy recover, predicts trendsters The Herman Group. Future economic growth will come from microbusinesses with just one or several employees. These companies can be "responsive, agile, and resilient," as well as highly mobile, and technology enables them to do just about anything a larger company can do, and more.

Some cities, however, still have laws that prohibit businesses being run out of homes. Wise communities, The Herman Group advises, will get rid of those statutes and welcome these active, tax-paying citizens. "The future," Herman says, "is small."