I was asked this simple question in a roundtable discussion of business owners recently, and to my utter surprise, a very lively dialogue carried on into the night as the group of us debated the challenges and opportunities that affect small business today in comparison with "the way it used to be" just 10-15 years ago.
My opinion, and that of several others that specialize in online business, was that indeed, small business has changed dramatically for those that have discovered and subsequently embraced the new technologies that empower the small business owner.
Of course, the Internet comes to mind as the "killer" tool that has changed the way business is done today from what it was just a few years ago. There are other advancements, mostly technological, that have had a huge impact as well.
