Bad economic news has become the order of the day; everyone is dull and is only ready to preserve what they have. No one is talking about growing their business; no one is willing to invest more. But everyone (try to) forget the fact that there are many services and systems which are becoming increasingly cheaper but astonishingly effective.

The wide spreading of fast internet has created a new range of opportunities to small businesses. They now need much less workforce to do a specific task; and they now have access to that cutting-edge technology, which once were monopoly of some giant technically advanced companies only. There are now many low cost (or even free) applications now available to do most company processes like accounting, customer service, production, marketing, sales, back-office, data warehousing, for all. Software as a Service, Open-source movement, freeware, all contribute considerably for this ‘going cheap strategy’; and now cheap no longer mean less-effective.

Add to above is the availability of cheap workforce. Outsourcing of services and tasks made companies more competitive and stable. The developing of internet as a worldwide market place have offered opportunities to even smaller firms.