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7.5pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size: 13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'>Warren's Events &amp; </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Deadlines</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span></p> </td> <td width="60%" valign=bottom style='width:60.0%;background:#7C3A00; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size: 24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'>Business Trends For 2010</span></strong>&nbsp; </p> </td> <td width="20%" valign=bottom style='width:20.0%;background:#7C3A00; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size: 13.5pt;color:white'>&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size: 13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white'>Thursday Night Calls:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:white'> </span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.0%;border:solid #E3BF77 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid #E3BF77 .75pt;background:#E3BF77;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>1099s and W-2s Must be sent to their recipients by January 31, 2010.</span></strong> <br> You must send the IRS their copy by February 28, 2010. For more information on<br> <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TaxThink/0fdb3f4032/7bc87d807d/e30d19f832">1099s and W-2 click here&gt;&gt;</a> </p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>&nbsp; </p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><br> <br> <br> <strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Free Teleconference on 1099s and W-2s.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br> </span></b>To help you with any questions you may have we will have a free teleconference to explain the rules and answer your questions. The teleconference will be<br> <strong>Wednesday January 13th at 3:00 Pacific time. The call in number is 712-775-7100 code 349590#</strong></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><br> <br> <br> <strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>It is time to think about 2009 tax returns.</span></strong> <br> The 2009 tax organizers will be out this week. In the meantime please let us know what tax returns you would like us to prepare. This does not commit you to anything it just helps to make sure that you and all of your entities are in our system.<br> <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TaxThink/0fdb3f4032/7bc87d807d/5a051775e0">Tax returns to be prepared&gt;&gt;</a> </p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>A few weeks ago I wrote to you about how 2010 must be a year for building. I have often spoken of and written about the fact that small business will be the way we restart our economy. The bailouts, stimulus s and takeovers are interesting, but it is the American Entrepreneur that will bring us back to prosperity. Almost 10% of the unemployed who got jobs in the second quarter of 2009 did so by not actually getting a job, but by starting their own businesses. That is up from under 3% in 2008. If you have been biding your time waiting for the right time to get your business started or moving your business to the next level& .the time is now!&nbsp; More than half of today s Fortune 500 companies started in a recession or bear market. So if now is the time for new businesses, what types of businesses stand the best chance for success? Let s take a look at the top trends for business in 2010 and beyond, in no particular order.&nbsp; </span></p> <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Education</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>With lay-offs and unemployment high, many people are re-tooling their skill set. College and University enrollment is way up - at almost 12 million students. Tuition revenues are expected to increase by 5% to $421 billion. Less expensive trade schools and on-line schools are growing even faster. The opportunities for small business in the field of education are big. By leveraging technology, it is very possible for small companies to make a big move in providing training. Training for the jobs of tomorrow, or even better, training the entrepreneurs of tomorrow is a very lucrative business. Look at the other trends, can you teach people skills that will make them more valuable in one of the top trends? If so, you may have something there. </span></p> <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Living Smaller</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br> Consumer spending is down to an average of $56 per day, which is down over 30% from last year. Bling is a thing of the past. Even those who can still afford a big lifestyle are cutting back due to guilt. High-end retail is way down, while dollar stores and resale shops are thriving. The focus is on value. There are a few ways for entrepreneurs to play this trend. The obvious way to take advantage of this trend is to open resale shops, both brick and mortar and on-line. Providing value could also mean re-framing your business. For example, move from a high-end service provider to helping people to do it themselves.&nbsp; Do-it-yourself still remains big for the next several years. Now is not the time to start a luxury valet dry cleaning business, but it may be the right time to offer a discounted laundry service that can charge customers less, by perhaps offering pick-up and delivery and by saving rent on a high traffic location. </span></p> <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Alcohol, Entertainment and Other Diversions</span></strong><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"'> <br> The past few years has seen a steady growth in the sale of alcoholic beverages, closing out last year with a record high of $455 billion in sales. Movies and other forms of entertainment are also doing well. In down times, people look for escapes, however value is still important. People are drinking more, but they are drinking at home instead of bars and have opted for less expensive options. Finding opportunities for small business in this area takes a little more thought, but the ideas are there. One idea is to promote low cost, high value entertainment venues in your area. Another idea leverages education and living smaller trends by teaching people ways to entertain at home and save money (look at the huge increase in cooking classes for proof of this trend). <br> <br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Green Energy</span></strong><b><br> </b>With a lot of government money being focused on  green energy and conservation, we all know this area is booming and will continue for awhile. At least the venture capitalists know it. In 2009, almost one third of all VC investments went to clean technology (solar, biofuels, the smart grid, and the like). With this much money moving into a particular sector, opportunities for small businesses are abundant.&nbsp; I have already seen some successes with people doing home and business energy audits and sales and installation of energy effective products. This spring, many states are set to roll out the  cash for caulkers program.&nbsp; This program offers federal money to the states to subsidize the purchase of energy effect appliances and other energy saving products. </span></p> <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Senior Services</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; <br> Today there are more than 37 million senior citizens in the United States. In 20 years, they will increase to one fifth of our total population. Not only is this group large in numbers, but they also have money to spend.&nbsp; The current spending power of senior citizens is more than $1 trillion and in 20 years& .I can t count that high. If you want to know the one trend that will spur the most business development - this is it! Opportunities for businesses in vision care, hearing aids, personal training for seniors, senior dating services, and senior concierge services are just the tip of the iceberg. This area has been called by some the  silver services sector, but it sounds more like gold to me. </span></p> <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Life Support</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>With the recession and the trend towards living smaller, it might be surprising to learn that more people than ever are paying people to help with their domestic chores. 10% of all households now hire cleaning services and 70% of those do it twice a month (don t let my wife see that). Tutoring, test prep and drive schools are expecting a revenue increase of over $100 million to $7 billion in 2010. Sports programs and coaching revenue is expected to grow 4% this year.&nbsp; This sector has been attracting so much attention, it has been given its own name:  Parental Outsourcing . I think one of the reasons this area is growing is because the number of entrepreneurs is growing, and one thing you learn fast when you start a business is that you need some help with things around the house. </span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Other trends worth paying attention to are in the areas of Health and Wellness, Pets, Buying Local and even the State of Texas. Yes Texas! It seems that for the most part, Texas has ignored the economic slowdown and just kept on with business as usual. In 2009, Texas accounted for 59% of all new jobs created. It is interesting to note that Texas does not have a state income tax, yet it is the only state with a budget surplus. </span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Whatever area your business is in, keep your eyes on the trends, stay nimble and be ready to move as the market dictates. 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