Top 10 Small Business Predictions for 2012

The Challenges and Opportunities of Tomorrow

Everyone loves to predict the future, and AllBusiness.com is no exception. As The Amazing Criswell so eloquently put it, "We are all interested in the future -- for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives."

Criswell, you'd be proud of us. We've coaxed 10 amazing business predictions for 2012 out of our trusty crystal ball, and now we're going to share them with you here. We'll pick a winner for the 2012 presidential election, pass judgment on Obamacare, and prognosticate on all kinds of issues that affect small business owners.

Want proof of our prognostications? Check out how well we did with our 2011 predictions! (Sure, along with our hits, we had a few misses, but let's try to stay positive.) And here's one prediction you can bet the farm on: The world won't end on December 21, 2012.

If we're wrong, give us a call on December 22. We've got an ironclad, money-back guarantee on that one.

--Matthew McKenzie