Market Uncertainties Cause a Slowdown in International Trade for UK SMEs

©iStock/DGLimages The future outlook for international trade looks gloomy going into 2018 for UK SMEs, with 75 per cent of them ex...

Connectivity is Changing the Face of Global Small Business

©iStock/Sitthiphong Karen Reddington, regional president for Asia Pacific at FedEx Express, talks with Enterprise Innovation on h...

Today in Global Small Business: Least Corrupt Countries on the Planet

©iStock/Bart_Kowski What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Should businesses...

Innovation: A New Idea, Method or Device

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." -- Steve Jobs...

Singaporeans Have Little Interest in Globalizing

©iStock/f9photos Ouch.  Almost half of Singaporean small to medium enterprises (SMEs) have no interest in globalizing and taking t...

Uptick in Overall Optimism in America

©iStock/fotohunter Some 69 percent of leaders from mid-size companies across the U.S. said they were optimistic about the global e...

China's Surging Third-Party Payments Market Is in Trouble

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Laurel Delaney's 3 Solutions to the Nagging Question: How to Make Product Imports Profitable

©iStock/BrianAJackson Whether you line up customers in advance or pre-sell merchandise, trust is a critical factor in the grand sc...

Today in Global Small Business: The Global Blockchain Ecosystem

©iStock/chombosan What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:. Become your own gl...

There Are Only Side Mirrors

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "You know what no one tells you about driving a truck? You are driving a truck...

Olympic American Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin

©iStock/Greens87 What's the secret to Mikaela Shiffrin's -- best slalom skier in the world -- success?   She naps.   I d...

Top 30 Richest Countries (2018)

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Lack of Global Rules

©iStock/ipopba Participants at the recent  first ever cross-border e-commerce conference held in Beijing, China had a specific go...

Visiting Another Country? Know Your Hellos

©iStock/annatodica Before you visit a foreign country, there are so many details you should focus -- from how you might strengthen...

Today in Global Small Business: How the Year of the Dog Affects Foreign Firms in China

©iStock/difinbeker What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Will the Year of t...

Chicago: Mantled With Snow

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land w...

Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs Find a Niche

©iStock/LeoWolfert As the world falls behind on some of the Sustainable Development Goals – inequality, consumption, climate chang...

Are Google and Facebook Finished? George Soros Thinks So

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Help for Indian Firms Going Global

©iStock/monkeybusinessimages The new Outward Direct Investment (ODI) policy may contain provisions to make it easy for many Indian...

How to Build Your Online Presence: Be Bold

©2018 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global.  All rights reserved. Attend the next WEGGinar™, Wednesday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m. Centra...

Today in Global Small Business: Knowledge is Power in Global Business

©iStock/Michail_Petrov-96 What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Knowledge i...

There Is Nothing to Writing

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All right reserved. "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed....

Teaching Entrepreneurship Worldwide

©iStock/YabobchukOlena The Global Startup Labs (GSL) program from MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) con...

Learn the Ropes Before You Travel Internationally

©iStock/Creative-Touch Thinking about making your first trip overseas?  Before you even begin to plan your trip, first-time intern...