What is Depleting America of the Diversity, Nuances and Strength That Made It Great?

©iStock/Boarding1Now According to the Kauffman Foundation, immigrants are twice as likely to start businesses in the United States...

Today in Global Small Business: Growing Your Business Beyond Borders

©iStock/bennyb What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: News!  Join a weggchat...

Just Living Is Not Enough

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.   All rights reserved. "Just living is not enough ... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little ...

How to Take Any Brand Global

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Laurel J. Delaney: Open the Door to the World

iStock As Laurel J. Delaney says, "Succeeding in the digital world requires hard work, discipline, organizational skills, som...

Luring Customers From Around the World

©iStock/lbrix From a rummage sale of obscure products to 36 hours of discounts on major brands such as Samsonite luggage, Callaway...

Atlanta Metro Export Plan (MEP)

Add caption/Sriphongngam In Chicago, we have Metro Chicago Exports , and now in Atlanta, they have the Metro Export Plan (MEP). T...

Today in Global Small Business: Join the Revolution and Sell Online

iStock/ljeab What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: SMEs form the key base f...

Catching a Train

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.&quo...

Manufacturing Mecca to the World

©iStock/wellesenterprises BMW’s biggest auto-producing plant in the world is in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  It has helped draw m...

Going Global is One of the Best Engines for Driving Business Growth

©iStock/Hollygraphic Cost, payment risks and logistical challenges have discouraged online businesses from selling to or working w...

Women Entrepreneurs Are Unlocking Opportunities for Global Expansion

©iStock/Wavebreakmedia Devishobha Chandramouli, guest writer for Entrepreneur Magazine and Founder and Editor, of Kidskintha says:...

Risks to Global Growth Are Rising

©iStock/Darwel While the IMF has maintained its global growth forecast of 3.9% for this year and next, it has cut the outlook for ...

Today in Global Small Business: The E-Commerce Edition

©iStock/aklionka  What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: 5 trends that will ...

Find Perfection in Your Life

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All right reserved. "It's very hard to find perfection in your life.  But in the art world you ...

Singapore SMEs Need Help Going Global

©iStock/imtmphoto Is there room for further global growth for Singaporean SMEs? You bet.  According to new research from the Assoc...

The Wimbledon All-White Dress Code

©iStock/g-stockstudio One of the more famous (and somewhat controversial) traditions at Wimbledon is the all-white dress code for ...

How Does US Manufacturing Compare to that of Other Nations?

©iStock/klenger How does American manufacturing compare to that of other nations? In a Brookings report , they develop a global ...

The Australian Age of Entrepreneurship

©iStock/DGLimages According to Bernard Salt, managing director of The Demographics Group, there is very much an Australian age of ...

Today in Global Small Business: Whiskey Wars

©iStock/Alexlukin What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: E-commerce platform...

Laurel Delaney Taking a Picture of Marilyn Monroe

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure.  I make mistakes.  I am out...

Helping Global Small Businesses (GSBs) Soar

©iStock/Tsezer I've been writing about global small businesses (GSBs) here since 2004 and I started talking about their import...

Helping Women Improve Export Businesses

©iStock/beer5020 Research shows that women owned enterprises in the Caribbean are concentrated in saturated sectors making it more...

Land of the Free

©2018 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish fro...

Overcoming Barriers to International Expansion

©iStock/metamorworks Once you’ve established your start-up in your home market, horizons often begin to broaden to growth opportun...

Today in Global Small Business: Mid-Market Companies Can Make a Global Impact

©iStock/Faysal Ahamed What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: American Expres...