Tuesday, 31 December 2019

Happy 2020 From the Global Small Business Blog!

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Follow Your Dreams Globally in 2020

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Monday, 30 December 2019

Today in Global Small Business: A Look Back at 2019 Before We Bring in the New Year

©iStock/dolphfyn What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Burnout by Arianna ...
Saturday, 28 December 2019

Whispering It Will Be Happier

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will...
Friday, 27 December 2019

A Look Back: 2019 New Year Celebrations From Around the World

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Thursday, 26 December 2019

Ecommerce Revolutionized Buying and Democratized Selling

©iStock/jacoblund Not only has e-commerce revolutionized buying, but it has also democratized selling. With an internet connection...
Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Merry Christmas From the Global Small Business Blog Team!

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Reflect, Rejoice and Renew This Holiday Season

©iStock/Tevarak Close your eyes for a moment and envision what the “perfect holiday” would be for you. We all have an idea of wha...
Monday, 23 December 2019

Today in Global Small Business: May Your Holidays Be Merry and Bright

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Saturday, 21 December 2019

We Have to Believe in Things We Don't See

©2013 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really impo...
Friday, 20 December 2019

Oh, Let's Travel the World in 2020

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Where will the new year, new decade, take you? Below, you’ll find 36 destinations...
Thursday, 19 December 2019

A Case Study: How Social Media Tools Benefit Global Small Businesses

©iStock/CASEZY In today’s digital and mobile world, social networking systems have also become an important tool to help global sm...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Honoring Businesses That Export

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Tuesday, 17 December 2019

In Search of Better Translations

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Ian A. Henderson shares the story of the quest he and his wife Françoise undertook ...
Monday, 16 December 2019

Today in Global Small Business: Liking Your Secondhand Threads

©iStock/jaturunp What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: When it comes to run...
Saturday, 14 December 2019

Dream Away the Cold

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold."...
Friday, 13 December 2019

Cheerios Moves Beyond Its Iconic "O" Shape

©iStock/smartstock General Mills, for the first time in 40 years, is adding heart shapes to Honey Nut Cheerios and original yellow...
Thursday, 12 December 2019

Top Actions You Should Take Before Taking Your Business Global

©iStock/guirong hao Taking your business global allows you to gain new customers and experience new business cultures.  However, t...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Whether you Live in Alaska or Japan, This Christmas Music Soothes the Soul

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Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Revisionist History With Malcolm Gladwell (Podcast)

©iStock/Natalia Shabasheva Each week for 10 weeks, Revisionist History , a podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and Pushkin Industries, g...
Monday, 9 December 2019

Today in Global Small Business: Amazon Puts the Squeeze on Small Businesses

©iStock/rudall30  What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Chinese tech goes g...
Saturday, 7 December 2019

Creativity Doesn't Wait for that Perfect Moment

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perf...
Friday, 6 December 2019

Christmas Music is Calming and Puts a Smile in Your Heart

As one listener to the music video said, “I realize that there is never a 'perfect time' to listen to Christmas music, you just hav...
Thursday, 5 December 2019

Make Your Small Business More Productive in 2020! We've Got an App for That

©iStock/denkcreative What are the tools you need to help your team work smarter and more efficiently in 2020?  Don't sweat. B...
Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Guess How Many Small Businesses There Are Worldwide?

©iStock/monkeybusinessimages According to Chris Leahy, Vice President, National Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs, Intui...
Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Thought Leadership wegginar® 12/4 with Dr. Kati Suominen: New Iron Laws of Globalization

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Monday, 2 December 2019

Today in Global Small Business: Solo Businesses Are Brought Into the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

©iStock/fizkes What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The Global Entrepreneu...
Saturday, 30 November 2019

Life is Full of Beauty. Notice It

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, an...
Friday, 29 November 2019

Global Brand Peppers Eyeware Wants Pittsburghers to Shop Local on Saturday

©iStock/monstArrr_ Global brand Peppers Eyeware wants to take the Small Business Saturday opportunity to celebrate their Pittsburg...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

Happy Thanksgiving from the Global Small Business Blog!

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Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Gratitude is a Universally Good and Global Thing

©iStock/Vladayoung How wonderful that countries worldwide have national days of Thanksgiving.  It’s an acknowledgment that gratitu...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Blogging Can Boost Productivity and Help a Business Become Global

©iStock/Christian Hors If you want to be a professional in your industry and get noticed, blogging is the way to go since it is a ...
Monday, 25 November 2019

Today in Global Small Business: It Can Take 5 Minutes to Ruin Your Reputation

©iStock/enotmaks What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Google has announced...
Saturday, 23 November 2019

Good Ole' Chicago-based Heinemann Bakery

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Heinemann's first opened in 1929 as a small retail bakery on the north side of...
Friday, 22 November 2019

Scaling for Global Growth by Laurel J. Delaney

©iStock/DESKCUBE Laurel Delaney interviews UPS's Marketing Director for small businesses, Jeremy Melis.  Here's a snippet ...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Selling and Buying Things Online Creates New Customers

©iStock/milindri  Buying and selling things online creates new customers. What's more interesting is how the ubiquity of ecom...
Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Favorite Off-the-Clock Worldly Accommodations

©iStock/SOMATUSCANI Donna Bulseco, for the WSJ , asked three global hoteliers, notoriously picky guests (and also considered hotel...
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Global Entrepreneurship Week Kickoff 2019

©iStock/monkeybusinessimages Headlines from around the world celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, which removes unnecessary b...
Monday, 18 November 2019

Today in Global Small Business: Superstars Run Away with Globalization

©iStock/Piotrurakau What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Superstar firms a...
Saturday, 16 November 2019

How Beautiful the Leaves Grow Old

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "How beautiful the leaves grow old.  How full of light and color are their las...
Friday, 15 November 2019

Doing Business in India with Nixon Peabody's Help

©iStock/Sanjog Mhatre Join Nixon Peabody LLP, SFAsia, and Singhania & Partners on November 22 from 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at th...
Thursday, 14 November 2019

Like to Be Alone? These 12 Special Personality Traits Apply to You (Video)

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Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Challenges and Opportunities to Selling Internationally

©iStock/blackdovfx With global growth comes new challenges that small businesses have to learn how to navigate. The uncertainty ar...
Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Light Up Your World with Andrea Sreshta of LuminAID at weggchat® November 13th

©2019 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global™.  All rights reserved. To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Network week , join wegg® at th...
Monday, 11 November 2019

Today in Global Small Business: Small Businesses Create One-half of the World’s GDP and Employ Two-thirds of the World’s Global Workforce

©iStock/Dutko What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Small business creates ...
Saturday, 9 November 2019

What a Room Without Books is Like

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. " A room without books is like a body without a soul." – Marcus Tullius ...
Friday, 8 November 2019

November is Global Entrepreneurship Month

©iStock/undrey November is officially Global Entrepreneurship Month according to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee because entrepreneursh...
Thursday, 7 November 2019

Two Great Illinois Export-Related Events 11/14/19

©iStock/Surlyapong Thongsawang Depending on your exporting needs and where you are based, don't miss these upcoming morning pr...
Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Rotorcorp Achieves Steady Growth in US Exports

©iStock/Benjamin Schaefer Global small business Atlanta’s Rotorcorp LLC has seen steady growth in its export profile, with about ...
Tuesday, 5 November 2019

CEOs Are Most Concerned with the Uncontrollable Threats in the Global Marketplace (Video)

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Monday, 4 November 2019

Today in Global Small Business: Sayonara to Steve Easterbrook as CEO of McDonald's

©iStock/J2R What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Endeavor Global Marketing...
Saturday, 2 November 2019

Things in American Culture That Want to Wipe the Class Distinction

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction....
Friday, 1 November 2019

Global Stress Relief

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Thursday, 31 October 2019

World Commerce Is Slowing Down

©iStock/anyabertkut As Peter S. Goodman for The New York Times puts it: As President Trump intensifies his trade war with China, ...
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Unlocking Sources of Global Growth: SMEs

©iStock/jacoblund Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide,...