Inspire You to Grow Global in 2021

©2021 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. May every day of the new year inspire you to grow global.  Best wishes for joy, pea...

Be There For One Another

©iStock/eggeeggjlew "Let our New Year's resolution be this:  we will be there for one another [even during a global pande...

Key Details About the Second Round of PPP Loans for Small Businesses

©iStock/designer491 More Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are coming.  President Donald Trump has signed into law a new $90...

TikTok 101

©iStock/Wachiwit The social media or video-sharing social network TikTok app currently has more than 800 million monthly active us...

Today in Global Small Business: Positivity in 2021 Is Possible

©iStock/DKosig What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Reflections from 2019 ...

Spiritual Reflections

©iStock/BrianAJackson During this holiday season, have you found yourself attending virtual Christmas Eve services, relaxing on Ch...

The Christmas Spirit Brings Joy in People Around the World

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happine...

Fireside Christmas Classics From Your Friends at the Global Small Business Blog

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Festive Jammies Is the Ultimate Holiday Picture Card This Year

©iStock/vallantsin suprunovich This year has seen a change in the images people use for their holiday cards, infusing humor into a...

Fun Holiday Traditions From Around the World

©iStock/Atiwat Studio For many Americans, holiday celebrations involve decorating homes with lights, wreaths snowmen, and reindeer...

Today in Global Small Business: Container Shipping is Booming Again

©iStock/Erich Sacco What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The World Trade Or...

Hello World

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "There is much to learn, but there is that which no one can teach, that which ...

The Big Divorce: Britain and the EU

©iStock/emarto Britain officially left the EU in January and has spent the last 11 months in a transitional phase while the two si...

How Not to Lose Your Way and Fall Behind the Global Competition

©iStock/dusanpetkovic By closely monitoring your business planning (which should include a component to going global), keeping a p...

How to Support Bilingual Learning Without a Screen for Kids Aged 1-10

©iStock/Marta Ortiz How do you easily teach your child a new language without having them be in front of a smartphone screen or ta...

Rethinking Export Controls in a New Era

©iStock/gorodenkoff "Export controls can be a formidable tool to protect technological advantage and to deter illiberal and d...

Today in Global Small Business: Working With An International Distributor

©iStock/metamorworks What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Facebook aims to ...

All Roads Lead Home

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "At Christmas, all roads lead home." – Marjorie Holmes from The Global ...

Global Small Businesses Have Struggled to Survive

©iStock/chalyapruek2520 Earlier this year, Facebook began conducting monthly surveys of small and midsize businesses that have Fac...

Laurel Delaney's Cheat Sheet to Growing a Global Business

iStock/inkoly If I [Laurel Delaney] had a dollar for every time someone asked me what it takes to go global, I’d be one rich woman...

Fighting the Common Global Enemy, the Coronavirus

©iStock/yalcinsonat1 "Today [12/8/20] marks the start of the fightback against our common enemy, the coronavirus," says ...

According to Professor Keita Shibayama, a New Financial Crisis Looms

©iStock/Richie Chan Since the 1980s, leading nations have relied on the twin pillars of the promotion of globalization and fiscal ...

Today in Global Small Business: Do You Think It Is Important to Track Localized Marketing ROI?

  ©iStock/nensu_79 What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Discover how the d...

Mental Health Needs Attention

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and i...

According to the Swedes, Conversation Should Be Used for Exchanging Real, Meaningful Information

©iStock/Fotonen For Swedes, the purpose of talking is to exchange meaningful information, and engaging in purposeless chit-chat si...

Is There a Connection Between Death, Disease and Burning Fossil Fuels?

©iStock/Konoplytska A recent comprehensive analysis published by the medical research journal The Lancet focuses on public healt...

APCO Founder and Chairman Shares How She Built a Global Consultancy From Zero to More than $130 Million As a Working Mother: Lessons Learned

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USA Holiday Shoppers Are Drawn by Store Discounts But Can They Afford It?

©iStock/Sorapop Yesterday's Cyber Monday promised to become the largest online sales day in history. During the peak hour of 8...

Today in Global Small Business: Globalization in a Post-COVID World

©iStock/grapestock What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Globalization in a ...

You Are Blessed If You See Beautiful Things in Humble Places

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All right reserved. “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see n...

Personal Space Is Something You Dream of in Your Sleep

©iStock/maroke Soyeong Kim, PhD is a counseling psychologist in Providence, Rhode Island and a post-doctoral research fellow at Al...

Giving Thanks

©iStock/Tatyana Boyko "Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.” – Amy Grant...

Laurel Delaney Says Gratitude is the Key to Fulfillment

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Forming new relationships and strengthening existing ones have been great gifts to ...

Global Small Business Owners: Secure Your Future into 2021 and Beyond with a Grant from eBay and Hello Alice

©iStock/Dilok Klaisataporn Starting November 23, 2020, eBay, in partnership with Hello Alice , is giving back to the global small ...

Today in Global Small Business: The Gratitude Edition

©iStock/21kompot What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Thanksgiving is a gre...

Don't Stop Believing

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "You can do anything as long as you don't stop believing. When it is meant...

Qingdao, China: Can You Contract Covid-19 From Ship Workers or Contaminated Cargo?

©iStock/tcly The New England Journal of Medicine reports out on a rapid response to an outbreak in Qingdao, China.  The outbreak ...

German Composer Richard Wagner At His Best

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There are Not Enough Women Investing in Women (Yet)

©iStock/fizkes Some quick intros.   Kay Koplovitz founded and served as CEO of USA Networks, now part of NBC Universal. She also ...

RCEP: Spurring Recovery From the Global Pandemic?

©iStock/lakshmiprasad S The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ( RCEP ), considered the world's largest trading bloc,...

Today in Global Small Business: End-to-End Platform for Cross-Border Trade

©iStock/metomorworks What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Check out the end...

Spring at the Close of a Winter Day

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.&quo...

How Do You Know When Your Brand Is Ready to Go Global?

©iStock/violetkaipa Expanding your business globally requires plenty of advance marketing and a team that can pivot quickly.  That...

Reminder: Technology Strengthens American Trade

©iStock/metamorworks U.S. economic growth and job creation depend on the ability to sell beyond America’s borders because 95% of c...

Reminder: Technology Strengthens American Trade

©iStock/metamorworks U.S. economic growth and job creation depend on the ability to sell beyond America’s borders because 95% of c...

Happy Veterans Day 2020

©iStock/StockPhotoAstur "Happy Veterans Day to our soldiers, both past and present. We owe you our thanks throughout the year...

Great Global Leaders Tell It Like It Is

©iStock/phototechno As thought leader Ron Ashkenas writes for the Harvard Business Review: Great leaders tell it like it is. In ot...

Today in Global Small Business: America Fires Trump and Elects Biden as Nation's 46th President

  ©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small busine...

Biden Wins the USA Presidential Race 2020

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We're All In This Together

©2020 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. ...

Classical Music for Studying and Increasing Global Brainpower

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Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW): November 16-22, 2020

©iStock/metamorworks Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) will cover a variety of topics on such current and future business challen...

Fortune Favors the Bold

©iStock/anyalvanova Fortune favors the bold and especially those who go after global opportunities to fuel growth.  Ireland is no ...

A Pathway Forward to Accessibility for Everyone Outdoors: wegginar® 11/4

©2020 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global.  All rights reserved. Kelly Twichel, CEO Access Trax, is an occupational therapist and pass...