Saturday, 30 October 2021

Where There Is No Imagination

All photos:  ©2021 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Where there is no imagination there is no horror....
Friday, 29 October 2021

Do You Need to Think Small To Succeed?

©iStock/wildpixel No way!  After all, this blog is about going big and going big involves going global. Executive creative directo...
Thursday, 28 October 2021

6 Essential Components to an Export Sale

©iStock/SHansche Below is an article I [Laurel Delaney] wrote to tackle the topic of what's needed on an export sale.   It go...
Wednesday, 27 October 2021

How Digital Marketplaces Can Help Local Economies (TED Talk)

©iStock/jetcityimage The growth of digital marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb and Amazon can sometimes threaten local businesses such ...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021

What Do Plumbers and Gen Zers Have in Common?

©iStock/AndreyPopov Both are spending money right now.  That is, plumbers and Gen Zers. AmEx said that card acquisitions hit a rec...
Monday, 25 October 2021

Today in Global Small Business: Shipping Containers in Parking Lots in Doctors' Offices

©iStock/Worawuth What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The latest thing in d...
Saturday, 23 October 2021

Blueberries Around the Globe

©iStock/MNStudio Trade and production of blueberries is expanding globally as product development boosts their profile in form and...
Friday, 22 October 2021

No Magic Solution

©iStock/vchal The Plymouth candy company Maud Borup has been around for more than 100 years.  Christine Lantinen purchased the co...
Thursday, 21 October 2021

Gen. Colin Powell: He Was An Optimist to the End

©iStock/jokerpro Gen. Colin Powell is widely acknowledged by a grateful nation as distinguished and exemplary.  Indeed, for many y...
Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Everything Shortage

©iStock/dorian2013 Disruptions in global supply chains have generated the phrase "everything shortage."  But US imports ...
Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Build On Your Success

©iStock/marchmeena29 Many global small businesses have such interesting origin stories—and sometimes the challenges and hurdles th...
Monday, 18 October 2021

Today in Global Small Business: [Go] Easy On Me (Music Video)

©iStock/fightbegin What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: [Go] Easy On Me – A...
Saturday, 16 October 2021

Just Relax and Have Fun Doing What You Are Doing

©2021 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Relax.  Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing.  Don't worry...
Friday, 15 October 2021

A Global Wakeup Call to Social Media Influencers and Global Small Businesses

©iStock/bigtunaonline Is it time to diversify away from Facebook products and any legacy social media app where you’re making mone...
Thursday, 14 October 2021

Think Ahead Before You Go Global

©iStock/YiuCheung Despite the challenges, plenty of firms sell overseas — and there are a ton of resources to help others follow s...
Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Today, Latino Artists Can Flourish Globally On Their Own

©iStock/Helena GH In the late 1990s and early 2000s, artists like Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira ruled the...
Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Only 3 Days Left to Register for the 6th Annual Global Small Business Forum (Virtual)

©2021 GSBB Media LLC.  All rights reserved. Only 3 days away from our 6th Annual Global Small Business Forum . Have you registered...
Monday, 11 October 2021

Today in Global Small Business: How Christopher Columbus Became an Italian-American Icon

©iStock/MH What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: How Christopher Columbus be...
Saturday, 9 October 2021

It Sings Because It Has a Song

©2021 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. “A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” – ...
Friday, 8 October 2021

New Book: Your Small Business Boom!

©2022 Steven D. Strauss.  All rights reserved. Love the title of Steve Strauss's newest book, " Your Small Business Boom:...
Thursday, 7 October 2021

How to Manage Your Finances While Working Remotely Overseas

©iStock/Lauren Verhoeven Thinking about pushing the envelope of “working remotely” by actually working abroad?  Many people have o...
Wednesday, 6 October 2021

Steve Jobs Passed Away 10 Years Ago

©2011 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Yesterday (10/5/21) marked the 10-year anniversary of Steve Job's death.  To th...
Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Building Unity on a Remote International Team (wegginar)

©2021 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global.  All rights reserved. Wonder how to find great candidates from around the world?  How to im...
Monday, 4 October 2021

Today in Global Small Business: The Benefits of Professional Networking

©iStock/monkeybusinessimages What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: So who ne...
Saturday, 2 October 2021

It Was a Beautiful Day

©2021 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it.  It was that day...
Friday, 1 October 2021

The Days of a $1,600 Shipping Container Will Never Return

©iStock/zhaojlankang According to Eamon McKinney, Ph.D., M.B.A., (sinologist) and an expert on China-related business, pre-Covid-1...