Where There Is No Imagination

All photos:  ©2021 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Where there is no imagination there is no horror.&...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Blueberries Around the Globe

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

No Magic Solution

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

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...

Everything Shortage

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

Build On Your Success

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.” – ...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...