Today in Global Small Business: We Are Headed to Well Beyond 100K Readers to the Global Small Business Blog!

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Thanks to your readership, we are headed to well beyond 100K readers (aka followers) this month to The Global Small Business Blog.  Founded in 2004, we have served you for 19 years!  Your engagement is important to us.  Looking forward to hitting the quarter-million mark soon.  
• Factors to consider when thinking abut doing business in Dubai.
• Franchises have become game-changers, fueling global entrepreneurial ambitions and economic expansion.
• Quote of the week: "Growth is uncomfortable; you have to embrace the discomfort if you want to expand." – Jonathan Majors
• US-China relations in the Biden era:  a timeline (updated 8/30/23).
• Are you aware?  Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) consists of reports compiled by FAS Foreign Service Officers and staff around the world. They provide agricultural market intelligence, insight and analysis of interest to exporters of U.S. agriculture. FAS currently generates more than 3,000 reports a year, dating back to 1995.
• The enduring legacy of 9/11. 🙏 

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