When Your Home Market Weakens, Expand Overseas

©iStock/Picsfive In an interview with the Financial Times , chief financial officer Eason Zhang said low-cost China-based retailer...

Small Business Productivity Issues Differ From Country to Country

©iStock/paulaphoto The McKinsey Global Institute aggregated a richly granular data set of micro-, small-, and medium-size enterpr...

Risks Confronting the Global Economy in 2024

©iStock/libre de droit Last year, the global economy defied expectations in potentially history-making ways. Amid wretched conditi...

Keep Doing What You Are Doing But Take It Global

©iStock/Tech Tungateja “Keep doing what you’re doing,” First Lady Michelle Obama said at George Washington's Commencement on t...

Today in Global Small Business: Remember and Honor

©iStock/spukkato What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Remember and honor:  ...

Be a Rainbow

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." – Maya Angelou from The Global Small Business Blog https://ift.tt/wrcgI5D

Korea Promotes SMEs' Global Expansion

©iStock/CHALLA The chiefs of Korea’s largest business groups gathered with President Yoon Suk Yeol to garner support for small- an...

The Long-Term Risks and Benefits of AI Around the World

©iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen The long-term risks and benefits of AI will quite likely impact people all around the world, and they w...

Should You Have a Google YouTube Channel For the World to Watch?

©iStock/The_Believer_art YouTube is a global video platform that can get your business in front of millions of potential new custo...

Google Considers Going Global with YouTube TV

©iStock/Nanci Santos Riding a wave of success brought by NFL Sunday Ticket, Google executives have considered opening YouTube TV t...

Today in Global Small Business: How AI Is Reshaping the Global Business Arena

©iStock/LinearWorld What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: How AI is reshapin...

It Just Blooms

©2024 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just bloo...

Elevate Your Business With An AI Video Translator

©iStock/Pikusisi-Studio According to CIO Look, AI video translation employs advanced machine learning algorithms to automatically ...

Understanding the Mechanics of Entrepreneurship

©iStock/JLco - Julia Amaral Derek Lidow, a Princeton professor and former corporate executive says:  "Forget the myth of the ...

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak's Formula For Happiness

©iStock/jetcityimage Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak cited his working relationship with Steve Jobs and a simple math equation whil...

5 Awe-inspiring Places to Visit in Japan

©iStock/Mr Saryanto I've [Laurel Delaney] traveled to Japan many times and on every trip, I find something new to appreciate. ...

Today in Global Small Business: U.S. Trade Policy Is at a Crossroads

©iStock/Bulat Silvia What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: U.S. trade policy...

I Want Them To See It Whether They Want To Or Not

©2024 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your worl...

Premier Gathering of Women Entrepreneurs: Women Presidents Organization Entrepreneurial Excellence Forum 5/15/24

©2024 Women President Organization.  All rights reserved. The Women Presidents Organization (WPO) Entrepreneurial Excellence Forum...

Online Buying Grows But 67% of Consumers Face Delivery Problems

©iStock/SARINYAPINNGAM In Descartes's third annual consumer sentiment study of ecommerce, it shows that home delivery online ...

Banking On Women Who Go Global

©iStock/Antonio_Diaz International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) white paper, “ Banking on Women Who Trade Across Borders ...

No Firm Is An Island

©iStock/Nuthawut Somsuk No firm is an island.  Proof is in this article .  Collaboration, joint ventures and quasi mergers are the...

Today in Global Small Business: Recap of Warren Buffett’s Comments at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2024

©iStock/jetcityimage What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Full report on t...

Not Enough Bridges

©2024 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "We build too many walls and not enough bridges." – Isaac Newton from T...

U.S. and China Talks On AI Could Have Far-Reaching Implications For the Future of Global Commerce

©iStock/William_Potter The high-level talks between the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence (AI) could have far-reaching im...

Massive Area of Growth: Global Expansion

©iStock/Geleanu Mihai Shopify President Harley Finkelstein wants to make your customer base global.  So do we.  Simple as that. ...

Look Who Is Giving Courses on AI?

©iStock/mesh cube The artificial intelligence  (AI) courses Coursera offers are designed to help prepare you for a career in machi...