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©2019 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global™.  All rights reserved.  Used with permission. Learn from web globalization expert John Yunker at an upcoming weggchat™on how to expand your global reach online , Wednesday, May 1st, at 11:00 a.m. Central time.  Discover: How to get more customers to your website. Why global e-commerce is so challenging. What the latest trends are in web globalization. How to globalize a website on a shoestring. + more! It's free to join the weggchat™.  You just need a Twitter account. Instructions on how to participate can be found here . The complimentary educational program is brought to you by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global™ and sponsored by:  Bank of America, Harris Bricken, FedEx, IBM, GlobalCare Clinical Trials and Greensfelder. from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2WloWnP weggchat™: How to Expand Your Global Reach Online with John Yunker-Small Business

©iStock/Halfpoint What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The Chinese government moves to support SMEs during tumultuous trade wars. Quote of the week:  When it comes to "people moments," Beth Ford turns to others for counsel.  Early in her career she says, she learned to watch and learn form the behavior of "folks who are excellent at what they do.” – WSJ on Beth Ford, Chief executive, Land O'Lakes Inc. As Brexit looms large for SMEs , banks step in to offer help and support. Female business owners face a unique set of challenges in their entrepreneurial endeavors. FedEx sees international shipping that adopts blockchain standards as a single, standardized ledger.  Tax authorities worldwide lean on e-commerce sites to collect VAT. from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2GQl74z Today in Global Small Business: Lean on E-Commerce to Collect VAT?-Small Business

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it." – Aretha Franklin from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2UFEotf Be Your Own Artist-Small Business

©iStock/undefined undefined Two leading female entrepreneurs weigh in on how to pay it forward everyday to enable a business to thrive globally – one with a focus on her employee relationships and the other with a focus on making an impact for people. Read more:   Small Acts, Big Impact from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2Px4DB4 How to Enable a Business to Thrive Globally-Small Business

©iStock/metamorworks Today, with the headway in digital trends, it has become easier for merchants to reach out the tech-savvy customers worldwide anytime, anywhere. According to BigCommerce: 51% of Americans prefer to make a purchase online, and 96% of Americans have made at least one online purchase in their lives. E-commerce sales are expected to cross a mark of USD 4.878 billion by 2021. Learn more about some common changing e-commerce landscapes that will rule the e-commerce space beyond 2019. from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2XG3REB 96% of Americans Have Made At Least One Online Purchase in Their Lives-Small Business

©2019 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. For all the anxiety and ambiguity surrounding Crispr – focused on developing transformative gene-based medicines for serious human diseases – there’s little doubt that it could revolutionize farming. If and when the FDA decides to weigh in, says Hank Greely, a bioethicist and professor of law at Stanford, it will have to reckon with the unique risks of gene editing—that an edit might produce new allergens, for example, or spread from livestock to their wild cousins. His underlying fear, however, is “the democratizing nature of Crispr.”  Learn more about Crispr and how gene editing aims to make our food supply kinder and more efficient . But it’s struggling to leave the barn. from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2GDUEHf A More Humane World: Crispr-Small Business

from The Global Small Business Blog http://bit.ly/2VkluMH Future Ship: An Economic Advantage-Small Business