Today in Global Small Business: Empower Global

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

• Sean "Diddy" Combs launches e-commerce platform "Empower Global" to showcase and sell products by black entrepreneurs.
• Reese Witherspoon's Draper James.
• Jessica Alba's The Honest Company.
• Quote of the week:  "EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics." – Sophia Amoruso
• Kim Kardashian's SKKN by Kim.
• Lady Gaga's Haus Labs.