Happy 2026 from the Global Small Business Blog!

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"Use all the colors in your crayon box in 2026.  Happy New Year!" – Laurel J. Delaney, founder, The Global Small Business Blog

Happy 2025 from the Global Small Business Blog!

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"Be bold, persevere, set achievable goals, and expand globally.  When small businesses thrive, the world thrives.  Happy New Year!" – Laurel J. Delaney, creator of the Global Small Business Blog

Serious Joy

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Happy 2023 from the Global Small Business Blog!

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"Wishing you a new year filled with joy, possibilities, good health, prosperity and a global mindset!" – Laurel J. Delaney

Inspire You to Grow Global in 2021

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May every day of the new year inspire you to grow global.  Best wishes for joy, peace, prosperity and good health in 2021.

Happy 2020 From the Global Small Business Blog!

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Happy 2019 from the Global Small Business Blog

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From your friends at the Global Small Business Blog, Happy New Year!  Make 2019 joyful, global, productive and filled with good health and prosperity.

The World Is Your Market in 2016

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Wishing You a Merry Christmas 2015

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a very happy, prosperous and healthy New Year!

Photo courtesy:  ©Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Loyola University Chicago, December 20, 2015.

The World Needs More You In It

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Make a difference in 2013.

Create the better world you wish for.

Happy New Year!

Find Peace in the New Year

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"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tear Down Boundaries in 2009

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Happy New Year to loyal colleagues, fabulous friends and cheering fans of The Global Small Business Blog! We thank you for your support and readership throughout the year. It makes pursuing our passion that much easier and worthwhile for us.

We hope that we brought you context, insight and authority on global small business news all year long. After all, our blog is designed to help you better understand what it takes (and why) to expand your business internationally -- providing useful, action-oriented news and information -- and we intend to keep delivering on that promise until you tell us otherwise.

We will be back with you at the crack of 2009. We submitted our annual "Global Small Business Trend 2009" report to Small Business Trends a couple of weeks ago and that should be published momentarily. We will share it with you just as soon as it's available online.

In the meantime, get ready to tear down the boundaries on your business and go global in 2009! We've got exciting news to share with you on January 5th so stick around and stay tuned.

From my home in Chicago to yours ... be the change you want to see in 2009!