Today in Global Small Business: The Rise of the Global Small Business Economy

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

• Drawbacks to consider with a home office import/export business:  Parts I, II and III.
• The rise of the global small business economy.
• How to link small businesses to international markets.
• Anyone who still thinks trade agreements are effective and is willing to say so in public besides Laurel Delaney?
• Speaking of trade ... the Pew Research Center has a few words on it as it relates to China.
• How ten percent of Hult students from the Class of 2015 started their own business.

Globally, Why Would Anyone Follow You?

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Why would anyone follow you?  That is the question Cari E. Guittard, Principal, Global Engagement Partners and Professor of Global Management, Hult International Business School asked her students during a class she taught on women's leadership at the Hult International Business School in Dubai.

Before we get to how that question was handled (don't want to let the cat out of the bag here), she defines global leadership.

Take a look:  Our World Demands a More Effective Global Leader

And by the way, Why would anyone follow you?  Let me know and we'll post your answers here. Meanwhile, need some help?  Explore the Global Mindset Inventory tool.  And read:  Leading With a Global Mindset.

Launch Your Global Career Before May 5th

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Hult International Business School offers scholarship opportunities for chosen MBA candidates. Students are selected based on their abilities to perform in a dynamic classroom environment and for their business leadership potential and are considered upon submission of the online application.

The standard essay length is 500-750 words and in each category (as noted below), you must address 3-4 critical questions.  Creativity is encouraged.

1. Academic Excellence Scholarship
2. Global Innovation Scholarship
3. Global Leadership Scholarship
4. Global Project Management Scholarship
5. International Finance Scholarship
6. Social Entrepreneur Scholarship
7. Women in Business Scholarship
8. Your Talent Professinal

As Hult says, "Get plugged in to the world."  More about Hult here. 

Deadline on scholarship opportunities is May 5, 2013.  Go here to apply.  Good luck! 

Related article:  "How to Get An Education Fit For a Life in Global Trade"