Today in Global Small Business: Ripple Is About to Make Waves Globally

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

• Four eCommerce CEOs share insights about how they plan, prepare and execute global sales during holiday crunch time.
• 20 new small business ideas in India with low investment or no investment
• Where should global marketers look for partners?
• Will Ripple make waves globally?  Don't know about Ripple?  Learn more.
• Our favorite tool, SurveyMonkey, goes public.
• wegginar®  Learn how to offer your international consumers the same shopping experience on your website that you offer to shoppers in the US.  It's free but you must register to participate 11/7.

Today in Global Small Business: How to Adopt a Small Fish Culture

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

• The big fish are looking to adopt a small fish culture.  There is great value in the startup culture.
• Our Singaporean friend and colleague, Inderjit Singh, continues to advocate for global SMEs.
• Global business travel in 2017 can be complex.  Find out how to simplify it via a free WEGGinar™ on 10/11: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6874264726093775875.
• The CNBC and SurveyMonkey latest quarterly business survey.
• FedEx poised to win big with global e-commerce growth that seems to be on steroids.
• Join us for the 3rd Annual Global Small Business Forum held in Chicago on Friday, October 20. Check out the amazing speaker lineup!  This forum is for and about entrepreneurs and small businesses who are running global e-commerce businesses.