Today in Global Small Business: Market Yourself in a Digital World

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

• Experiential learning:  wegg® on-the-ground workshop March 13 in Chicago with Kiesque CEO Jacqueline Smith.  Learn more and to register (limited seating), visit:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wegg-workshop-roundtable-discussion-with-jacqueline-smith-ceo-kiesque-tickets-56688344364 
• How streaming TV blew up old ideas about what American will watch worldwide.
• Quote of the week:  “For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalizing force, as an enabler for everyone around the world." – Sundar Pichai.
• Minnesota-born Lucy Juicy is poised to become a global phenomenon.
• Business owners all over the world teach others how to market themselves in a digital world.  Here's an example.
• Guess which company has become the first global ecommerce company to completely offset carbon emissions from shipping?

Today in Global Small Business: Confronting Black Swans

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

• Join us in Chicago for our first on the ground WEGG Export Workshop at the Polsky Exchange 11/9.
• How SBA helps SMEs grow through exports.
• Why global ecommerce needs global payments in local geographies.
• Canada is open for global business.
• How the next U.S. president will confront 'black swans' -- disruptive events that no one sees coming.
• How the World Bank researchers made some interesting discoveries about the business environment in countries around the world. 

Today in Global Small Business: Why Going Global Is An Important Goal for Australian Startups

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

• Join me at the WEGG Workshop in Chicago on November 9th to learn more about how to take a business global.
• Why you should engage a zero-defect, zero-effect model of manufacturing.
• Why going global is an important goal for Australian startups.
• Research shows that USA is now prime location for UK retailers in global e-commerce.
• DocuSign Payments simplifies collecting payments and signatures.
• Learn how Myanmar shifts gears to drive global growth in small business.