Today in Global Small Business: Making the Case For International Expansion

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

• Making the case for international expansion.
• How businesses can overcome barriers to international expansion.
• Quote of the week: "Development isn’t charity.  It’s one of the smartest investments we can make in our shared future – in our security and our prosperity.” – President Barack Obama
• Walmart bets on international business to drive growth in China and Mexico.
• Why the world comes to Georgia and stays.
• Six reasons to expand your business internationally.

Today in Global Small Business: How AI Is Reshaping the Global Business Arena

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

• How AI is reshaping the global business arena.
• Watch building global business confidence.
• A model for expanding your business into foreign markets.
• Quote of the week:  "If our era is the next Industrial Revolution, as many claim, AI is surely one of its driving forces." – Fei-Fei Li
• G7 to discuss global trade risks after US tariffs on China.
• What you should ask before you expand your business internationally.

Today in Global Small Business: Explore New Opportunities to Expand Your Business Internationally on 6/25

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

1. Explore new opportunities to expand your business internationally in Chicago June 25th (Laurel will be there giving a talk - FREE).
2. How to execute a finely tuned exit at your global small business.
3. The week in numbers with BBC's Go Figures images.
4. In case you don't know about, Monocle, a magazine briefing on global affairs.
5. How international investors can be a hidden advantage.
6. How indie rock changed the world.

Tips to Expanding Your Business Internationally

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According to Eugene Laney for The Washington Post, here's what you must do before you can make a success of your business internationally:

1. Identify markets.
2. Know the rules.
3. Find a logistics agent.

Get a handle on the opportunities that exist and avoid some of the potential pitfalls.   Learn more here.