Female Entrepreneurship Is on the Rise Globally

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The World Bank's research shows that female entrepreneurs tend to encounter a unique set of challenges in starting and running their businesses globally.

1. Juggling competing priorities.
2. Skills gaps.
3. Legal constraints.
4. Financial and digital inclusion.

What are the things that male and female mature businesses, business leaders, academics and society at large can do to help?

Find out here how to uplift female entrepreneurs.

Global Startup Ecosystem Report

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Europe leads in the “number of top growing ecosystems across phases," says a recently released report Startup Genome’s 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report.

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report is “based on primary and secondary data from over 10,000 founders and more than one million companies across over 150 cities worldwide,” according to the authors, Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network.

Amongst the top 10 global startup ecosystems, Paris and Berlin have the least amount of female founders.

Four key takeaways from the report:

1. Paris and Berlin to step up female entrepreneurship
2. Frankfurt’s Fintech focus
3. Blockchain in the Balkans
4. Keep your eye on Helsinki

Read more about the takeaways from the Global Startup Ecosystem Report.

Today in Global Small Business: How to Take Advantage of Significant Duty Savings On Imports

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

• How do you predict the future?  These 8 tips might help.
• The Global Small Business Forum held in Chicago on 10/23/15.  Have you registered?
• Would you recognize DHL Global Forwarding as a top employer?
• How U.S. importers can take advantage of significant duty savings.
• Trend for female entrepreneurship is significantly up globally.
• The best supply chain and logistics blogs on the web (according to Freightos).

Happy Labor Day to all Americans who have contributed to the strength of our economy.