Today in Global Small Business: A Quarter of Indigenous Businesses Export

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

• Xero makes powerful partnership for the future.
• Quote of the week: “Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?" —Alex Noble
• Startups are going global earlier in their growth than ever before.  Here's why.
• The Global Green Economy – how businesses are marketing green innovation. 
• A new report says that a quarter of Indigenous businesses export.
• Enabling expansion through e-commerce.

Globally Engaged Education

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Here's a look at the top trends shaping social entrepreneurship in 2009. Three of them touch on our outlook as well: social enterprises (as it applies to education), mobile technology and green innovation.