Where Do We Go From Here on Port Congestion?

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What's driving port congestion?  As C.H. Robinson says:

Right now, many retailers have a backlog of inventory in their warehouses, and frankly do not have room for more. While that, in part, explains why retail peak season will look very different this year, it does not explain why relief is not being felt at the ports. 

Even if we experience a late or mild peak of imports later this year or no peak at all, port challenges won’t be going away anytime soon. While each supply chain is unique and requires an equally unique strategy, there are some things you can consider to help you mitigate today’s disruption.

Read on to determine whether shippers can expect relief soon and what to do in the meantime.

Today in Global Small Business: Doing Good in This World

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

• 5 tech companies doing good in this world.
• Why India could single-handedly shape the future of e-commerce.
• What you need to know about the global economy this week.
• Quote of the week: "I think, because of globalization, the world is getting increasingly smaller, so that if some event happens around the globe, it’s not something that happens way out there. That event might very well have something in common with what’s happening here." – Sidra Hamidi, Ph.D.
• Israel and USA sign cybersecurity agreement.
• Sidra Hamidi was just 7 years old when she moved with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to the Chicago area.  Now, she's bringing an impressive resume to Eckerd College as one of 12 new tenure-track faculty members.

Donut Worry, Be Happy

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What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know: Malcolm Gladwell (Video)

Covid-19 Still Clamps Onto Global Small Businesses

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Even with Covid losing its grip on the population, businesses are still facing the aftershocks of the disaster. It would be safe to say the storm has not yet passed.

In this article, take a deeper dive into how Covid-19 still clamps onto global small businesses despite Covid-related restrictions being eased up.  Business owners still face new worries.

PepsiCo Launches Eco-friendly Lay’s Potato Chip Display Stands Throughout Europe

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Israel-based UBQ Materials, developer of advanced materials made from unsorted household waste, announced that PepsiCo is launching eco-friendly Lay’s potato chip display stands throughout Europe, made in part with UBQ bio-based thermoplastic substituting conventional oil-based plastics.

Read more about how Lay's potato chips will be stacked in Israeli eco-friendly material. 

Communicating with a Global Workforce

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Companies will only get more global as communication across the world becomes easier. We must ensure that cultural differences are not assumed but understood.

Read on to learn how to communicate with a global workforce. 

Today in Global Small Business: Why Small Businesses Must Cross Borders

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

• Why small businesses must cross borders.
• One of the fastest growing banks in the US is on a mission to rewire the industry. It has also touched some nerves.
• The small factories in the western Japanese city of Higashiosaka for decades fuelled the thundering rise of the country's biggest brands - but a weak yen and rising costs have accelerated a slow decline, and are reshaping the industrial heartland.
• Quote of the week: "A good story can travel in time and borders; it hits you no matter where you are." – Hakan Nesser
• After two years of shutdowns and restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, America's global small businesses are straining to keep up with price increases without losing customers to larger competitors.
• Learn tips from SCORE on whether leaders are made or born.

Experience New Things

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"See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things." – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Routines That Can Set You Up For Global Success

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To prep for their high-pressure days, many entrepreneurs map out morning routines that keep them alert, focused, and rejuvenated throughout the day.  Here are four morning habits of entrepreneurs who’ve raised millions for their companies.

I [Laurel Delaney here], don't feel so bad.  One entrepreneur said:  "I check [email] immediately."  That's exactly what I do and then go right into marketing The Global Small Business Blog's daily post.  Coffee comes later.

Metaverse: Hype? Hope? Hell?

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Experts are split about the likely evolution of a truly immersive ‘metaverse.’ They expect that augmented- and mixed-reality enhancements will become more useful in people’s daily lives. Many worry that current online problems may be magnified if Web3 development is led by those who built today’s dominant web platforms.

Metaverse:  Hype? Hope? Hell?  Maybe all three. 

How to Bring Out the Greatness In Every Employee

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GrowthSpace – which leverages algorithms to match individual employees and groups of employees with experts for development sprints – was founded in 2018 by Dan Terner, Izhak Kedar and Omer Glass.

The company today announced that it raised $25 million in Series B financing led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund) and Vertex Ventures, bringing GrowthSpace’s total raised to $44 million. 

Glass says, "GrowthSpace will use these funds to expand globally to meet rapidly growing demand and to continue to expand its competitive edge through tech innovation."

What It Takes to Generate Value-Creating Growth in 2022

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To buck these trends – slowing global economy, rising inflation, and geopolitical uncertainty – business leaders need to follow a holistic growth blueprint consisting of three core elements: 

1. A bold aspiration and accompanying mindset 
2. The right enablers embedded in the organization
3. And clear pathways in the form of a coherent set of growth initiatives

To understand how organizations can try to overcome obstacles, McKinsey & Company studied the growth patterns and performance of the world’s 5,000 largest public companies over the past 15 years through various lenses. 

Their findings suggest ten imperatives that should guide organizations seeking to outgrow and outearn their peers.  And No. 8 is:  Go global if you can beat local.  Expand internationally if you have a transferable advantage.

Find out what it takes to generate value-creating growth for a business.

Today in Global Small Business: Where Is Your Organization In Its Leadership Journey?

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

• We need leaders we can trust, who genuinely care and connect with us.  Is that you?
• How the rules of success are changing.
• What should you be reading this summer to stay resilient? Find out here from CEOs, founders, Nobel Prize winners, editors-in-chief, economists, and government leaders from around the world.
• Quote of the week: “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Build a metaverse strategy to deliver sustainable outcomes.
• Learn about resilient transformation.

 

Bring Your Own Sunshine

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"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." – Anthony D'Angelo 

If GDP Is Falling, Will the Global Economy Shrink?

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If Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is falling, then the economy is shrinking - bad news for businesses and workers. If GDP falls for two quarters in a row, that is known as a recession, which can mean pay freezes and lost jobs.

GDP is one of the most important tools for looking at how well, or badly, an economy is doing.

GDP can be measured in 3 ways  Output, expenditure and income. Yet GDP growth doesn't tell the whole story.

Find out what GDP is and how it is measured.

The Global Plastics Outlook Through 2060

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In recent years, growing awareness of ubiquitous plastic pollution has steered public opinion and paved the way for stronger policy intervention on this front. The OECD Global Plastics Outlook reports seek to inform and support these efforts.

Plastic pollution is one of the great environmental challenges of the 21st century, causing wide-ranging damage to ecosystems and human health, while the fossil-fuel origins of most of the plastics produced have implications for climate change. Yet plastics have become an integral part of the global economy, being used in almost all economic sectors.

Read the report on Global Plastics Outlook:  Policy Scenarios to 2060

The Ever-Growing Small Business Export Market

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Whether it's Mississippi, Massachusetts or Main, exporting is a great way to great your business.

"Businesses that export generally earn higher revenues, create more jobs, pay higher wages and are less likely to go out of business," [Arun] Venkataraman [Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Jackson, MS] said. "My priority is to expand the pool of exporters to include (Mississippians) and diverse businesses."

Small business exporters are essential to building a robust, dynamic, and equitable economy," Venkataraman goes on to say. "We want to help support that effort."

A Great Resource for the Illinois Global Business and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

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One of the best kept secrets in Chicago is the long-standing nonprofit International Trade Association of Greater Chicago (ITA/GC), which provides a forum for the exchange of up-to-date and practical information on the trends and tools of the ever-changing global marketplace.

Established in 1977 (name changed to ITA/GC in 1985) by Richard Paullin who is considered the Mayor of global trade in Chicago.  Richard has been bringing people and ideas together since then on a global scale.  Nobody knows the global business and entrepreneurship ecosystem better than Richard.

His organization also produces and distributes the well-known Illinois International Business Calendar – a consolidated list of all major global business themed events in the Chicagoland area – including ITA/GC programs and events.  By signing up for the PDF listing, you never miss an important event. Plus, you can even submit your event to him for a listing.

To become a member of the organization, visit ITA/GC/.

Richard will be giving a few words at the 7th Annual Global Small Business Forum hosted virtually on Friday, October 21, 2022 (and supported by lead sponsor Associated Bank).  He has supported and been involved in the Forum since its launch in 2015.  To learn more about the Forum, which has become the biggest and best global small business forum in Chicago, visit: https://globalsmallbusinessforum.com.  Registration is OPEN.

Today in Global Small Business: Get Ready for the Wave of Digitization

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

• A rapid wave of digitization over the last few years sparked a significant shift in how businesses make and receive payments. American Express introduces Global Pay, a B2B cross-border payment solution for small businesses.
• The market read the Federal Reserve wrong.  Here's how.
• Here are five things by Gene Marks in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business.
• Quote of the week: "One of the factors that I believe is the biggest obstacle to transformation is the fear of cannibalization.”— Ganesh Ayyar, Mphasis
• As provided by Gene Marks, more than than 60% of world population will use digital wallets by 2026.  Get ready.
• IRS updates crypto questions for 2022 tax return to include gifts.

My Mind Is My Own Church

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"My mind is my own church." – Thomas Paine

India Is Shaping the Future of E-commerce

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This month, retail giants and government regulators around the world will be watching closely as India rolls out the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in 100 major cities. 

ONDC is a government-backed initiative that was conceived by non-profit think tanks. The project, championed by Indian billionaire and Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani, aims to create a level playing field in online commerce by putting tens of millions of kiranas (Indian family businesses) on an even footing with online giants such as Amazon, Google, and India’s Flipkart(a Walmart subsidiary).

Read on to see how India is shaping the future of e-commerce, at least for the summer of 2022.

What Can an Export Grant Out of New Jersey Do For You?

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In the case of New Jersey, USA, the New Jersey Business Action Center (NJBAC) is offering export assistance to small and mid-sized businesses in New Jersey through its NJ STEP program. 

Through the New Jersey State Trade Expansion Program (NJ STEP), which is funded in part through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the NJBAC offers an opportunity to help Small Business Enterprises (SBEs) receive financial awards to offset export promotion costs partially.

The benefits of exporting include increased revenue, a diversified revenue stream, and an expansion of product offerings for local preferences.

To learn more about its tools and resources, visit here.

Global Supply Chain Woes Lingering Longer

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Shipping giant Maersk said that congestion in global supply chains leading to higher freight rates has continued longer than initially anticipated.

Maersk raised its 2022 profit guidance for a second time on Tuesday, 8/2/22, after beating quarterly revenue expectations as congested global supply chains that have boosted freight rates persist longer than expected.

It ain't over yet.

Combating Global Expansion Challenges (wegginar® 8/3/22)

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Join host Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® for its next wegginar®, Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11AM CT featuring Jessica Wargo (Plante Moran), Beth Babich (Plante Moran) and Elisabeth Weissenreider-Bennis (The Weiss-Aug Group) when they talk about, "Crucial Connections:  Combating Global Expansion Challenges."

They will weigh in on all things concerning global expansion.  Top on the list to be covered:

• Understand the pitfalls/traps to expanding globally
• What the tax and other considerations are when expanding globally
• How to select the right partners/advisors for expanding globally
• Understand how the global environment has changed in the pandemic and post-pandemic era

To learn more and to register, visit:  https://bit.ly/3Pt4wV1

The beauty of these wegginars?  They are chock-full with useful (practical) information to take your business global and are free of charge thanks to mighty sponsors who back the growth of women business owners:  Associated Bank, Bluedog Design, FedEx, Global Care Clinical Trials and Union Pacific.

Today in Global Small Business: A Federal Program That Encourages Small Businesses to Enter Global Export Market

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

• A federal program that encourages small businesses (in PA) to enter global export market.
• Open, the Google and Tiger Global-backed neobank, is planning to onboard about 10 million small businesses in 3 years as it aims to solve a series of challenges faced by SMEs for managing their business finances, using technology.
• Small businesses hanging by thread?
• Quote of the week:  "Blitzscaling is what you do when you need to grow really, really quickly. It's the science and art of rapidly building out a company to serve a large and usually global market, with the goal of becoming the first mover at scale. This is high-impact entrepreneurship." – Reid Hoffman
• Some tips on taking your business global.
• How businesses can use video translation to grow their global influence.

Make It Happen For Yourself

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"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." – Diana Ross 

Women-Focused Investment Is Essential to Economic Development

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Despite the relative sophistication of its economy and business environment, South Africa’s record in regards to its promotion of women in the business environment is poor.

If women are to take their place as equal citizens in South Africa, this must include their ability to run and to grow businesses.  Funders should be taking note.  After all, funding women-led start-ups is the key to economic development.

Alibaba Goes From a 1 Million Goal to 2,000 Small U.S. Businesses Per Year

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Alibaba is going through a major transformation – transformation these days means cutting budgets, firing people and running a much leaner ship.  Also with the transformation comes a more realistic goal on their future performance.

History:  Alibaba launched its B2B eCommerce site, Alibaba.com, in the U.S. three years ago and set a goal of adding 1 million local businesses and global reach, but the company has fallen short of those targets in the ensuing years, the report said, citing three people familiar with the operations.

The majority of U.S. sellers cancel their subscriptions after a year, past and current employees said in the report. One person said Alibaba.com is now looking to sign up 2,000 small U.S. businesses per year rather than the 1 million goal.

Read on to see how the efforts of Alibaba to rival Amazon are falling a bit short.

How to Bet On People Who Are Originals (video)

Luxury Brand Dior Faces Heat from China's Internet

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Luxury brand Dior faces heat from China's internet—this time for basing the design of a pleated skirt that closely resembles a traditional garment – a Chinese horse face skirt (e.g., off of Etsy) dating to the Song and the Ming dynasty.

The skirt in question made its debut on the runways of Seoul in April this year. In the post-show notes, artistic director of Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri, said the collection was inspired by school uniforms and aimed to pay tribute to Catherine, Christian Dior’s sister. “Maria Grazia Chiuri became interested in school outfits and, above all, in the way students dust off, revamp and update the tropes of these garments, personalizing them with distinctive details, verging on punk overtones, before venturing through urban landscapes in search of spaces of freedom,” an excerpt from the show notes read.

It is what it is.  Is anything ever really new anymore except for Apple's innovations :-).

Today in Global Small Business: Indiana, the New Startup Capital

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

• Indiana, the land of startups.  Yes, you read that right.
• Tech workers want to stay home, especially in San Francisco.
• Governments of the United States of America and the 17 partner economies on the occasion of the Supply Chain Ministerial Forum says, "The shocks to global supply chains from pandemics, wars and conflicts, extreme climate impacts, and natural disasters have put in stark relief the urgent need to further strengthen supply chains, to work to reduce and end near-term disruptions, and to build long-term resilience.  This is a global challenge we intend to approach resolutely and cooperatively."
• Quote of the week:  "My father… removed from Kentucky to… Indiana, in my eighth year… It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up… Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher… but that was all." – Abraham Lincoln
• A world that needs trade and aid.
• How SMEs can implement sustainability measures.

True Elegance

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"True elegance for me is the manifestation of an independent mind." – Isabella Rossellini

Oh a Timeout For Some Good Old 70's Soul Music: Turn It On and Up!

Global Small Businesses Should Become Future Ready

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Olivier M. Schwab, Managing Director, World Economic Forum says:

SMEs - small- and medium-sized enterprises- represent about 90% of all firms globally and about 70% of employment and of GDP, according to some estimates. So at an aggregate level, these businesses play a significant role in enabling and shaping the nature of growth, innovation and sustainability of our global, regional and local economies. It's therefore essential that small businesses and medium-sized businesses are future-ready. In other words, they simultaneously are able to achieve high levels of growth, but also positive social impact.

Read more to learn what others have to say about China's household services industry, remote work, the Metaverse, digital world, nature financing, protecting biodiversity, nature, interconnected challenges, rebuilding resiliency, global supply chains, globalization, innovation for impact, learning from the past, equitable access to healthcare, technology in healthcare, global food crisis, China's dairy industry, sustainable development of energy, reducing emissions, renewal energy, China's economic outlook and investment opportunities.

Fortune Will Favor the Brave Tech Companies

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Building a presence abroad offers numerous benefits, even during times of economic difficulty. 

Opening new offices abroad can be hugely beneficial in helping companies get closer to their international customers. Having staff on the ground in the US or Latin America, for example, means US customers can deal with someone operating in the same or similar time zone to them, with the relatively short geographic distance also allowing for face-to-face meetings whenever they are needed.

When choosing where to open an international base, businesses need to be prepared to put in the work to find a location that offers a consistent supply of technical talent.

Read on to learn how fortune will favor the brave tech companies.

Create for Yourself

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"I never got a job I didn't create for myself." – Anonymous

Today in Global Small Business: Own the Next Era of Global Growth

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

• Own the next era of global growth by becoming a great leader.
• America's railroads are incredibly chaotic right now.
• A new World Business Angel Investor Forum (WBAF) ID card.  Check it out.
• Quote of the week:  "Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support." – Paul Samuelson
• Exceptionally uncertain global outlook.
• G-20 finance chiefs urged focus on global recovery goals.

Study the Clouds

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"Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds." – Regina Brett

Strengthening Global Small Businesses

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A total of $1 million in grant funds was awarded by the Strive Community to enterprises developing innovative, scalable solutions to strengthen small businesses' digital capabilities. 

The eight awardees are from across the globe.  Learn who they are here. 

THE Most Successful Women Entrepreneurs In the World: The Winners Are ...

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The write-up below shares the 10 Most Successful Women Entrepreneurs in the World. These businesswomen have broken multiple barriers to achieve the height they are at.

Nothing is more empowering than global women entrepreneurs. They rule the world!

Freight Rates Decline, But Not By Much

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Yes, you read that right.  Freight rates decline as demand wavers.  Shippers are trying to reset contract agreements to cut expenses, but costs remain several times higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

The reduction in transportation costs is good news for manufacturers and retailers after two years of rapidly rising expenses. It also suggests the contribution of the freight sector to inflation is at least leveling off. But shippers note they are still paying several times more than they did before the Covid-19 pandemic snarled supply chains world-wide.

As one person said:  "We need to be looking at probably less than $10,000 per container to get anywhere close to the levels we were before and be competitive."

Connecting Culture Through Fashion wegginar® with LaShawn Kenley on July 13th

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How does she do it – go global?  Find out at our upcoming wegginar® Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 11AM CT (free of charge thanks to our sponsors as noted in the beautiful graphic).  Listen to the great and mighty LaShawn Kenley, CEO and founder of Sun Gods LLC when she talks about "Connecting Culture Through Fashion."

Below are her expected takeaways. Have you been thinking about any or all of these things and been feeling stuck? Well get unstuck when you listen to LaShawn Kenley's journey, which includes a ton of experience in globalization.  She'll cover:

1. Learn what Bohemian Afro-Chic is.
2. How to start an e-commerce fashion business.
3. How to source fabric (domestic and international).
4. How to build an authentic brand/create a niche.
5. How to use social/digital media to create a global appearance.

To learn more and to register (free of charge), visit: https://bit.ly/3NLMXyy

See you there!

Today in Global Small Business: Is Globalization Fading?

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

• Is globalization fading and causing inflation to rage?
• Globalization could lead to protectionism, worsening inflation, and a global economic slowdown.
• A new globalization calculus.
• Quote of the week:  "Globalization is going to bring us closer and closer together across nations and technology you can't stop." – John P. Kotter
• The plateauing of globalization.
• And there's more on globalization!

Safety and Security

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"At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security." – Jodi Rell

Towering Global Statesman Shinzo Abe Dies

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Former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo was shot while giving a campaign speech in the city of Nara Friday morning (Japan time).  He was rushed to the hospital, but pronounced dead later Friday.  He was 67.

World leaders expressed shock and sadness over the killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — a man they described as a "towering global statesman" whose legacy is one of "global impact."

Read more of this very sad and tragic moment from what leaders said around the world.  Our condolences to Abe's wife and other family members.  Abe was always working on behalf of the Japanese people for peace and stability.

Nearly 50 Years of International Dispute

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For 49 years, both Denmark and Canada have claimed ownership over a 1.3 square kilometre lump – a barren and uninhabited rock off the north-western coast of Greenland, Hans Island, which is not much to look at.

Recently, the two countries agreed to divide the tiny island between them. It’s unclear who gets to keep the half-dozen bottles of Danish schnapps and Canadian brandy that visitors left behind.

Read on to learn more about this uninhabited island and why it has caused nearly 50 years of international dispute. 

Bain Offers a Sampling of Their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts

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Sustained progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) means taking a fresh look at every aspect of how Bain runs their organization. They have devoted significant resources to a wide range of local, regional, and global efforts and are testing and learning from multiple ideas, interventions, and new ways of working designed to ensure that all Bainies thrive.

The sections below offer a sample of their efforts.

• Leadership Responsibility
• Talent Pathways
• Support to Thrive
• Inclusive Leadership
• Building Community
• Agents of Change

How are you progressing in this area?   Read Bain's full report here.

USA Grieves the Tragic Event at a Parade in Highland Park, Illinois on 7/4/22

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In my [Laurel Delaney's] home state, Illinois, seven people were killed and more than two-dozen injured in the mass shooting by one individual at the Highland Park, Illinois Independence Day Parade (7/4/22).  Highland Park is known as a quaint, affluent suburb, roughly 30 miles North of Chicago.

The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Robert "Bobby" Crimo III, was taken into custody Monday night, several hours after the shooting. Investigators believe the suspect fired more than 70 rounds from the roof of a building overlooking the parade route.

There are no words to express the pain.

Global Tech Takes On the World

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Attractive startup ecosystems for top tech talent are blossoming across the globe. In the last year alone, AngelList Talent has had nearly 500K international candidates look for jobs on their platform.

If an up-and-coming ecosystem sounds like the place you want to be, check out their recommendations for hot places to work in tech in 2022.

Today in Global Small Business: Happy 4th of July to All Americans

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

• Happy 4th of July to all Americans.
• What does the growing opposition portend for the future of globalization?  Listen to the Harvard University podcast.
• Economic globalization after Ukraine.
• Globalization is alive, well, and changing.
• Quote of the week:  "Freedom lies in being bold." – Robert Frost
• Globalization and its cons.

Rays of Lights

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"This is my vision – what I imagine I'll pass through on my way to the light. The blue sky, the clouds, the rays of lights" – Julie Anne Peters

Use Feedback to Drive You Further

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Co-founder, Screwball Whiskey, Brittany Merrill Peng says, “Each person faces unique challenges as an entrepreneur. I have heard comments that could have gotten me down, but instead I try to use them to drive me further,” said Merrill Yeng. “I may not be able to change the world but hopefully I can change the minds of some of the people I interact with."

Female alumni, such as Merrill Yeng, have used their time at UC San Diego to inform their careers, start their own businesses and chart their own paths to success.