"Hey ho for Halloween When the fairies all are seen; Some black and some green, Hey ho for Halloween!" ~ Traditional Irish Rhyme...

"It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are ... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise." ~ Henry David Thoreau Hope...

In the next couple of years, it's easy for me to predict ... That nearly every single person on the planet will have a global small business that hopefully will become BIG someday. This evolution...

Found this amazing house. Not sure where in the world it is located. Anyone care to lend a helping hand? Have a great weekend...

China's aggressive and seasoned exporters are setting their sights on a whole new market: The Chinese. Find out why here. Another interesting related tidbit here.

There's certainly no good reason why you can't do this same project across borders. An excerpt from Thomas L. Friedman's Op-Ed column in The New York Times (12/12/09): Two examples, one small, one large: The first is my childhood friend, Ken Greer,...

Every Friday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern and 11:00 a.m. Pacific Dr. Amy Vanderbilt does any amazing job conducting live interviews on her website about national and global trends that you can turn into your personal and professional advantage. I had the...

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Photo credit: Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business Blog, Chicago lake front

As featured in the NYTimes.com: Some Small Businesses Grow, Even in a Recession Even before last fall’s crash, sales at Lexington International, a 12-employee maker of a laser device for treating hair loss, started heading south. “People cut down...

Wondering whether December is a brisk time to market your wares internationally and if people in certain countries are receptive to holiday items? You might take a look at: Wikipedia's Christmas Worldwide Photo credit: Wikipedia, the new...