How to Run a Global Small Business on a Shoestring

Running a small business that takes on the world does not have to be costly.  Learn how Neil Payne set up his business on a laptop in a studio flat in 2004 and now oversees a company with offices in the UK, USA, Argentina, South Africa, Germany and the UAE.

Read tips on how he did it here.

Posted by:  The Global Small Business Blog

Who Has More Obese People Than Any Other Country?

Find out:

American fat goes global

And just when you thought ... "what else can go global?!"

Illustration credit here.

Canada: Show Me How to Trade

Learn the basics of international trade -- even some things you should consider before you get started -- from Canada Business, Government Services for Entrepreneurs.

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Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog

The UK's Perspective on International Trade

A useful site on international trade with its origin in the UK.  A sampling on a couple of the informative articles:

1. Is it time to have "China in your hand?"
   
2. How To Embrace Global Collaboration
3. What’s In Store For Those Involved In International Trade?

There's a video too: "Survive and Thrive in the Crisis By Trading Internationally."

Keep looking.  There's lots more.

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Some Like It Global

From how to structure a Letter of Credit to posting surety bonds to offering new credit terms to increase international business, these exporters found success.

Here's how.

Hint:  It starts with a local U.S. Export Assistance Center.  Find yours here.

2011 Year in Review

The New York Times provides:

2011 Year in Review slide show

If nothing else, it will make you smile.

Illustration credit here (slide No. 6).

A State With Record Highs in Export Sales

New Hampshire has experienced record highs in export sales for the past three years, and the majority of it stems from small businesses.

Learn more about this here and also ask a question to their expert, Dawn Wivell, director of the state's International Trade Resource Center, here.

Illustration credit:  Encyclopedia Britannica