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Try Thinking Globally

I am not going to advocate that we all try to take our small home-based businesses to an international level. I am, however, going to suggest that by thinking of ourselves as part of a world-wide or global economy, we might be better able to plan and steer our home-based businesses to success. Gone are the days of the small cottage industry that only does business with customers within a 20-mile radius. Many of us may “look” like a traditional tiny home-based business, but our customers and clients are all over the world. We may even find that we are … Continue reading →

Working Internationally—Expect More Holidays

No, I do not mean that you should expect more holidays for yourself if your home business takes on a more international twist, but that you will need to keep in mind that other countries and cultures have different holidays than we do and they tend to take much more time off on the whole. I have been working to get the initial planning stages of an international conference in Spain off the ground. The conference won’t be for a couple years, but it can take that long to pull off a successful event such as a conference. I was … Continue reading →