Today in Global Small Business: Why SBA's Administrator Wants All Small Businesses to Partake in the Global Economy.

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

• Why Maria Contreras-Sweet wants all small businesses to partake in the global economy.
• How to find an ideal distributor.
• Five must-have tools for e-commerce success in 2015.
• Why setting aside thinking time improves ecommerce business.
• Is our inter-connected world shrinking back toward its national borders?  
• Is our global economy tied to energy (and the price of oil)?