Today in Global Small Business: Best Small Business in America

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

• Joselyn DiPetta at Google, and Managing Partner, Present Possibility, will address how to create a workplace that works (diverse+inclusive) in the next WEGGinar™ held on Wednesday, December 6 at 11:00 a.m. Central time. WEGGinar™ is no charge but you must sign up to attend: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1837790091765976835.
• Best small business in America?  Find out here.  This is according to Rubicon Global.
• To stay relevant in a crowded global marketplace, Small Business Trends suggests reading Top of Mind.
• Tempted to invest in Bitcoin?  Here are a few factors to consider.
• Will Macy's survive the holiday bustle?
• How the NAFTA trade negotiations are coming along.

Today in Global Small Business: Small Businesses Are Stealing Away Business from Publicly Traded Retailers

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

• The Canadian government wants to include a gender chapter in the new NAFTA.
• Shopping Small can have a huge impact locally, but with organizations like TO THE MARKET, the impact can be global as well.
• Deloitte found that $200 billion in market share is being traded to smaller businesses, away from the top 25 publicly traded retailers, which includes both Amazon and Walmart.
• Joselyn DiPetta at Google, and Managing Partner, Present Possibility, will address how to create a workplace that works (diverse+inclusive) in the next WEGGinar™ held on Wednesday, December 6 at 11:00 a.m. Central time. WEGGinar™ is no charge but you must sign up to attend: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1837790091765976835.
• ignoring Bitcoin is to your detriment.
• Chicago-based Tempesta Market is opening Dec. 1 with locally made artisan Italian cured meats.

Using Bitcoin to Facilitate Global Trade

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Many people roll their eyes when you bring up bitcoin.  Yet IBM is using the technology behind bitcoin to help farmers and other small businesses in underdeveloped countries participate in global trade.

The companies [Stellar.org and KlickEx.com] will use IBM's blockchain technology to process financial transactions across borders and currencies — a process which is often prohibitively slow and costly for small business owners, especially when they are in developing regions with smaller banking infrastructures.

It's a path forward through underdeveloped payment corridors.

Read more here:  IBM, bitcoin and countries in weak banking systems.