World: Work Past 100

Wishing one of my favorite global execs, Warren Buffett, the best ever 80th birthday.

Forbes on Warren Buffett

Photo credit: Forbes

Posted by: Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business Blog

P.S. I still keep thinking that Bill Gates will take over Berkshire Hathaway someday!

Revolutionizing Cycling on a Global Basis

Can bicycling promote Third world development?

Frederick K.W. Day recalls his first long car ride in Zambia in 2006. "We're looking out the window and we keep seeing bike carcasses piled up alongside the road," he says. "It was like something out of The Andromeda Strain."

Find out what Day does as a result here.

Moral of story? Build a better bike and then teach them how to make it for themselves.

Visit Scram.

Photo credit: Forbes/Leah Missbach Day

Pictured: Day and a student ride on her new bike (Africa)

Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog

Rev Up Your Export Engines: Global Expansion Is Where It's At for Small Businesses

The light at the end of the tunnel is ... exports that take your business global.

By the way, you'll catch this in the article but ... vital day-to-day business survival techniques can include exporting.

Read more here with this thoughtful primer on how it's time to go global.