Today in Global Small Business: Empower Global

©iStock/Wirestock What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Sean "Diddy" Combs launches e-commerce platform " Empower Global " to showcase and sell products by black entrepreneurs. Reese Witherspoon's  Draper James . Jessica Alba's  The Honest Company . Quote of the week:  "EBay gave me the framework to discover I was an e-commerce entrepreneur. I touched everything, from shipping to logistics." – Sophia Amoruso Kim Kardashian's SKKN by Kim . Lady Gaga's Haus Labs .