Bringing global opportunity to women-owned businesses worldwide.
Let’s circle together like a band of global angels to do what we can individually or collectively to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Contribute here (no donation is too small):
Haiti Earthquake Relief (video)
Additional resources:
Facts on Haiti (including update on the earthquake)
Embassy of Haiti in Washington D.C.
Embassy of the United States Port Au Prince Haiti
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
We were on to blue is the new black in design well before the Avatar movie. Check out our Women Entrepreneurs GROW Global (WEGG) logo against the new global movie Avatar. (Caution … read movie review at your own discretion … could be disturbing.)
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Chicago (Rogers Park), Illinois, U.S.A.
It’s a spectacular day in Chicago. Wherever you are at this moment, make the most of it. I am getting ready to head over to the Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival where folks in the community exhibit their wares, many of which can quite easily be exported.
Photo credit: Laurel Delaney, Women Entrepreneurs GROW Global
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Do you think personality affects how successful you can become? Women of Personality: 20 Inspiring Women And Their Stories Of Success takes a look at successful women entrepreneurs in business careers from the perspective of the influence of personality on their success.
And we are excited to learn that three of our WEGG contributors made the list! They are as follows:
Anita Campbell, Editor and CEO, Small Business Trends LLC
Karen Kerrigan, CEO, Small Business Entrepreneurship Council and President and CEO, Women Entrepreneurs, Inc.
Dr. Marsha Firestone, President and Founder, Women Presidents’ Organization
Please join me in congratulating them. We love their unique personalities and are inspired by their work.
Learn more here.
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Meet the bold, the fearless and the restless (and that includes YOU!). Women-owned firms comprise forty percent of all firms in the United States, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. They have implemented imaginative strategies to launch and expand their businesses, including going global.
Here’s a glimpse at the top ten tips shared by the women entrepreneurs who run successful worldwide ventures.
1. Develop trust on a global scale.
2. Think globally.
3. Build a global brand that works locally.
4. Educate your customers.
5. Outsource to grow your business.
6. Connect and collaborate with local markets on foreign ground.
7. Find cross-border customers.
8. Hire the best from around the world.
9. Establish payment methods before you sell.
10. Navigate through – not around – bureaucracy and red tape.
Global entrepreneurship, particularly by women, is diverse and pervasive worldwide. To succeed worldwide, companies must use best practices such as the above (refer to links below to read entire article), present something new, be the best at something, and offer it everywhere with the heart and will to succeed. You can make the world your business.
This is a two-part series published in Wealth Magazine. You won’t want to miss it. Read Part One and Part Two.
Quick access to the entire article can be found here.
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
Welcome to Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global (WEGG), a social enterprise dedicated to revolutionizing how women entrepreneurs take their businesses global.
Expect over the course of the next decade that WEGG will help transition tens of millions of women business owners from local to global.
What’s the first thing you should do to prepare yourself and your business for international expansion? Develop the right mindset. Sure it takes guts, fortitude and all sorts of other special qualities to expand a business internationally but more important than anything else, you must start thinking about how you are going to build a global empire before you actually do it.
Let’s start the journey now … together … are you ready?
