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18 September

Growing Business Trend: Women Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Business Development, Education, Exporting, Global trade, International business, World entrepreneurship
Date September 18, 2009

Women entrepreneurship in Ethiopia is slowly but surely making headway.

The formation of the Ethiopian Women Exporters’ Forum is fitting manifestation of this growing trend.Established in January 2000, the Ethiopian Women Exporters’ Forum (list of members) aims at bolstering the organizational and technical capacity of members and arm them with that extra competitive edge to excel in the export trade and the entrepreneurial capacity to stand up to the challenges of international trade and commerce.

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14 September

How To Capture Every Detail Of a Woman’s Pregnancy

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Global trade, International business, World entrepreneurship
Date September 14, 2009

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Hat tip to Rosa Berardi, Program Manager, The Coleman Foundation, for turning us on to Digi Time Capsule, the ultimate baby keepsake book. We are sure owner Sherri Morris has already gone global but if not,

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10 September

Creating a Development Paradigm for African Entrepreneurs

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Business Development, Education, Enlighten Me!, global branding, Innovation, Inspiration, International business, World entrepreneurship
Date September 10, 2009

As noted in The New York Times, Freakonomics Blog on Tuesday, September 8, 2009:

The Entrepreneur

Wade (Magatte Wade, a Senegalese entrepreneur and founder of beverage company Adina for Life), meanwhile,

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05 September

What Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide Need

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Business Development, Education, Inspiration, International business, World entrepreneurship
Date September 5, 2009

According to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, the key to global economic development is women entrepreneurs.

When I began writing about women entrepreneurs in post-conflict countries with a trip to Rwanda in 2005, no one thought there was a story.

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01 September

Lcafe: For Beautiful Days in Japan

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Business Development, Innovation, International business, Research
Date September 1, 2009

Japan’s Sample Lab has opened a marketing cafe in Tokyo’s Shibuya district targeting affluent young women with product samples with a view to turning them into opinion formers. The concept will also be rolled out in the cities of Nagoya,

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27 August

Strengthen Overseas Opportunities

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Education, Event, Global trade, International business, World entrepreneurship
Date August 27, 2009

Women Going Global NSW brings together women involved in international trade to strengthen skills, opportunities and contacts. It is an initiative of Australian Business International Trade Services and the NSW Department of State and Regional Development to recognise the achievements of women doing business internationally,

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23 August

Women Artists Export

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Event, Exporting, Inspiration
Date August 23, 2009

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.

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21 August

To Go Global, Shift Your Perspective

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Education, Enlighten Me!, Global trade, International business, World entrepreneurship
Date August 21, 2009

With your business, are you afraid of dealing with the unknown? Get over it. Because to do well in the international marketplace, you have to be fearless and get on with the life of conducting worldwide business.

Sure,

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17 August

Peace Through Worldwide Business

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Education, International business, Social Entrepreneurship, World entrepreneurship
Date August 17, 2009

Times are tough for many American entrepreneurs but not so tough that we can’t take time out to help those who are less fortunate in other parts of the world.

Take June Ressler, CEO of Cenergy,

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13 August

Women's Work Worldwide Is Never Done

Posted by Laurel Delaney
Categories Business Development, Education, Global trade, International business, Social Entrepreneurship, World entrepreneurship
Date August 13, 2009

Global Sistergoods is a marketplace for women artisans from around the world.

Global Sistergoods was founded in 2006 by two sisters, Beth Kapsch and Kristi Jo (KJ) Lewis (pictured above), who combined their professional backgrounds in living wage issues,

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