The 11th Global Businesswomen & Leaders Summit will be held March 8-9, 2009 in Dubai, UAE. This premier gathering, organized by Datamatix on the occasion of International Women’s Day, will witness the coming together of global businesswomen,
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How can an entrepreneur or business owner prospect for global customers? What are some low-budget methods to source new business? How can one lower the barriers of language and cultural differences to reach people in foreign countries? How can technology be used to save on hard costs like travel, and soft costs like learning curve, in order to get to know the marketplace?
With the economy in a slump, new business can be risky business. Yet in spite of the uncertainty, many women feel cautiously optimistic about their business opportunities. About 58 percent of women business owners polled in the October 2008 Business Risk Survey expect revenues to grow in 2009.
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Businessses see opportunity in emerging markets for women, especially women entrepreneurs. Read more here.
World Bank is involved too.
Posted by : Laurel Delaney
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One of our very own WEGG contributors, Steve King, is quoted in this U.S. News and World Report article, “Best Small Businesses To Start,” The article is authored by one of our favorite entrepreneurial reporters: Matthew Bandyk. Here’s the part on globalization:
Another trend is globalization.
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Here’s an open letter to President-elect Obama (and a few of the authors’ companies are featured in the right sidebar of WEGG):
We are calling on you to be the President who ushers in the time of women. Our vision of the future is one in which women and men are equal partners,
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Want to do business globally? Think mobile.
Around the world, mobile phones are becoming the primary tool for communication, and that includes wireless messaging, commerce, banking and advertising.
By the end of October 2008, India alone had 326 million users of mobile phones,
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Jane Hunter, Managing Director for New Zealand-based Hunter Wines, exports wine around the world including to Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Australia and the United States.
Ms. Hunter is breaking new ground with exports reaching Spain, Slovakia and the Ukraine,
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What is so amazing is that Rachel Pavelka (featured in video) is 13 years young and runs Every Girlz Dream Jewelry Co.! She is the winner of The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education’s Import/Export Challenge and already knows the value of the emerging world market.
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It is with great honor and excitement that I introduce our lineup of Women Entrepreneurs GROW Global (WEGG) contributors – all considered consequential thought leaders in their respective fields — who will be generously sharing their expertise and knowledge with us.
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