Exim Bank, known for supporting the financing of U.S. goods and services; turning export opportunities into real transactions; and, maintaining and creating more U.S. jobs (refer to their U.S. Small Business Exporters page),
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Australia is the host country for a “Women in Global Business” National Seminar Series (refer to Women in Export Program).
Participants will learn about specific opportunities and strategies for building sustainable export programs from Austrade’s highly experienced in-market Trade Commissioners and local case study speakers.
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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,
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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?
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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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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Connect Ethiopia, an organization based in Dublin, Ireland, is assisting Ethiopian women entrepreneurs to penetrate the Irish market.
Read more here.
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