Get ready to take us seriously because thus far we have not attracted the level of attention and respect we so richly deserve. This article, “The Third Billion,” by authors DeAnne Aguirre and Karim Sabbagh for strategy + business,
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Let’s begin by highlighting very strong remarks at a breakfast with women entrepreneurs attending the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship by our very own U.S. Secretary of State Clinton (pictured):
“… women are doers and achievers and thinkers and innovators,
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You’d have to be living in a cave not to notice all the attention on President Obama’s recent export push. It’s referred to as our national export initiative which sets a goal of doubling U.S. exports in the next five years to keep the United States competitive internationally while supporting the creation of 2 million jobs at home.
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Out of all entrepreneurs in Brazil, 53% are women and 47% are men. They have the most entrepreneurs among the G-20 nations after China. One of the country’s big challenges is to get more companies aiming to export.
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According to MyStartupBizCoach.com, the following women entrepreneurs are rock’n the Internet and the world with their powerful education and leadership and empowering other women to start and build businesses. From the looks of their company websites, they most certainly know how to sell themselves and their products and services in the global marketplace.
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The New Globetrotters is a research paper I wrote six years ago and is still relevant to today’s women entrepreneurs who are navigating their businesses in the global marketplace.
Both the number of female-owned businesses and the level of international trade continues to increase on a global scale.
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Thailand is working diligently to develop high potential products in order to push for an export growth of 10-15% next year.
Export Promotion Department Director-General Srirat Rastapana (pictured) stated that her department and the Thai Chamber of Commerce had drafted strategies to develop many kinds of goods with high potential to help Thailand become production and export hubs.
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What drives women to become entrepreneurs and how do these motivations differ from those of men? Some feel the greatest discrepancy lies in the work-family balance factor.
Snippet from article:
I’m beginning to wonder: maybe the glass ceiling that currently exists isn’t such a bad thing after all.
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