According to Bruce Billson, former Minister for Small Business and brand ambassador for Efic, the Australian Government’s export credit agency, female exporters have three key traits:
He goes on to say:
Many of the female exporters I encountered set out in business with a vision to take on the world.
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The Obama Administration is committed to boosting global trade for women entrepreneurs and business owners. They also want to create new export opportunities for them. Here’s why:
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Over the next two years, Australia will serve as a champion to improve the capacity of trade promotion agencies in the APEC region to support women exporters says Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja.
While leading Australia’s delegation to the APEC Women and the Economy Forum (WEF) in Beijing,
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Three Brazilian government organizations have signed an agreement to support gender equality policies for exporting companies. The partnership involves the Brazilian Ministry of Development Industry and Foreign Trade, the Special Secretariat for Women’s Policies and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency.
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The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. (Matrade) wants to produce 200 new women exporters via the Women Exporters Development Programme (WEDP) by 2015.
We will produce 24 export-driven women entrepreneurs a year and we aim to achieve our target by 2015,”
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Britain’s small business exporters are a powerful force: women entrepreneurs.
One woman’s experience:
“At the moment we are looking at 25 percent of our business exporting. We are hoping to increase that to 60 percent and we are pretty much looking to double turnover [to £500,000].”
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The ACCESS! web portal WomenExporters.com is situated to become the most comprehensive source of export information, tools and assistance for African businesswomen pursuing international markets. The site will also provide an opportunity for companies to register their profiles and to promote their company’s capabilities online.
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A study conducted for the Foundation of Canadian Women Entrepreneurs* by Vancouver-based Service-Growth Consultants, Inc. shed light on six tips to help women entrepreneurs export:
1. Be realistic.
2. Stay focused and plan ahead.
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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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