Handling the Challenge of Going Global

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Huddle CEO Alastair Mitchell faced challenges in taking his UK-business global but not so much that he gave up.  Huddle, established in 2007, is a business tool for project management and document collaboration that started out small and now serves clients such as Kia Motors, Porter Novelli and Procter & Gamble.

How did Huddle make the leap to going global and what did they learn in the process?  It requires a business owner to:  Develop a global mindset, maintain a teamwork across time zones, deal with red tape (nitty gritty) and understand your business before crossing borders.

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How to Take a Small Business and Turn It Into a Global Powerhouse Worth Millions

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We all have dreams but how do you turn a dream into a reality? Take Huddle CEO Alastair Mitchell, who runs a company that went from being a British sensation to a global corporation over the past seven years.

Huddle is a business-grade tool for project management and document collaboration that started out small and now serves the likes of Kia Motors, Procter & Gamble, and arms of the U.S. and U.K. governments.

Back in 2007, Huddle was a bedroom startup with a team of two. (Note:  This is Mitchell's third Internet startup.)  How did it grow to more than 150 employees operating in four different cities and worth millions?

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