Today in Global Small Business: Best Grill Topper On the Planet and Made in USA – Oscarware

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• It's summer, upgrade your BBQ accessories at Oscarware – they are exceptional!  I know.  I [Laurel Delaney] own one.  Made in USA. Woman-owned enterprise.
• Trump announces EU deal with 15% tariffs.
• Why are stocks high despite looming tariffs?
• Quote of the week:  "No barbecue is worth anything unless it takes all day." – William Faulkner
• FedEx is adopting a direct serve model to further enhance its services offered to Vietnamese customers and keep pace with their needs:  international trade.
• How Asia’s innovation economy is driving growth and a global market shift.

5 Trailblazing Women Building Global Enterprises (wegginar® 3/10/25)

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Celebrating Women's History Month at Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global with a special wegginar® Monday, March 10, 2025 at 11 AM CT – "5 Trailblazing Women Building Global Enterprises."

Join us as we spark a conversation around what it takes to start, run and grow a global enterprise. I will be moderating an esteemed panel of 5 titan trailblazers:

1. Debra Dudley, Founder and President, Oscarware, Inc.
2. Coni Lefferts, Founder and President, Creative Packaging Solutions
3. Wendy Shen, President and CEO, FLOMO/Nygala Corp.
4. Susanne Evens, Founder and CEO, AAA Translation
5. Candice Tal, Founder and CEO, Infortal Worldwide.

The fearless five will discuss:

• 🌎  Factors to consider BEFORE you start an international business.
• 🌎  Challenges faced (including risks) when entering into new overseas markets.
• 🌎 The importance of pivoting when economic conditions lend itself to.
• 🌎 Advice for aspiring globalists.
• 🌎 How to ensure cultural sensitivity in translations.
• 🌎 How to trust international business partners.
• 🌎 Success, what it is and what it means for each.
• 🌎 +More!

We welcome you to join in the dialogue and come with your questions. We will have open mic time.

Can't wait to see you.  Be ready to learn golden nuggets from these (amazing) trailblazing women  business owners.

To learn more and to register free of charge, visit: https://bit.ly/4huOfwV

Hosted by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®.  Sponsored by: Associated Bank, FedEx, APCO, LuxLined, SciAps Inc., FLOMO/Nygala Corp. and VISA.

Congrats to Debra Dudley, Recipient of the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Global Exemplary Leadership® 2024!

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There are woman business owners and then there are global women business owners.  Congratulations to Debra Dudley, Founder, Oscarware, Inc. for receiving the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Global Exemplary Leadership® 2024!

Read on to discover what the award is about and why Debra earned it.

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Debra Dudley on Transforming Ordinary Grilling into Magnificent Meals Worldwide (How She Went Global™ podcast)

©2021 Debra Dudley, President, Oscarware.  All rights reserved.

Debra Dudley (pictured), President and owner of Oscarware, Inc., a family-owned certified woman business, discusses how she makes the world her business, utilizes governmental organizations to boost her global growth, gets paid and ships, and rides on the coattails of big global companies to fuel additional global growth for her business.

About Oscarware: Oscarware was founded in 1989 by Debra Dudley and her late husband Reg Dudley. Sensing the anything-can-be-grilled trend, they invented a new product they called “grill topper” making it possible to cook a variety of meals on an outdoor grill.  

Listen to Debra's global growth journey and subscribe to How She Went Global™ podcast here.