What Does It Take to Thrive in an Uncertain World?

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The world is facing profound disruption. From technological advances like GenAI to social instability and climate change, businesses are navigating rapidly shifting megatrends that demand reinvention, resilience and bold action. So, how can companies thrive in such an uncertain world—and avoid being left behind? 

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Don't Even Think About Abandoning Globalization (Podcast)

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Discover what the world risks if it abandons globalization.  A conversation with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over at Foreign Affairs.

How Can Global Businesses Best Account for Local Conditions As They Grow?

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Harvard Business School assistant professor Alexander MacKay studied Uber’s strategies as it entered new markets around the world. He wanted to understand how global businesses can scale fast and survive for the long run.

Tune in here for a conversation he had on Cold Call with Brian Kenny. Or read the transcript here.

Listen to wegg's How She Went Global® Podcast Episode #23

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Successful women entrepreneurs and business owners share stories about going global, and offer new ways to take on the world, stay inspired and have fun every month on the super successful How She Went Global® podcast.  Haven't listened to it yet?  Well you are in for a big treat – and a lesson or two from a female founder on what it takes to go global.

Listen to the latest episode #23 with Kat Borve on “BrassyBra: Lifting and Supporting Women Worldwide."

About Kat:  Katherina (Kat) Borve, founder and CEO, Brassy, Inc., producers of a unique 97% cotton blend waterproof breast tape that lifts, shapes, and supports so you can rock a low-cut dress with ease and comfort, talks about why she started her company, where her products are made, and how she dealt with global supply chain issues during COVID-19.

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The How She Went Global podcast is produced by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® and sponsored by Bluedog Design and Associated Bank.

How She Went Global® Podcast Ranked #2 in Entrepreneurship

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Never heard of the How She Went Global® (HSWG) podcast? Well exit your cave and listen up.  HSWG podcast is where successful women entrepreneurs and business owners share stories about going global, and offer new ways to take on the world, stay inspired and have fun.  Produced by nonprofit Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® – achieving #2 in Category Rank Entrepreneurship!

Tune in to episode #11, "For Latina Women Entrepreneurs, The Best Is Yet To Come," with Valeria Aloe, native of Argentina, founder of Abundancia Consciente, and author of Uncolonized Latinas.  She discusses why she started her global business, how the right mindset fuels opportunities for Latina women entrepreneurs and what can be done to fuel more Latina women entrepreneurs to start and run global businesses. And if you enjoy her episode, feel free to tune in to all the rest of the episodes.  While you are at it, don't forget to subscribe.

Here's what Valeria said about being interviewed:

"Thank you so much dear Laurel [Delaney] for having me, and for the opportunity to share insights and research relevant to Latinas, other women of color, and allies seeking to support and partner with them. I appreciate your mission of supporting women to scale up and expand beyond borders. Grateful!"

Tune in at your convenience for easy, educational and fun listening:  https://bit.ly/3tA52p7

HSWG podcast is powered by: Bluedog Design and Associated Bank.  These organizations rock!

Episode #9: How She Went Global® Podcast from Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®

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Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® released Episode #9 of its How She Went Global® (HSWG) podcast featuring Angie Yu, founder and president, Twin Rivers Fisheries.  This month's theme:  Exporting Is Just a Fishnet Away. 

©2021 Angie Yu.

Angie discusses her business of catching, selling and distributing carp globally; how she used SBA and Exim Bank to fuel her business growth; and where she sees the future of carp as an industry.

HSWG podcast is powered by Bluedog with support from Associated Bank.

About HSWG

Successful women entrepreneurs and business owners share stories about going global, and offer new ways to take on the world, stay inspired and have fun! 

You can find HSWG on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Podomatic. Tune in and subscribe.  

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

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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.

Nonprofit Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® Launches 'How She Went Global' Podcast Series

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“How She Went Global” podcast launched March 17, 2021 by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®, is an interview-based platform that tells the stories of women-owned and women-led small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have grown sales and revenues by exporting their products and services. It is designed to appeal to those who want to gain an education on going global, stay informed about new ways to take on the world, get motivated, be inspired and have fun—on a monthly basis.

The first episode featured Julie Smolyansky, who became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm at the age of 27 when she took over leadership of Lifeway Foods in 2002—where she still serves as president and CEO.

“You don’t have to be a big corporation to have success in the global marketplace,” Smolyansky (pictured at the top) said. “Even small companies can go global today. I want to inspire the women listening to “How She Went Global” to trust their gut and go for it.”

All episodes of “How She Went Global” – sponsored for a year by Bluedog, a Chicago-based woman-owned Certified B global innovation, strategy and design firm – will be available on Apple iTunes, and will also be shared on social media through Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok.

How One Small Business Owner is Navigating the Current Economic Crisis (Podcast)

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From the Financial Times:

"Mauren Pereira's drapery business was on track for its most financially successful year to date. That was until the coronavirus outbreak reached Virginia."

Behind the Money reports on how one small business owner is navigating the current economic crisis. With Brendan Greeley, US economics editor for the Financial Times.

Listen to the Behind the Money podcast.

Revisionist History With Malcolm Gladwell (Podcast)

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Each week for 10 weeks, Revisionist History, a podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and Pushkin Industries, goes back and reinterprets something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood.  "Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance."

Small Businesses Are the Backbone of our Global Economy

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Whether you want to listen to the podcast or read the transcript, the interview conducted by Brian Kenny, host of the official podcast Cold Call produced by Harvard Business School and brought to you by the HBR Presents network, with Harvard Business School professor Len Schlesinger is worth exploring further.  Why?  Here's a snippet from the interview:

The reality is there’s this standard political logic that says that small business is the backbone of our economy and it’s the one thing in this world where all politicians don’t agree about what day it is. They all agree about this. We know that 68% of the American public actually dreams about owning a small business and we know that 93% of the American population thinks it’s important to support small business, but they don’t. And so the interesting question for us is given the failure rates of small business and the difficulty in getting small businesses to scale, the question is, whose responsibility is it to support that activity and where are there pockets of excitement going on? 

Discover which company hit it out of the park as a corporate initiative representing the best performance of any of the constituencies trying to address that (the small business growth] issue.

The $500 million bet on small businesses -- who made it?

Life is Good (Podcast)

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Brothers Bert and John Jacobs in the late 80s were living as nomads, traveling from college to college selling t-shirts out of their van.

It wasn't a sustainable living – until one day, they created a new design. It was a simple sketch of a grinning face, with three words printed underneath: Life Is Good.

The rest is history and now Life is Good is more than $100 million in annual revenue.  Listen to the podcast here.

How to Understand the Economic World Around You (Podcast)

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Marketplace is a podcast hosted by Kai Ryssdal, which is about providing context on the economic news of the day.  Through stories, conversations and newsworthy numbers, Marketplace helps listeners understand the economic world around them.

According to Wikipedia, Marketplace is the third-most-listened-to radio program in the US by weekly listeners (14.8 M).

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Today in Global Small Business: Who Will Lead The World Bank Next?

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

• India's leading export:  CEOs ... how they are leading the global tech revolution.
• World Bank's Kim to take new job.  Who will lead the World Bank next?
• Quote of the week:  "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
• Going global:  what clients need to know (podcast).
• Mobile transactions, particularly with smartphones, continue to grow globally.
• Join a weggchat® 2/6 hosted by @weggtoday with Jacqueline Smith, CEO, Kiesque where she will discuss how to startup and take a personal care product global.  It's free and all you need is a Twitter account.  Go here to find out why you should join the chat and how to do it.

Podcast: Solutions For Your Small Business

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Listen (or read all about) a new -- thanks to UPS -- customs clearance and international returns solutions for small businesses.

Here's a clip from the beginning of it:

Gardner: Let’s start with Laurel. Help us understand some of the issues facing small businesses, those seeking to expand their addressable markets and how they can start doing more business overseas.

Delaney: Actually, there are two forces at work right now for small businesses. One has to do with the issue of globalization. I think we all know the buzz that’s going on about going global that has been driven largely by Thomas Friedman with his book, "The World is Flat." He’s caused mainstream America and all small businesses to step up to the plate and consider the world as your market. The second force is technology, and technology is making it easier now to go global.

Visit here if you want to listen to the podcast or read the transcript. Go here if you want to simplify international trade.

Separately but related, we are about to unveil our redesign on GlobeTrade.com. Watch for it shortly! We hope you like it.