Entrepreneurship is one of the most terrifying ventures anyone can endeavor. Your business starts with one simple idea, followed by brainstorming, then nurturing and growing. Finally, as you reach the critical stages along the way, you discover the fragrant fruit that has erupted out of what was once nothing. You have something, however imperfect it can be. There are ups and … [More]
Growth Is in Your Hands; Extend Your Arms!
In many countries, including the U.S., less than 1 percent of executives are involved with international business. And yet most people and opportunity are somewhere else. Is it so shocking that we want to do business with our neighbor across the street instead of our neighbor across the world? One of the real barriers to growing across the world is finding more customers, … [More]
Growing from Manhattan to Madrid and Manila
Global Chamber® is officially everywhere, from A to Z — Abuja, Nigeria, to Zagreb, Croatia, and anywhere in between. Our reach to 525 metro areas and more than 5 million connections helps you grow globally. Our “Global Advisor” initiative is adding international experts everywhere to our network that can help identify customers and supporters for your growth. Tap in from … [More]
News from Headquarters
This month, we’re conducting an exporting seminar in Jakarta and ramping up Global Chamber® across Asia, including Singapore, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, Korea and China … and probably anywhere where you have business, or want more. This month, we’re also announcing more new members and collaborations worldwide. Keep watching as we grow to 525 metro areas around the world … [More]
Member News: Fall 2016
Massage Envy Going Global Lee Knowlton and his team at Massage Envy are going global. Their footprint today is nearly all U.S.- based, but Lee is leading an effort to expand to Australia and other English-speaking countries first, and then country-by-country around the world, wherever their message of health will resonate. We’re thinking maybe everywhere! Congratulations on … [More]
Two Phoenix-area Exporters Win President’s E Award
Congratulations City of Phoenix and Team EXOS! This year there are two recipients for the President’s E Award for exporting that are based in the Phoenix area, and both are Global Chamber® members. The President’s “E” Award was initiated in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to recognize excellence by companies and municipalities for contributions to … [More]
A New View of the World: Women in Global Business
We have made a lot of progress in growing our chapter here at Global Chamber® Dallas. We have quickly connected with international business professionals all over the DFW area. We are providing them with a home base to meet other like-minded (as in global expansion-minded) individuals who are leading their organizations to connect the world through cross-border commerce and … [More]
Too Many Politicians Getting It Wrong on Trade
The idea of Global Chamber® started eight years ago when Barry Goldwater, Jr. stood up in a crowded public meeting in Phoenix and declared “foreigners need to be kept out of Arizona because they take our jobs.” It was a wrong idea then, and it’s wrong now. We want foreign investment, because while foreign companies employ 5 percent of the U.S. workforce, they account for 8 … [More]
Arizona Will Benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Global Chamber® hosted Luis Jimenez of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative at our headquarters in SkySong to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Despite plenty of discussion on all sides, the consensus of experts is that TPP will help Arizona companies and create more jobs. Founded in 1962, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is … [More]
Arizona-Mexico Trade Is Growing, and Creates Jobs on Both Sides of the Border
“While much attention is given to the rising volume of U.S. imports from México over the past decade, what is often overlooked is the fact that México has emerged as the second destination in the world for U.S. exports,” said Consul General of Mexico in Phoenix Roberto Rodríguez, referring to statistics of the U.S. Census Bureau highlights. “In 2015, U.S. companies exported USD … [More]
Growing Your Small Business Globally
With the vast resources available including the services of Global Chamber®, exporting abroad is no longer just for the big corporations. An increasing number of small U.S. businesses are growing by finding key markets outside the U.S. The following are a few items a small business should keep in mind. Demand: More than 95 percent of the world’s population and 70 percent … [More]
Why San Jose? (Costa Rica)
Global Chamber® is a thriving and collaborating community of CEOs, executives and professionals growing to more than 500 metro areas around the world. Now we’re in Costa Rica (Metro San Jose) because we seek to collaborate with regional groups for the creation of a more global business within Costa Rica and with the world. Metro San Jose is here with standardized business … [More]
2016 Global Growth: Just Do It. Take Action.
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” It seems it would be great if we had one growing customer for our business located right across the street. Then we could spend all our time right there, crossing the street if there were ever any issues. We wouldn’t have to worry about cross-cultural issues and adding a layer of complexity to … [More]
Build Your Global Team
Chances are, if you’re going global or thinking about it, you won’t have all the resources you need on staff and won’t know all the right resources outside the firm that can help you reach optimum success. Small and medium-sized companies need help; you can’t hire all the people you need. We know it’s a challenge and we work hard to help members connect with the people they … [More]
Considerations for Successful International Negotiating
The business world is becoming increasingly global. Although globalization opens many opportunities, it also creates many complex challenges for traveling the world as a buyer or a seller seeking business agreements and ventures in the global arena. If you’re interested in taking advantage of these new global opportunities, you’ll need a working knowledge in finance and … [More]
Trans-Pacific Partnership Offers New Opportunities
The new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement reduces tariffs and trade barriers for the 12 participating countries, facilitating more trade. There are 18,000 tariffs and other barriers that will be eliminated for American products, immediately making U.S. exporters more competitive. The 12 countries are: Canada United States Mexico Australia New … [More]
Global Chamber® Committees
Would you like to discuss an issue unique to your industry with someone who’s been there and done that? How about a conversation with someone in Hong Kong about issues in global education, or share suggestions for great restaurants with someone in Dakar? Need legal advice from someone on the ground in Dubai? Global Chamber® wants to give you and your company a way to have a … [More]
Member News
Online Global Business Education Thunderbird Online Thunderbird School of Global Management provides online global education to access anywhere in the world. Improve your leadership, understand global markets and learn from world-renowned faculty via the Web or on campus. Open enrollment: www.thunderbird.edu/execed Online programs: … [More]
