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Thinking to go global? Explore our latest insights into international expansion – from company readiness, to product-market fit, international marketing, culture and more…

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Blogs
Monica Charlton

How to Expand & Grow Your Business Globally with an EOR

Table of Contents EOR for Global Business Benefits of using an employer of record: The future of Global Employment With the globe more interconnected than ever before, businesses can say goodbye to geographical boundaries – and hello to international expansion! Businesses are now looking to expand more quickly and smoothly,

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Market Intelligence
Kathryn Read

Top SouthEast Asia ECommerce Companies: Shopee, Lazada and Co.

Table of Contents Growth Forecast Continue Who are the main players in ecommerce in southeast Asia 2022? Southeast Asia Ecommerce Companies are set for huge growth With a growth rate of 20.6% in 2022, the southeastern Asian (SEA) region is forecast to see the fastest growing ecommerce retail growth in

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International Payments
Grant Murray

The Currency of Exporting

As a tumultuous year comes to a close, it’s time to take a look at how financial market movements have, and are indeed – affecting exporters. The Reserve Bank of Australia has steadily raised rates to 3.1% across the calendar year, in reaction to spiralling costs and inflation (7.3%). From

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

International Expansion: Building a Global Team

Table of Contents Choose the right process to create your global team Options for creating a global team Hiring a global team Who is in your international team is just as important as choosing the right market or the right distributor. The team is the vehicle that will deliver your

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Navigating Foreign Rules and Regulations

Table of Contents Understanding the context Triangulate your information Your product Establishing a presence Hiring and firing Operations Interested in expanding your business internationally? Pick up a copy of my latest book, Business Beyond Borders: Take Your Company Global. Welcome to the ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of the regulatory challenges that

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International Strategy
Kathryn Read

Are you carrying out an annual distributor performance review for partners?

Table of Contents Why carry out this kind of distributor performance review? Isn’t that the same as a quarterly meeting? How to carry out this kind of assessment?  The Sales Metrics Marketing & Branding Team & Training Relevance Cooperation Quality & Culture IT Investments Communication & Reporting Marketplace General No

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International Logistics
Cynthia Dearin

International Logistics: Seven steps to a successful shipment

Interested in expanding your business internationally? Pick up a copy of my latest book, Business Beyond Borders: Take Your Company Global. As I’ve discussed in my previous blogs on international logistics and export documentation, there’s a lot to make sure you get right when shipping products overseas. Follow this checklist

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International Logistics
Cynthia Dearin

International Logistics: The Low-Down for Manufacturers

Table of Contents What do I need to know about international logistics? How can I send my goods overseas? Interested in expanding your business internationally? Pick up a copy of my latest book, Business Beyond Borders: Take Your Company Global. Congratulations – you have made a sale to buyers overseas. Now,

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

International Logistics: Getting your export documentation right

Interested in expanding your business internationally? Pick up a copy of my latest book, Business Beyond Borders: Take Your Company Global. When sending goods overseas, you will need to complete a suite of ‘export documentation’ which will enable your goods to traverse international barriers and arrive safely at their destination. To

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Regulatory
Cynthia Dearin

International E-Commerce: When do I need to pay US Sales Tax?

You’re a small, family-owned business that manufactures consumer goods. In the last couple of years, innovative new products you’ve created plus a global e-commerce boom have prompted you to start selling internationally. So far, you’ve dipped a toe into several international markets, using e-commerce marketplaces and it’s going well, particularly

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International Marketing
Cynthia Dearin

Getting Started in International E-Commerce?

Table of Contents How Marketplaces Work How E-commerce Sites work So which one should you choose? Interested in expanding your business internationally and learning more about international modes of market entry? Pick up a copy of my latest book, Business Beyond Borders: Take Your Company Global. If you sell consumer

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International Distribution
Cynthia Dearin

Sourcing trusted international distributors – tips for new players

If you’re new to ‘going global’, working with a local distributor can be a good way to enter an international market. Teaming up with a business that already has feet on the ground can bring huge gains. Whereas your business probably has specialist expertise in a particular field or technology,

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Company Readiness
Team Cape

How To Take Your Expense Policy Global

Table of Contents Why expense policies matter for internationalising, high-growth businesses 5 things to consider when building an expense policy for a global team As your business grows, you might be thinking about tapping into new regions or markets. While there’s a lot you can do remotely, you’re likely going

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International Teams
Cynthia Dearin

Want a happy, productive global team? Here are five keys to success.

At my company, we spend our time helping other companies scale internationally, which means that we end up working with a lot of international teams. It doesn’t hurt that our own team has been international since 2016. We have people from Australia, the Philippines, the United States, India and Jamaica

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International Teams
Simon Drake

Recruitment and Building an International Team

More and more businesses are actively doing more globally, and in many ways, the borders for international trade may look easier to overcome now because we are doing more business virtually. However, when it comes to recruitment, and finding the right people – your ability and the speed at which

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International Customers
Cynthia Dearin

Your Ideal International Client: Creating Your Client Avatar

Table of Contents How do I create an ideal international client avatar? Interested in expanding your business internationally and learning more about targeting international clients? Pick up a copy of my latest book, Business Beyond Borders: Take Your Company Global. In previous posts, we talked about two key aspects of

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International Customers
Cynthia Dearin

Your Ideal International Client: Market Research

Table of Contents How do we align what people want and what we’re offering? Go to the source Dig for concrete information What if I don’t have a list of potential international clients? In my previous post, I talked about the four levels of market segmentation when it comes to

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International Customers
Cynthia Dearin

Your Ideal International Client: Market Segmentation

Table of Contents Defining the Ideal International Client Segmentation As your business expands overseas, you’ll want to build relationships with your ideal international clients. These are the prospects that are most in need of your services, who will get the most value from your offering. They are the most likely

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International Strategy
Cynthia Dearin

Why You Need an International Strategy … even now!

Table of Contents Limitless opportunity means unbridled competition Reach more customers Spread your risks Protect against competitors Control costs Maximise profits Expansion equals innovation Increased company value As I write this post, the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the global business landscape and the world as we know it. For many

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International Strategy
Cynthia Dearin

3 Things You Must Do to Scale Your Manufacturing Business Globally

Table of Contents Use data to drive decisions Get Clear on Your Go-to-Market Strategy Make pricing a priority  As I wrote recently in Why Strategy is Key to Expanding Your Manufacturing Business Globally, there are plenty of opportunities for manufacturers to scale internationally in 2021, but it’s definitely not a

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International Strategy
Cynthia Dearin

Why Strategy is Key to Expanding Your Manufacturing Business Globally

Manufacturing in Australia is on the upswing. Despite the chaos that COVID19 created in 2020, the sector is bouncing back, thanks to a combination of pent-up demand, reshoring bringing some production back home and robotics driving reductions in production cost. Many manufacturing companies – including our clients – are also

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Regulatory
Nitij Pal

Should PACER Plus mean open skies?

Table of Contents Key points What is happening? What is the difference between an air service agreement, and an open skies agreement? What could be the way forward? Key points PACER Plus is the prospective trade and economic agreement between Australia, New Zealand and the Forum Island countries. The provision

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Regulatory
Nitij Pal

What you need to know about bribery and corruption in Australia

Table of Contents So, what does Australia’s legal framework say about bribery, corruption and money laundering? Bribery and corruption Australia’s anti-money laundering framework Bribery and corruption aren’t words that are usually associated with doing business in Australia, but several high profile cases and an international report have recently brought the

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International Marketing
Cynthia Dearin

International Marketing: How to make your message stick in overseas markets

Table of Contents Core values: personal appeal or desire to be seen? Product selection criteria: Innovation or Brand Credibility?  Reaching the market International Marketing Success Companies encounter a bunch of challenges when it comes to marketing in other countries. Marketing departments often don’t know much about the business and cultural

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Cross-Cultural Management
Cynthia Dearin

Five Top Tips on Creating Trust in International Business

Table of Contents What is trust and why is it important? So, what happens when there is no trust? Five top tips creating trust This week, I’ve been reading a great book by Stephen M.R. Covey (son of the author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) called The Speed of

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International Product-Market Fit
Cynthia Dearin

International Product-Market Fit: Making sure your product will sell… before you start selling

When it comes to selling internationally, big mistakes are often made around product-market fit. When companies are intimately acquainted with the desires and expectations of their domestic customers, they sometimes get complacent. When the time comes to expand to new markets overseas, companies think they can replicate what they’ve done at home overseas and get the same result. But this just isn’t the case, as a bunch of companies have learnt the hard way.

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International Market Entry
Cynthia Dearin

International Market Selection: Four Questions to Ask Yourself

“Because of the political, social and economic volatility that rocked the world in 2020, international market selection is more important than ever. So how do you get it right?

In a word, “research”. Choosing the right market isn’t rocket science. It takes some time and effort, but if you do your homework you’ll know that you’ve made the right decision when the time to choose comes. Here’s why.”

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International Market Entry
Cynthia Dearin

Choosing the Right Market: International Market Entry Barriers

Table of Contents Political stability of the market and region Other political risks Regulatory frameworks and non-tariff barriers In my previous posts on market selection, I’ve talked about some of the common pitfalls to avoid as you embark on the international market selection process, as well as four questions to

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International Market Entry
Cynthia Dearin

Choosing the Right Market: Final Considerations

Table of Contents Free trade agreements Intellectual Property Protection Infrastructure Distribution Channels Time Difference Language and Culture In this series on choosing the right international market in 2021, the year of volatility, we’ve looked at common pitfalls, questions to ask, and barriers to entry. In this blog, I want to

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

How do I source and engage trusted international partners?

Table of Contents Step #1 – Understand why you want a partner Step #2 – Select partners. Don’t let them select you Step #3 – Tap the network and do your research Step #4 – Analyse your potential partner Step #5 – Start with a framework If you’re new to

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

25 Things to Do During a Global Pandemic

Table of Contents Get out the red pen Identify opportunities disguised as threats Investigate a potential pivot Change channels… Work on your international strategy Be a good corporate citizen Create magic marketing Reach out to your network Write your book Get some sleep Establish KPIs for your team Build budgets

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Blogs
Mary Guirgies

Moving South of China: Doing Business in Vietnam

COVID-19 shook the world during 2020, and local and global economies took a major blow. Bilateral relationships – including the Australia-China and US-China partnerships – rode the rollercoaster, highlighting the impact of international politics on foreign investment. If you have been considering investing or establishing businesses in new markets –

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Market Intelligence
Gary Garner

Discussion on Global Economic Outlook and Investment Evaluation

Table of Contents Overview of Global Economic Growth Prospects Impact on business decision making The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook was published in October 2019 and, as usual, provides a valuable back drop to international business investment decisions. One of the key observations discussed in that report is

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Blogs
Gary Garner

Thoughts On How China Works and Where Business Should Focus

I’m forming a view that there are three general strategy ‘domains’ that need to be thought about when dealing with China. These are interconnected and not unique to China but they demonstrate different facets to foreign interaction with the country. I call these the Economic Domain, the Nationalist Domain and

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Gary Garner

A Visit to the World Internet Conference

I’ve been in China to visit the 6th World Internet Conference and Exhibition (WIC) that was held at the purpose build exhibition centre in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province. The focus this year is on AI, Internet of Things, and Cyber security. This latter topic is a hot one in the West

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International Pricing
Cynthia Dearin

International Pricing: How Much Should You Charge?

Table of Contents International Pricing The total cost of selling overseas Different prices for different markets Should I extend credit? Pricing for products Pricing for Services Top Tips on International Pricing One of the challenges that I see companies face frequently as they start selling overseas is international pricing. As

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Getting it Right in Asia

The Asia-Pacific region has become the economic growth engine for the world, presenting massive potential for foreign businesses. As a group, Asian economies now represent as much as 40% of global GDP. 

This presents an exciting opportunity for Australian businesses.  But before you rush to expand your company into Asian markets, it’s important to step back and the nuances and challenges of the Asian region, so that you can get your strategy right.

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Blogs
Gary Garner

Street Economics: Australia and the World

Australian politicians and government statisticians paint a picture of optimism in the first case and caution in the latter.  One can see the role of politicians to be positive and for the person in the street to carry on regardless, doing the best they can.  But, if you look at the High Street of any city or town in Australia, and other developed economies, you will see that not all is well.

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Blogs
Gary Garner

Indonesia: A Serious Place to Invest

Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world after the USA and India and is also the largest Muslim country by population.  People tend to know it more for the congestion of Jakarta and the beauty of Bali, than one of South East Asia’s (SEA) more attractive investment locations.

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

What does the US-China trade war mean for Australia?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the US-China trade war. Over the past year, the world’s two largest economies have imposed tariffs on billions of dollars worth of one another’s goods. US President Donald Trump has long accused China of unfair trading practices and intellectual

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Blogs
Gary Garner

Growing the Australian Economy

I attended the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Business Leaders Summit at Parliament House in Canberra this week and the hot topic was how to maintain the continuing record of growth into twenty nine plus years for Australia.

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Blogs
Gary Garner

Is the UK Still an Attractive Location for Business?

I am often asked by people who pick up on my English accent about the UK’s decision to leave the the European Union and what it means for the country as a continuing base for operations in that part of the world. This blog attends to political issues and then moves onto business – please bear with me!

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Blogs
Gary Garner

Doing Business in Hong Kong: Why Geopolitics Matters

One of the main elements to consider when moving into overseas markets is the geopolitics that surround a territory. For the most part, this is often background noise as the time scales that make any problems manifest are often counted in multiple years rather than months. Sometimes, though, there is

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

3 Powerful Time Excellence Strategies You Probably Aren’t Using

Table of Contents Prioritise Delegate Organise Business owners and entrepreneurs: Do you feel stressed when you look at your to-do list? Is it so jammed with urgent tasks you need to do NOW that you can hardly work out where to start? If you’re scaling your company internationally, it’s highly

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Want to become a Time Lord? These 3 Cool Hacks Can Help

When I was a kid, I thought Dr Who was the coolest thing ever. Remember Tom Baker, zooming around the universe in his Tardis, fighting evil, getting s*** done and always coming out on top? Who wouldn’t want to be a Time Lord? I still think Time Lords are cool.

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Why goal-setting doesn’t work!

Table of Contents We set goals without knowing why We get blasé about the essentials We’re not consistent So what’s the answer? It’s January, the month where people get momentarily excited about the year ahead. With the promise of a fresh start, most of us make new year’s resolutions: “I’m

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Why Aussie Engineering Firms Should Look Abroad

With Australia’s mining boom well and truly over and infrastructure spending at a low ebb in most Australian states, Australian engineering firms looking to the future are right to wonder where new work will come from. The good news is that because the vast majority of the world’s building and

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Australia – a rising fashion star in international markets?

As international retailers like H&M, Zara and Topshop continue to open up throughout Australia, there has been a lot of talk about the death of local fashion labels. But is it really true? The domestic retail market is definitely a competitive and expensive space to play. A relatively small local

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

What I learnt from my biggest international mistake …

Table of Contents The story But then… And then things got bad… My mistake More than a decade ago, I made an international business mistake, which cost me dearly. I want to tell you about it. I was initially so embarrassed that I couldn’t talk about how I’d stuffed up.

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Girls on top: Women-led SME’s taking on the world – #1

My team and I run the International Business Accelerator, a structured end-to-end teaching and coaching program to help micro-to-medium sized companies build and implement winning strategies for launching their business internationally. This March, we’re excited to be launching the #GirlsGoingGlobal campaign, to coincide with International Women’s Day. As part of

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Can little Aussie food companies really take the world by storm?

There has been a lot of talk about Australia becoming the “food bowl” of Asia over the last few years and the trade statistics indicate that Australia’s trade with the rest of the world in food products continues to increase. Take for example, wine sales, which increased in value by

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Does Your International Marketing Strategy Suck? Here’s Why…

This week at the International Business Accelerator, we talked about international marketing and why so many companies get it wrong. Here are four of the mistakes that I see people making all time when it come to international marketing. 1. They fall into the #1 trap of international marketing The

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Is the “next big thing” for your company overseas?

Table of Contents United States – Something for everyone… especially in services United Kingdom – Technology, high value manufacturing and services Indonesia – Infrastructure, Services and Healthcare The Middles East – Food, FMCG, Education and Training, Renewables and Waste Technology China  – Fresh Produce … and the rest Asia –

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Is your business fixated on the slow-dripping tap?

I was recently in a café with my partner waiting for a couple of coffees. I walked to a nearby counter to pour us each a glass of water from a pair of water dispensers. One of the dispensers was taking forever. Although it was fuller than the other and

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

So… What’s Stopping You From “Going Global”?

Table of Contents They don’t know where to start They believe that they don’t have enough time They think they can’t afford it It’s too risky Is your company successful at home? Do you believe it could do ten times better if you expanded internationally? I know a lot of

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Going Global​: 3 Traps for New Players

Planning to expand a business overseas is an exhilarating prospect, but the road to success is littered with failures. While it’s easy to imagine your company with offices around the globe, leading the world in your particular sector, the reality is far more gruelling. All the more so for small

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Overwhelmed by Your International Expansion?

As I work with business owners and executives who are expanding their companies internationally, I’ve found that most of them deal with similar challenges as the project ramps up: Competing priorities – with an international business starting to grow alongside the domestic one, there are suddenly lots more things to

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Why Expanding Into International Markets Is Not a Crazy Idea (Part 1)

Is the World Really Your Oyster? Stock market volatility, plummeting oil prices, China’s economy in crisis. The international stage is a pretty scary place these days, and businesses frequently perceive international markets as faraway, risky and full of unknowns. Why expand internationally? It’s not just that international markets are foreign

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Making It On the International Stage: Can Girls Really Go Global?

Table of Contents Access to finance Family commitments Where are the mentors? “I don’t know where to start” “I just don’t have time” Here’s where we come in There has never been a better time to ‘go global’ and doing business internationally has never been easier… but can women really

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Cynthia Dearin interviews Melinda Richards about SuperSprout

Cynthia Dearin, Managing Director of Dearin & Associates, interviews Melinda Richards about going global with her company SuperSprout, which delivers a 100% pure, real, non-GMO fruit and vegetable powders with no additives, preservatives or artificial colours. Melinda started her own business after 21 years in the corporate world. She was

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Cynthia Dearin interviews Aaron Gilchrist about Bridge to Life

Cynthia Dearin, Managing Director of Dearin & Associates, interviews Aaron Gilchrist, one of the original partners of Bridge to Life Pty Ltd. Aaron grew his company from a tiny two-man operation in the US to an international company operating in 50 markets around the world. Bridge to Life is working

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Are Rockstars Risk-Takers?

Have you ever looked at another business that does the same thing as yours but has clients all around the world and felt just a tiny bit jealous? Why are some companies international rockstars while others are plodding along, just getting by with clients in one city or one state?

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Tunisia: Going from strength to strength

If the African north coast is an arch, then Tunisia could be its key stone. This country of 11 million people sits almost in the centre of the arch and is almost the right shape for a key stone. The country uses its geographic position to offer itself as a

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Blogs
Jemima Snow

Doing Business in South-East Asia: Interview with Michael Lee

With a population of 625 million people, South-East Asia offers some enormous export markets for your company’s goods or services. That’s roughly 25 times the size of Australia! But why is South-East Asia really so important? Which countries should you consider? How do you get started and ensure that you

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

Going Global? Don’t start without reading this…

You’ve just received an email from a department store in China, requesting a meeting to talk about purchasing a shipment of the fantastically snazzy new shoes that your start-up company released last quarter. You’ve only ever traded in your home market before, but as you contemplate jumping online and booking

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Blogs
Jemima Snow

Is it really possible to “Go Global” as a really small business?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvIlF_RFYXw In a recent event, organized by Dearin & Associates in collaboration with OFX and the Australian British Chamber of Commerce, Cynthia Dearin discussed the global potential of SMEs. Most SMEs believe that “Going Global” is very difficult, but in reality it’s easier than you think. There are many examples

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Blogs
Cathrine Hansen

Fun Facts About Starting A Business In Singapore

When our intern Cathrine Hansen went to Singapore, she explored the options of starting a business in Singapore. She found some interesting facts about doing business and starting a business in Singapore and shared it with us. Did you know that Singapore ranks 2nd worldwide in ease of doing business?

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

The rise and rise of RecruitLoop

What does it take to grow your small company from a start-up to a global success story in six years? Our Managing Director, Cynthia Dearin interviewed RecruitLoop Founder, Paul Slezak, to find out. Paul and his co-founder, Michael Overell started RecruitLoop in Sydney, Australia in 2011, from a co-working space.

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Blogs
Cynthia Dearin

3 Great Ways to Take Your Company Overseas

If you’re part of a small or medium-sized company (SME) which is looking to grow, the thought of expanding your business overseas might excite you. Or terrify you. Or both. Either way, when you consider the time, resources and energy involved in launching a new venture in a new country,

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Blogs
Michael Barron

Want to sell overseas? More transparency please

Fancy a pint of Guinness to drink? The dark Irish beer is available across the world. So almost any country you travel to on business, you can find a bar selling a pint of the black stuff. This is because Guinness is no longer a family owned brand but part

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Global Expansion
Blogs
Ghenwa Masri

Attention Business Leaders, Global Expansion Starts With You

Assuming a leadership role is no piece of cake, as leaders hold a huge burden to drive a business to success. For business leaders with aspirations to “go global”, a key question is whether or not you have the right mindset to expand overseas. Your readiness and willingness to take

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Blogs
Chris Zaki

Colombia: An Economic Miracle

To most people Colombia continues to be an unknown quantity, a country which has done its violent image few favours in the past. However the country’s well publicised peace process and move to end a stubborn insurgency against FARC rebels has dominated the media and optimism has surrounded the country’s

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Blogs
Michael Barron

The UAE: No Longer a Cultural Desert

On a recent visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, I was surprised by the opportunities in the cultural and creative industries. I watched my first Abu Dhabi-made film and heard talk about the imminent opening of the Etihad Museum in Dubai and the Louvre in Abu Dhabi. The Guggenheim is

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Blogs
Michael Barron

Qatar: Gateway to the Gulf?

At first glance, Qatar is not the obvious choice as a gateway into Iran. Dubai is often cited as the entry point on the Arabian side of the Gulf and indeed has long acted as a trading hub for Iran. However, Qatar is emerging as a regional business centre in

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