Global Business Perspectives

Denise Yee Grim, the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce shares ways that a small to medium sized businesses can start their global journeys in the Asian Pacific region.
Denise discusses the following global business issues:
1.  History of the Asian Pacific Region
2.  Why Immigrants are here in the U.S. doing business
3.  [...]

When traveling through any major city there can be places and areas you don’t go at night but when traveling abroad, your personal safety is even more at risk.
This risk can be easily mitigated by just a few small preparations.  Jeremy Van Dam, Senior Director at Integrated Directives, Inc helps both government officials as [...]

Recently, Mexico has been all over the news due to the H1N1 (swine) Flu.  I spoke with Marie Galindo, the Special Legal Consultant on Mexican Law with Butzel Long about what she is seeing and hearing from her clients regarding doing business in Mexico.
Our discussion focused on the following areas:
1.  Swine Flu – Reality [...]

This interview with John Gu a Corporate Consultant, Education Specialist and China Expert talks about what China was like 25 years ago and how it has changed.
John’s personal experience growing up in the People’s Republic of China and now living as an American for two decades provides insight into the similarities and the differences [...]

In this interview, I speak with Duane Hopkins the founder and principal security consultant at Innovative Corporate Solutions Inc.about the importance of understanding your risks when taking your information across borders.
We covered the following topics and trends:

Computer Forensics Industry and growth of the field
How businesses can protect their data
Losses & Liabilities of NOT protecting [...]

This interview is with Naren Balasubramaniam from Global Crosswalk Inc.
Naren discusses global talent/expatriate job assignment challenges and preparedness, the current global economy challenges, the importance of India in the international marketplace, current trends and cultural tips.

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In this interview, I talk with Adam Wade, Principle at Wade Worldwide Wholesale.  He just returned from spending time in China and he shares his views on the current situation.  Adam is seeing trends that will benefit small to medium sized businesses working with suppliers and manufacturers in China.
Now more than ever manufacturers in [...]

This interview with Fern Espino, President and CEO of Espino Enterprises provides a very interesting look at how women do business around the globe as well as how global business has evolved over the past 25 years.
Fern was named one of the Top 100 Influential Hispanics in America and certainly helps us understand how [...]

Doing business in the U.S. has certain risks but taking your business outside of your countries’ borders adds an entirely new set of risks.
Kevin Lasser, The CEO of Encryption Security Solutions (ESS) and Pure Entropy Technologies (PET) shares reasons why you should know how to protect yourself,  your company and your intellectual property when going [...]

Borders are decreasing and communicating is essential – in this interview, Barbara Gibson, President of SpokesComm and the International Chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) shares ways businesses can communicate more effectively.  Her experience living and traveling abroad can shed some light on working with people from all over the world.
Going [...]