50 Ways to Go Global

By Laurel Delaney

How do you go global?  Let me count the ways.  Here are fifty that will help get you started.

1.   The Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

http://www.fita.org/

 2.  globalEDGE

http://globaledge.msu.edu/

 3.  GlobeTrade.com  

http://www.globetrade.com/ 

4.  International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

http://www.ita.doc.gov/index.html

5.  Kompass

http://www.kompass.com/

 6.  MyExports

http://www.myexports.com/

 7. U.S. Small Business Administration

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/index.html

 8.  Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

http://www.oecd.org/

 9.  PIERS

http://www.piers.com/

10.  Stat-USA / Internet

http://www.stat-usa.gov/

11.  The U.S. Commercial Service / BuyUSA

http://www.buyusa.gov/home/

12.  The U.S. Government Export Portal

http://www.export.gov/

13.  Laurel Delaney Company

http://www.laureldelaney.com/

14.   Global Trade Atlas

http://www.gtis.com/

15.  Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation:  Eleven Pitfalls to Avoid in Going Global

16.  Borderbuster  

http://borderbuster.blogspot.com/

17.  Women Entrepreneurs, Inc.:  Build a Website to Go Global

18.  The World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/

19.  MarketingProfs Daily Fix

20.  Entrepreneur Magazine:  Global Village archives

http://www.entrepreneur.com/

21.  LeaderValues

http://www.leader-values.com/

22.  UPS

http://www.ups.com/

23.  National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc.

http://www.ncbfaa.org/

24.  IOMA Managing Imports and Exports

http://www.ioma.com/issues/MEI/

25.  Yale University Library:  Emerging Markets Subject Guide

http://www.library.yale.edu/socsci/emerge/

26.   The International Chamber of Commerce

http://www.iccwbo.org/

27.  ICC Business Bookstore USA

http://www.iccbooksusa.com/

28.  United States Council for International Business

http://www.uscib.org/

29.  American Association of Exporters and Importers

http://www.aaei.org/

30.  World Trade Centers Association

http://www.wtca.org

31.  National Council on International Trade Development

http://www.ncitd.org/

32.  UPS Global Advisor

http://www.ups.com/globaladvisor

33.  National Association of Exporting Companies

http://www.nexco.org/

34. Small Business Edge:  A Checklist for Preparing Your Package To Go Global

http://www.smallbusinessedge.com

35.  Borderbuster on Squidoo

http://www.squidoo.com/borderbuster

36.  The International Trade Association of Greater Chicago

http://www.itagc.org/

37.  Thunderbird School of Global Management

http://www.thunderbird.edu/

38.  Harvard Business School:  Global Initiative

http://www.hbs.edu/global/

39.   Harvard Business Online:  Global

http://harvardbusinessonline.com/

40.  E-Commerce News:  How To Take Your Business Global

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/

41.  StartupNation:  Taking Your Startup to a Foreign Market  

http://www.startupnation.com/

42.  Business Strategies Magazine:  Go Global or Die

http://www.bizstrat.com/

43.  Priority Magazine:  Going Global

http://www.prioritymagazine.com/

44.  The Global Small Business Blog:  20 Books To Get You Global in 2007

http://borderbuster.blogspot.com/

45.  ChangeThis:  Global Guru, Shaking Things Up, Making Things Happen

http://www.changethis.com/

46.  Global E-Newsletter:  Borderbuster

http://www.globetrade.com/

47.  The World Bank Group:  Doing Business

http://www.doingbusiness.org/

48.  U.S. Census Bureau:  Foreign Trade Statistics

http://www.census.gov/

 49.  Beyster Institute

http://beysterinstitute.org/

 50.  Love Goes Global

Copyright ©2007 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved.

l Delaney runs GlobeTrade.com and LaurelDelaney.com, both Chicago-based firms that specialize in international entrepreneurship.  She is also the creator of "Borderbuster," an e-newsletter and The Global Small Business Blog, which are both highly regarded for coverage on global small business.  Laurel can be reached at ldelaney@globetrade.com.

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