Be Global and Unstoppable?
Seek growth in 2017! 99% of new business opportunities are outside your metro area. If you're in the U.S., 85% of new business opportunities in the next 5 years are outside the US. Think and grow globally! We recommend that you join Global Chamber?. It's the only organization in the world with the mission to help executives grow their business … [Read more...]
Eric Dahl is a Growth Consultant with Growth Nation, offering companies the opportunity to expand their success regionally and globally. He has expertise in financial services, exporting, governance, government, theme park development, business management and international business. Eric was Chief Executive Officer of World Trade Centers … [Read more...]
One of the easiest ways to increase the global capabilities of your organization is to bring on foreign-based interns. It's a lot easier than you may think! As a sponsor of Global Chamber, we're a strong supporter of there programs to help companies globalize and grow. One of their programs that helps companies in 120 countries to grow globally … [Read more...]
This morning Seth Godin is talking about questions to ask when designing marketing materials. As usual he's spot on... read more here. The normal tendency is to spill it all out on the paper or whatever media you're using. Tell the whole story in a few square inches or less. Resist! The goal is gather interest and move things along. That's … [Read more...]
Thank you Kim Jung-un for making such a fuss about the movie "The Interview". We would probably never have even heard of it, noticed it or seen it... but you decided to make a fuss about it. Dude, so uncool! So now the movie review: way better than expected! Yes sophomoric, but lovable characters, some plots twists, a good mix of action and a … [Read more...]
The biggest challenges I've found by companies looking to grow is that they 1) fail to create a solid, prioritized plan and even more 2) struggle with execution. Marketing often gets the short straw - because you have to pay taxes, sell and do the day to day things to keep the company company. Marketing seems optional. It's not. In fact it's … [Read more...]
How can you connect to more global business? Stephen Beschloss posed that question last year, demonstrating that the time to strike is now. The wealth shift is happening - increasingly wealth is being created more rapidly outside the United States. There are many valuable global resources in the US to connect with that can help your … [Read more...]
Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane welcomes a delegation of medical doctors from Hainan, China to an afternoon meeting on Tuesday, May 27th at SkySong in Scottsdale from 1:30-3pm. The meeting will feature a dialogue on medical technologies between the delegation from China and a small group of Arizona medical leaders - hoping to find opportunities to … [Read more...]
We sometimes joke about how good marketing can 'trick' people to do things against their intended will. One of my favorite examples is the marketing of Jif peanut butter... 'Choosy Mother's Chose Jiff'... which of course means that if you don't choose Jif, you must be a bad mother/father. Conversely that mother or father who buys Jif must be a … [Read more...]
Growth Nation supports events that move the ball forward on marketing, globalization and sustainability. There are several events coming up that we're supporting. On April 1, 2014 join us for the Germany Arizona Solar Day in Scottsdale. There will be a day long discussion pertinent to the advancement of solar in Arizona and business … [Read more...]