Do your homework! The five “C’s” of Credit
Small Business Group Whether your business is just starting to export or is an established exporter looking to expand into a new market, the more…
U.S. Commerce Department Issues New Encryption Rules That Should Lighten Some Industry Burdens
By: Melissa Proctor (Shareholder, Polsinelli PC) The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently published new rules that should make international sales…
Why Trump and Clinton have trade all wrong
Author: Steven G. Zylstra is president & CEO of the Arizona Technology Council. CEO: Trade deals are good for business and America, including 93,354 Arizonans with jobs…
Mexico still can be our land of opportunity
Author: Steve Zylstra, President & CEO of the Arizona Technology Council. Source: Phoenix Business Journal – Oct. 27, 2016 If you have the opportunity to…
Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Application Deadline Approaching
The deadline for applications to the 2017 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program for early-stage bioscience firms is quickly approaching. All materials and completed applications must be submitted…
5 Reasons US Exporters Underutilize Trade Credit Insurance
Suhail Karim Beg, Business Development Specialist, Small Business Group If it’s possible to substantially mitigate the risk of nonpayment associated with open account trades using…
A Big Deal for Small Business: Seven Stories of How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Would Boost America’s Small Exporters
Source: progressivepolicy.org When Americans think of trade, we tend to focus on large, world-leading multinationals. We usually don’t think of a small food exporter like…
Are you an early-stage Bioscience firm and considering Going-Global ?
Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship…
Getting the Itch to Go Global with a Foreign Distributor? Proper Vetting and Due Diligence Are the Keys to Success
By: Melissa Proctor (Polsinelli PC) Companies tend to “get the itch” to begin selling internationally when they see their competitors going global, when they receive…
Latest U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Released by the Commerce Department
By: Melissa Proctor (Shareholder – Polsinelli PC) On August 5, 2016, the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis published…