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SUMMARY:'Are You Ready to Export?' SBDC Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for ways to grow your business? In this webinar\, the Washington Small Business Development Center\, International Trade Team will help you assess if your business is ready to export and show how the SBDC and other resources can assist in the growth of your business through exporting.\n\nTopics covered:\n\n\n	Introducing Washington SBDC International Trade team\n	How we help small businesses export - a success story\n	A roadmap to export success: export readiness\, planning\, compliance...\n	Q&A\n\n\nPresenters \n\nEllie He is a Washington SBDC certified business advisor and a NASIBTE certified global business professional. She has a diverse background with experience in both the public and private sectors and with both small businesses and large corporations\, including seven years on the global business development team of K&L Gates. Ellie holds an MBA from Pennsylvania State University and is bilingual in English and Mandarin.\n\nAllan Peterson is the Certified Business Advisor and Certified Global Business Professional. Allan is the founder of the Artisan Craft Distilling Institute. This business operated both domestically and internationally. He initiated and led outbound trade missions to South Korea\, Japan\, Hong Kong\, Macau\, and China. This benefited mostly rural value-add agriculture companies. Allan has over 26 years of management experience and he received his BSBA degree in Business Administration from the University of North Dakota.\n\nChristy Mastin is the newest member of the Washington SBDC International Trade team. Christy held an International Sales position for a hay company in Washington before coming to the SBDC in November of 2022. Christy was a lending officer for about 16 years in various areas of Washington and Idaho working mostly with agricultural financing. She has an MBA.\n\nWashington SBDC International Trade Business Advisors participate as working members of the Washington Export Outreach Team (WEOT)\, a collaborative team of local\, state\, regional\, and federal export assistance agencies that provide Washington state companies with tools and resources to help them export.\n\nInstructions: \n\nA Zoom link for the webinar will be sent prior to the event to those who register on this page: https://wsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/99272060.\n\nOur Zoom security protocols require each participant have a Zoom account and be signed into their account from their computer or mobile device.  https://zoom.us/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div class="conf-desc" style="font-size: 16px\; padding-top: 0px\; padding-bottom: 10px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Lato\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;">\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Are you looking for ways to grow your business? In this webinar\, the Washington Small Business Development Center\, International Trade Team will help you assess if your business is ready to export and show how the SBDC and other resources can assist in the growth of your business through exporting.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;">Topics covered:</span></strong></p>\n\n<ul style="margin-top: 3px\; list-style-type: circle\;">\n	<li style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-left: 0px\; line-height: 25.600000381469727px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Introducing Washington SBDC International Trade team</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-left: 0px\; line-height: 25.600000381469727px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">How we help small businesses export - a success story</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-left: 0px\; line-height: 25.600000381469727px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">A roadmap to export success: export readiness\, planning\, compliance...</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-left: 0px\; line-height: 25.600000381469727px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Q&amp\;A</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Presenters&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Ellie He</strong>&nbsp\;is a Washington SBDC certified business advisor and a NASIBTE certified global business professional. She has a diverse background with experience in both the public and private sectors and with both small businesses and large corporations\, including seven years on the global business development team of K&amp\;L Gates. Ellie holds an MBA from Pennsylvania State University and is bilingual in English and Mandarin.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Allan Peterson</strong>&nbsp\;is the Certified Business Advisor and Certified Global Business Professional. Allan is the founder of the Artisan Craft Distilling Institute. This business operated both domestically and internationally. He initiated and led outbound trade missions to South Korea\, Japan\, Hong Kong\, Macau\, and China. This benefited mostly rural value-add agriculture companies. Allan has over 26 years of management experience and he received his BSBA degree in Business Administration from the University of North Dakota.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Christy Mastin</strong>&nbsp\;is the newest member of the Washington SBDC International Trade team. Christy held an International Sales position for a hay company in Washington before coming to the SBDC in November of 2022. Christy was a lending officer for about 16 years in various areas of Washington and Idaho working mostly with agricultural financing. She has an MBA.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Washington SBDC International Trade Business Advisors participate as working members of the Washington Export Outreach Team (WEOT)\, a collaborative team of local\, state\, regional\, and federal export assistance agencies that provide Washington state companies with tools and resources to help them export.</span></p>\n</div>\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><label style="font-size: 16px\; font-weight: bold\; line-height: 20px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Lato\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Instructions:</label><span style="font-size: 16px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">&nbsp\;</span></span>\n\n<p style="font-size: 16px\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Lato\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">A Zoom link for the webinar will be sent prior to the event to those who register on this page: </span><a href="https://wsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/99272060">https://wsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/99272060</a>.</p>\n\n<p style="font-size: 16px\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; line-height: 23.200000762939453px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Lato\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Our Zoom security protocols require each participant have a Zoom account and be signed into their account from their computer or mobile device.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<a href="https://zoom.us/" style="color: rgb(45\, 119\, 179)\; text-decoration: none\;">https://zoom.us/</a></span></p>\n
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DTSTAMP:20260409T014359Z
URL:https://chamber.graysharbor.org/events/details/are-you-ready-to-export-sbdc-webinar-13905
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