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SUMMARY:Wednesday Webinars with SBA Seattle: Are You Ready to Export?
DESCRIPTION:Are You Ready to Export?\n \n\nJoin us this week for an overview of the Washington Export Outreach Team (WEOT) and the resources and technical assistance available to you\, the small business exporter.\n\n \n\nNearly 96% of consumers live outside the U.S.\, and two-thirds of the world's purchasing power is in foreign countries. If you're a small business owner\, the Washington Export Outreach Team is ready to support your growth through international trade.\n\n \n\nEstablished in 2013 following a national mandate to do more to support international trade\, WEOT is a collaborative team of local\, state\, regional\, and federal export assistance agencies who provide you the tools and resources you need to sell internationally.\n\n \n\nW EOT Partners include:\n\n\n	SBA Office of International Trade\n	SBA Seattle District Office & Spokane Office\n	Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington\n	Washington State Department of Commerce\n	Washington State Department of Agriculture\n	Washington Small Business Development Center\n	U.S. Commercial Service\n	Export-Import Bank of the United States\n	Western U.S. Agricultural Trade Association\n	U.S. Department of Agriculture   Foreign Agricultural Service\n	SCORE   Washington State Chapters\n	Washington MBDA Business Center\n	Impact Washington\n\n \n\nWednesday Webinars:\n\n \n\nWednesday Webinars with SBA Seattle is an ongoing series of free\, virtual\, webinars covering a variety of topics to benefit small business owners. On the fourth Wednesday of each month\, we will be focusing on export assistance\, featuring conversations with different WEOT members each session.\n\n \n\nAbout the Presenter:\n\n \n\nJohn Brislin is SBA's International Trade & Finance Specialist (Export Finance Manager) for Washington State\, Northern Idaho and Alaska. He has over 23 years of private-sector international banking and trade finance experience working at Bank of Boston (Bank of America) and Bank of California (U.S. Bank). John has over 12 years of public-sector export trade finance and risk mitigation experience working at Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington (EFACW)\, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) and SBA Office of International Trade (SBA OIT). He looks forward to working with Small Businesses so they can turn their export opportunities into actual sales and to achieve the ultimate goal of getting paid especially on time for those sales.\n\n\n\nRegistration required below. \n\n\n\n https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-webinars-with-sba-seattle-are-you-ready-to-export-tickets-479957765597
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2 style="background:white\;"><strong style="font-size: 13px\;"><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Are You Ready to Export?</span></span></span></strong></h2>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;">Join us this week for an overview of the <strong>Washington Export Outreach Team (WEOT)</strong> and the resources and technical assistance available to you\, the small business exporter.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;">Nearly 96% of consumers live outside the U.S.\, and two-thirds of the world&rsquo\;s purchasing power is in foreign countries. If you&rsquo\;re a small business owner\, the Washington Export Outreach Team is ready to support your growth through international trade.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;">Established in 2013 following a national mandate to do more to support international trade\, WEOT is a collaborative team of local\, state\, regional\, and federal export assistance agencies who provide you the tools and resources you need to sell internationally.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt\;">W</span></span></span></strong>&#65279\;<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt\;">EOT Partners include:</span></span></span></strong>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">SBA Office of International Trade</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">SBA Seattle District Office &amp\; Spokane Office</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Washington State Department of Commerce</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Washington State Department of Agriculture</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Washington Small Business Development Center</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">U.S. Commercial Service</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Export-Import Bank of the United States</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Western U.S. Agricultural Trade Association</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">U.S. Department of Agriculture &ndash\; Foreign Agricultural Service</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">SCORE &ndash\; Washington State Chapters</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Washington MBDA Business Center</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:white\;box-sizing:border-box\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Impact Washington</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt\;">Wednesday Webinars:</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;">Wednesday Webinars with SBA Seattle is an ongoing series of free\, virtual\, webinars covering a variety of topics to benefit small business owners. On the fourth Wednesday of each month\, we will be focusing on export assistance\, featuring conversations with different WEOT members each session.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.0pt\;">About the Presenter:</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:source sans pro\,sans-serif\;">John Brislin is SBA&#39\;s International Trade &amp\; Finance Specialist (Export Finance Manager) for Washington State\, Northern Idaho and Alaska. He has over 23 years of private-sector international banking and trade finance experience working at Bank of Boston (Bank of America) and Bank of California (U.S. Bank). John has over 12 years of public-sector export trade finance and risk mitigation experience working at Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington (EFACW)\, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) and SBA Office of International Trade (SBA OIT). He looks forward to working with Small Businesses so they can turn their export opportunities into actual sales and to achieve the ultimate goal of getting paid&mdash\;especially on time&mdash\;for those sales.<br />\n<br />\nRegistration required below.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-webinars-with-sba-seattle-are-you-ready-to-export-tickets-479957765597">&nbsp\;https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-webinars-with-sba-seattle-are-you-ready-to-export-tickets-479957765597</a>
LOCATION:Online\, Please register here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-webinars-with-sba-seattle-are-you-ready-to-export-tickets-479957765597
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