Export Stories Podcast

Welcome back to Export Stories Podcast 2023.  Prepare to be wowed by today’s guest!    Our theme for this year is the 50 States , but we haven’t stopped there.  Some of our most important and interesting exports come from the U.S. territories.    Today’s episode focuses on Puerto Rico and a very successful entrepreneur, jewelry fashion designer, manufacturer, and exporter. Her name is Joan Laurean...

Export Stories Podcast is back for 2023, and I am busting with excitement for this year’s line-up!  Our theme for this year is the 50 States.  While we won’t be able to get to all of them, our guests will be exporters and service providers, large and small, from states all over the U.S. that we will highlight. They are going to share success stories – surprising stories – inspiring stories – all t...

I decided that it was high time we dedicated an episode to one of the U.S.’ most important exports – cotton.  That soft, billowy material we all love.  We are so honored to have as our guest Buddy Allen, the President, and CEO of the American Cotton Shippers Association. We had a great discussion where Buddy brought us up-to-date on the state of the industry and shared his stories about one of Ame...

I was thinking that, given the supply chain challenges in which we continue to find ourselves, wouldn’t it be nice to bring in a guest with lots of all around experience? My friend Penny Register-Shaw has held executive positions at FedEx, Amazon, and Walmart over many, many years.  It was a delight to chat with her about all of this experience and have her share some of her stories. After you’ve...

Today’s esteemed guest on Export Stories Podcast 2022 shines a light on a global issue that many of us may take for granted – the availability of electricity.  Joining us from Florence, Italy is Claudio Pedretti, CEO of Green Climate Ventures and President of the Alliance for Rural Electrification.   Many, many people in this world suffer from energy poverty, but fortunately Claudio and his organi...

I’m sure you have given thought or even had anxiety about cybersecurity in relation to your business.  I know that I have.  So, I found the perfect guest to help us focus our thinking about cybersecurity in the realm of international trade.  Joining us is Danny Mizrahi of Contango IT , who provides important perspective and shares some enlightening stories. After you’ve listened, we would love to...

Among the topics we discuss are reasons for going global, advice on how to avoid some basic mistakes, and how you retain global customers.  Wendy shares several stories and anecdotes from her experience and outlined in her book, The Language of Global Marketing.   After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or...

Today’s episode of Export Stories Podcast 2022 is a subject I’m excited to talk about with my guest, Vincent Harkins, CFO of Landaira, Inc.. I’ve been following waste-to-energy for a long time. But what does waste-to-energy really mean?  Suppose you could take garbage, refuse, unwanted rubbish and muck, and, instead of burying it in the ground, you turned it into clean energy? Well, it’s real.  An...

Our guests are the co-founders of TheraTogs, which are “Therapy You Wear”.Lee Taylor, CEO, and Beverly (Billi) Cusick, Chief Science Officer speak with me about their incredible, innovative products which have become so important to the world of physical therapy.   TheraTogs is now a globally established brand, but their export start-up stories of their trials and successes are fascinating. 

Today’s episode is dedicated to this important sector; and to help us understand the unique requirements of SME’s is a special guest and expert, Fred Baehner, Publisher of IBNewsmag and Co-founder of Intermark3, Inc. Thanks for tuning in and listening.

We can all agree that export business development on a large-scale can be challenging unless you have the right network of experts in place. Our guest today is a leader of one such organization. His name is Sherwin Pomerantz and his company, Atid E.D.I. Ltd., is a part of a very experienced global organization known as IBG Global. He explains all this in our episode as he joins us from Israel.

USGLC brings together more than 500 businesses and non-profits from across the country.  Their advisory council is made up of distinguished leaders including former Cabinet officials, members of Congress, and every living Secretary of State. To delve into what USGLC is all about, we are very fortunate to have as our guests Jeremy Tolbert, Deputy National Outreach Director for the Eastern Region, a...

To explore what is happening in the tradeshow industry today, we had a great conversation with Christine Kratz, International Sales Executive for the International Sales Group of RX Global (formally known as Reed Exhibitions). Thanks for listening.

Through their stories, Michael and Ishrat bring us an awareness of just what the export of higher education means to the U.S. and our trading partners around the world.  Did you know that higher education has been called the largest quiet exporter?  Well, tune in to learn more.    

Bobby’s passion for languages shines through as he brings us up-to-date on the world of written language translation and spoken language interpreting services.  And let us not forget the importance of sign language.  I believe you will enjoy this fascinating conversation.  

We get to go back in history to a time when the SS United States, the great passenger liner and America’s Flagship, was the fastest ship in the world.  And to share her stories, I am honored to speak with Susan L. Gibbs, the SS United States Conservancy’s President and co-founder.  She is, also, the granddaughter of William Francis Gibbs, the designer of the SS United States.   With regard to the...

John is completely bullish on the future of U.S. exports, which you will understand when you listen to our discussion and his telling of his export stories.

In addition to having vast experience in assisting U.S. exporters, she happens to be the daughter of former Senator and Governor of Tennessee, Lamar Alexander.     Leslee and I had a great conversation and we invite you to listen.    

We invite you to listen, and then join a conversation about this episode.  This is an important time for the export community to share what is happening in our sectors and how each of us is dealing with one of the most consequential health and economic events of our lifetime. Please reach out to me on exportstoriespodcast.com.  You can ask questions or post comments on the episode page.   We’re al...

We invite you to listen, and then join a conversation about this episode. This is an important time for the export community to share what is happening in our sectors and how each of us is dealing with one of the most consequential health and economic events of our lifetime. Please reach out to me on exportstoriespodcast.com. You can ask questions or post comments on the episode page. We’re also o...

We invite you to listen, and then join a conversation about this episode and exporting in general.  This is an important time for the export community to share what is happening in our sectors and how each of us is dealing with one of the most consequential health and economic events of our lifetime. Please reach out to me on exportstoriespodcast.com.  You can ask questions or post comments on the...

His longtime involvement in public speaking on subjects such as DR-CAFTA informed a really good discussion about trade agreements and other subjects.   We invite you to listen, and then join a conversation about this episode and exporting in general.  This is an important time for the export community to share what is happening in their sectors and how each of us is dealing with one of the most co...

It would have been easy to chat with Rich for hours and hours, given the rich (no pun intended) business experiences he has had from China to Saudi Arabia to Montana (and places in between).  However, we were able to conduct the most amazing discussion in under an hour.  So here is the episode; and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed participating. Afterwards, we’d love to get a conver...

Blessing  joined us from Benin-City, Nigeria.  She has a fascinating and diverse background in fashion, costume design, agriculture, tourism, and business development.  She is a leader in a number of commercial and civic organizations in Nigeria, and, also, has some wonderful stories to share about her experience as a “Nollywood” actress, film producer, costume designer, and script writer.   We’d...

Steve is a partner with Mercator International LLC and joined us from Kirkland Washington. Mercator is a management consulting firm specializing in freight, logistics and infrastructure. Steve shared stories from a diverse portfolio of projects with which he has been involved. We’d love to get a conversation going about this episode as well as more general discussions about exporting. This is an i...