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CONSIDERING INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION? Delaware Is a Great Place to Do It
By Tina Irgang Leaderman
Companies entering the import/export space need reliable partners to help them test the market for their idea, connect with overseas contacts and manage costs.
In Delaware, you will find plenty of those partners at the federal and state levels of government, as well as within organizations like the World Trade Center® Delaware (WTC Delaware).
“If you want to import or export, WTC Delaware membership should be your first investment,” said Patty Cannon, Director of Intergovernmental Relations
re is such an economically
“Joining WTC Delawar
feasible thing for almost any size company,
and you get access to national opportunities
that are only available to members.”
– Patty Cannon, Director of Intergovernmental Relations and Special Projects, Delaware Division of Small Business
thing for almost any size company, and you get access to national opportunities
“When the Ebola outbreak started in 2013, I was in Philadelphia working at
and Special Projects at the Delaware Division of Small Business. “Joining WTC Delaware is such an economically feasible
Mohamed Cisse, CEO, Tungsten Global Consulting
that are only available to members.” WTC Delaware’s import/export
assistance program includes such services as strategic research and analysis of your product and target market, analysis of foreign market opportunities and conditions, an overview of business and cultural practices for a target market, business matchmaking and more.
One company that has benefited from WTC Delaware membership is Tungsten Global Consulting, which consults with African companies in the scientific space and provides medical and lab equipment through its subsidiary US Lab Supply.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and that is when I had the idea to create a platform for international scientific collaboration,” said CEO Mohamed Cisse. “I began to provide consulting services to African countries asking for help, and that is how Tungsten started.”
Tungsten was incorporated in Delaware and eventually gained a physical presence there too. “When I came back to Delaware, I joined WTC Delaware,” Cisse said. “[President] Carla Stone literally helped my company go from a startup to a really well-rounded company because of the many connec- tions and relationships we began to
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