Tag Archives: SMEs

New Face of Globalization: Online Shoppers and Sellers

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Kati Suominen

As the world economy digitizes, patterns and players in trade are changing. According to U.S. Census Bureau, the total online transactions in the U.S. grew from $3 trillion in 2006 to $5.4 trillion in 2012, to about a third of … Continue reading →

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Equity for Exporters

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Kati Suominen

A historic shift is taking place in the world economy: record numbers of small and mid-size companies, microenterprises, and garage entrepreneurs are going global. Before content to sell in the giant U.S. market, now even the smallest American businesses are … Continue reading →

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TradeUp Opens to Accredited Investors – So What’s in It for Investors?

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Kati Suominen

I just published this blog on TradeUp site: http://www.tradeupfund.com/blog/tradeup-whats-in-it-for-investors This week we opened TradeUp to accredited investors – angels, PE funds, VCs, banks, lenders. So what’s in it for investors to get on TradeUp? Here are 7 answers: 1. How … Continue reading →

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Use Crowdfunding to Fuel Your Global Business

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Kati Suominen

I recently wrote a piece for SmallBiz Daily: http://www.smallbizdaily.com/17305/use-crowdfunding-fuel-global-business/ As the global economy rebounds, exporting is a great way to grow your small business. Consumer wallet space and infrastructure spending is booming in the emerging markets, frontier economies of Africa, … Continue reading →

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eTrade Readiness Index by EIU – My interview on catalyzing cross-border ecommerce

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Kati Suominen

I was recently interviewed about the reforms needed for fueling cross-border eCommerce for the new “The G20 e-Trade Readiness Index“, and Economist Intelligence Unit report, commissioned by eBay Inc. The report is based on a quantitative index ranking of countries … Continue reading →

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Why Is ExIm Bank Having Such Hard Time with Reauthorization?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Kati Suominen

The U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm Bank) is in the throes of its toughest experience yet. Congress is heatedly debating whether to reauthorize the ExIm Bank’s charter, and if it doesn’t act by September 30th, the agency will no longer be … Continue reading →

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Why are companies that sell on e-commerce platforms so globalized?

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Kati Suominen

My new blog at TradeUp blog: http://www.tradeupfund.com/blog/why-are-e-commerce-sellers-so-globalized As one explores international trade data, a stunning fact emerges: only 1 percent of America’s 30 million companies export. The remaining 99 percent sell only in the U.S domestic market. The explanation simple: especially … Continue reading →

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My Interview about TradeUp on About.com – Small is Big in the International Economy

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Kati Suominen

From: http://importexport.about.com/od/Financing/fl/Does-Size-Matter-For-Global-Scale.htm Founder and CEO of Nextrade Group LLC, Kati Suominen, has deep expertise in international trade (importing and exporting), economics and finance. In the interview below we discuss her latest venture, TradeUp LLC, why she started it, how companies … Continue reading →

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The Census Bureau has released new data on the profile of U.S. exporters. Business data has its lags, and these latest data are preliminary estimates for 2012. What they reveal is the critical importance of small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs), companies with … Continue reading →

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Kati Suominen | Leave a comment

State of SME Finance in the United States 2014: Year of New Providers

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Kati Suominen

At my consulting firm Nextrade Group, we just put out a new white paper on the state of SME finance in the United States: This matters because SMEs are the backbone of US economy and an important contributor to U.S. … Continue reading →

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