Export Stories Podcast

It is a pleasure to have as our guest Chris Wingo, Founder and Managing Director of China Sage Consultants. 

A native of Southern California, Chris has been dedicated to helping businesses thrive in China since 1997. He is now considered an expert on SME strategies for China and Asia. 

I really enjoyed our conversation and, given his history and experience, I think you will be fascinated by his export stories. I hope you enjoy this episode. 

After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

I like to think of today’s episode as a sixth generation of this podcast.  That’s because I was introduced to today’s guest, Brian Genjian, by a guest from our 1st year’s podcast, C.J. Pinajian. (BTW, you can go back and listen to that episode through our website)

Brian has a long, diverse career in international trade and logistics, and he shares many of these stories.  While we talk a little international logistics history, we cover many of the issues affecting today’s supply chain.

I hope you enjoy this episode. After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

Our guest, Peter Clement, shares some very valuable financial information for exporters.  Peter is the Senior Vice President for International Financing at Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., with Headquarters in New York, New York.   Peter specializes in providing expertise in trade finance for international corporations. 

Here’s a rhetorical question– what exporter does not need some kind of financial assistance to grow their export program, such as international factoring? Peter walks us through non-bank financing 101 and tell us about the types of options and services they offer.

We had a wonderful discussion.   After you’ve listened, we would love for you to share your thoughts and comments, which you can post on the episode page at exportstoriespodcast.com or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

I want to thank Rosenthal & Rosenthal for their sponsorship of today’s podcast. 

Thank you very much for listening!

Welcome back to Export Stories Podcast 2024!

There is a reason why Argentek was named Exporter of the Year in Delaware for 2023 by the U.S. Small Business Administration. And to explore what makes this exporter so special, we have the good fortune to be joined by Andres Molanes, Andy to his peers, the founder and CEO of Argentek.

Their claim is ‘distributing the world’s most innovative tech’, but their story should resound with every exporter.

We had a wonderful discussion.   After you’ve listened, we would love for you to share your thoughts and comments, which you can post on our episode page at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

I want to thank our wonderful sponsor of today’s podcast, Levy Commercial Realty, LLC, your long-term strategic real estate partner, from concept to completion. 

Thank you very much for listening! 

In today’s podcast, we visit with a Virginia company, and we get rather technical with you.  That’s because our guest, Kevin Speers, is CEO and Co-Founder of SPLICE, a technology company that has created a data sharing and translation system that automates processes.  Mouthful? yes.  Understandable?  Of course, because Kevin talks to us about his company, and explains the services they offer the export/import community.

I hope you enjoy this episode. After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

With this episode, I’m going to introduce you to a company that offers products with such intriguing flavors as Rose Hip, Chrysanthemum Honey, Ginger, and Cranberry .  The company is Koval Distillery, and I had a marvelous conversation with our distinguished guest, Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart, co-founder and President. 

Prior to opening KOVAL Distillery, one of the largest fully independent and woman-owned craft distilleries in the US, she spent over a decade as a full professor in both the United States and Germany.  In 2008, she gave up tenure in hopes of a different quality of life; one that would afford an opportunity for her to work with her husband, give up commuting, and return to the city she loved: Chicago.

I hope you enjoy this episode. After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

Let me tell you a story about today’s podcast.  So, you are going along, growing your export business and it’s very exciting. And you are very pleased with yourself. The time comes to meet with your tax advisor. He or she explains what you need to do and what options you have, and then it’s the end of the presentation. Wait a minute? He or she never brings up the possibility of creating an IC-DISC?  It happens. But that’s okay, because you are going to listen to today’s guest, Amit Mathur, Co-Founding Partner of Quantitax, educate all of us about this beautiful, potential tax break known as the IC-DISC. And the next time you meet with your tax advisor, you will sound so darn smart!

After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

For this episode, we go to Ohio for a manufacturing story.  We explore the global oil and gas industry from an insider who knows the ropes. Our guest is Sandy Winans, Global Trade Compliance Manager for Altronic. 

You may not be familiar with Altronic if you are not connected with the industry, but they play an instrumental part (that’s a pun) in how pipelines run safely. We speak with Sandy specifically about how Altronic, over the years, has contributed to improvements in the oil & gas industry that have benefited the environment.  It’s quite fascinating.

After you’ve listened, we would love to hear your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

Welcome back to Export Stories Podcast 2023. 

This is the 2nd in a two-part series of Iowa episodes.  You may remember my lauded episode with Transagra. I am very excited to interview today’s guest.  He has received numerous accolades and awards for his success as an entrepreneur, developing new markets in Africa for U.S. products. His name is Eddy Djagou and he joins us from his company headquarters in Muscatine, IA.  His story is amazing.

Eddy and I had a wonderful discussion. After you’ve listened, we would love for you to share your thoughts and comments, which you can post at https://www.exportstoriespodcast.com/ or on our Facebook or LinkedIn pages.

I want to thank our wonderful sponsor of today’s podcast, Levy Commercial Realty, LLC, your long-term strategic real estate partner, from concept to completion.

Thank you very much for listening! 

Thank you for joining Export Stories Podcast 2023. 
 

Speaking to us from Portland, OR is Richard Biggs, Director, North America for Trade Horizons. Richard is a global business development executive with a wealth of hands-on experience spanning diverse industries, economies, and cultures. His journey is a great story unto itself. 

We had a marvelous discussion about his international market entry work; and, oh yes, I also had to ask him about his experience as a former international athlete. 

I want to thank our wonderful sponsor of today’s podcast, Levy Commercial Realty, LLC, your long-term strategic real estate partner, from concept to completion. 

Thank you very much for listening!