Going Global for Start-upsand Small BusinessesLearn how to take your company to the global market

Is there a market? Is it time to think global?

Do I have the bandwidth?Are we ready?

YES!7.3 billion potential customers.

YES!It’s never too early to plan.

$2m valuation is the average threshold

YES!25% are export-ready in 3rd year.

50% are export-ready by the 4th year.

YES!There’s a team ready to help you.

A “Going Global” workshop for Maryland’s Entrepreneurs

• Myth vs Reality: Can Maryland Start-ups Compete Globally?

• The Basics: From Finding Customers to Financing to Protecting IP to Getting Paid

Organized in partnership with the Maryland/DC District Export CouncilThe District Export Council (DEC) is an all-volunteer group of local business leaders committed to helping grow Maryland exports. The DEC provides advice, education, assistance, and mentorship to current and potential MD&DC exporters of goods and services.

WHERE:City Garage

(101 W Dickman St, Baltimore)

WHEN:March 19, 2018

2:30-5:30pmFood & Happy Hour included!

$35 administrative feeREGISTER AT:

http://www.mddcdec.com/

• It Takes a Village: Government Partners and Community Services

• Getting Out There: The Value of Website Globalization & eCommerce

- IT/CYBER- FINTECH- HEALTHTECH- CONSUMER PRODUCTS

- US Export Assistance Center- MD Dept. of Commerce- Small Business Administration- UK Embassy

PANEL 1: Tales of Going Global PANEL 2: The Team to Help

Going Global for Start-upsand Small Businesses

Organized in partnership with the Maryland/DC District Export CouncilThe District Export Council (DEC) is an all-volunteer group of local business leaders committed to helping grow Maryland exports. The DEC provides advice, education, assistance, and mentorship to current and potential MD&DC exporters of goods and services.

Key Note: A Conversation with Syed HusainSyed Husain spent over 15 years at Fortune 100 companies and federal government agencies where he lead digital transformation and information technology (IT) modernization initiatives to develop business capabilities through orchestrated alignment of IT architecture. He is a technology enthusiast with a passion for emerging technologies that drive business outcomes. As the founder of Adarsa Pay, Syed Husain is on a mission to grow financial inclusion through financial technology (FinTech).

Adarsa Pay is a mobile wallet designed to manage digital and cryptocurrency on the Bitcoin and Ethereum Blockchain networks. The cloud application offers the convenience of mobile onboarding while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures of know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements and standards. Adarsa Pay's open banking architecture enables interoperability with public and permissioned blockchain & distributed ledger technology (DLT), traditional banks and financial institutions.

Panel 2: The Team to Help

Panel 1: Tales of Going Global - Robin Wiener - Get Real Health- Wayne Lifshitz - Kennin Company- Albert Costilo - New Zealand Trade & Enterprise & Global Business Fluency

- Colleen Fisher – Director, US Export Assistance Center, US Commercial Service- Andrew Kreinik – Regional Manager, MD Dept. of Commerce, Office of

International Trade & Investment- Bill Houck – Senior Manager, International Trade & Finance Specialist, Small

Business Administration- Alexander Koff, Esq. – Partner, Venable LLP (Legal considerations)- Millar “Joe” White – Vice Counsel, Trade & Investment, British Embassy