The profiles feature a broad range of startups – from a fashion designer in Brunei to an American innovator who is taking on the global problem of food waste – to underscore the opportunities for startups and small businesses to be global from day one. Read full press release
| The New Faces of Transpacific Trade report released July 19, 2016 In the report, innovators identify and suggest how to address policy issues that impact their ability to do business, including managing obstacles at the border, complying with foreign regulations, accessing financing, and developing local partnership and distribution networks. Download Report About the Global Innovation Forum The Global Innovation Forum is a nonprofit startup that connects entrepreneur, small business, development, and university communities with policymakers and select corporations to explore the opportunities and challenges of engaging in the global marketplace. GIF serves as a hub for startup, university and development communities around the world to communicate with officials and corporations, discover public and private resources to help them succeed, and improve the public policy landscape to enable global innovation. GIF is a project of the 501(c)(3) National Foreign Trade Council Foundation. |