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Revolve Clothing Talks Asian Customer Acquisition.
Revolve Clothing Talks Asian Customer Acquisition.
By Josh Halpern
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BigCommerce CEO talks about how easy it is to start your own ecommerce business. No in-house tech required.
BigCommerce CEO talks about how easy it is to start your own ecommerce business. No in-house tech required.
By Josh Halpern
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Bill Nelson - FedEx - lessons in exporting for U.S. Small Businesses
Bill Nelson - FedEx - lessons in exporting for U.S. Small Businesses
By Josh Halpern
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We are very excited to announce that we have a new Director of Marketing at America's SBDC! Meet Melissa Strain. She has over 17 experience in…
We are very excited to announce that we have a new Director of Marketing at America's SBDC! Meet Melissa Strain. She has over 17 experience in…
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Yesterday was just a lot of fun! It was a pleasure to host the federal agencies participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration Great Lakes…
Yesterday was just a lot of fun! It was a pleasure to host the federal agencies participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration Great Lakes…
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One of my favorite times of the year is when the entire team gets together in person. We learn from our partners and merchants every day, and these…
One of my favorite times of the year is when the entire team gets together in person. We learn from our partners and merchants every day, and these…
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Experience & Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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CREATOR
VANBASSADOR
- Present 5 years 6 months
Economic Empowerment
Bring together small businesses and international influencers to share stories and forge new connections to stay local while going global.
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Founder, Chief Advisor
Culture Agents
- Present 15 years 6 months
• Created an education company to build global competency, language skills and cultural literacy among youth, ages 8-12.
• Partnered with largest English language immersion school in China.
• Built multi-media educational content for kids through print, web, and mobile platforms.
• CultureAgents.com online education platform awarded the Parent’s Choice Award for content and generated repeat sales in premier private schools in LA and NY and online blogs.
• Mobile app connecting…• Created an education company to build global competency, language skills and cultural literacy among youth, ages 8-12.
• Partnered with largest English language immersion school in China.
• Built multi-media educational content for kids through print, web, and mobile platforms.
• CultureAgents.com online education platform awarded the Parent’s Choice Award for content and generated repeat sales in premier private schools in LA and NY and online blogs.
• Mobile app connecting youth around the world through story-driven, project-based activities.
• Manage suppliers in Pakistan, Australia, EU, China and the U.S. to operate efficiently to deliver innovative content on time. -
Volunteer Staff
Pete for America
- 5 months
Politics
- Foreign Policy Working Group
- Global Competitiveness Working Group
- Tech Cell
- Export Working Group
- Caucused in Iowa including district voting oversight rep -
Campaign Volunteer
Biden for President
- 10 months
Politics
Provided advisory input and authored policy papers related to digital competitiveness, equitable distribution of federal and state resources for underserved SMBs
- Foreign Policy Working Group
- Digital Competitiveness
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Co-Founder
Beijing Improv
- 2 years 1 month
Arts and Culture
Co-founded the improvisation theater troupe that has grown to be the largest improvisation theater troupe in Asia with three divisions; English, Bilingual and Chinese
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Advisor and Trainer
Hua Dan http://hua-dan.org/
Economic Empowerment
Theater for social change organization based in China.
Trained staff on the use of theater and improvisation to empower migrant workers by building their communications skills and confidence. -
Guest Lecturer
University of San Diego - Knauss School of Business
- 1 month
Economic Empowerment
Lectured to local business owners and graduate students for their "Global Market Navigator" series on 'Selling Online Globally'
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Guest Lecturer
Thunderbird School of Global Management
- 1 month
Economic Empowerment
Guest lecturer on the topic of global ecommerce strategy for local businesses and students at Thunderbird in partnership with the State International Development Organizations (SIDO)
Publications
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Home Shopping in China
China Business Review
US companies looking to do business in China—especially those looking to sell cosmetics, consumer goods, food products, and nutritional supplements—may want to consider exploring China’s burgeoning home shopping television networks.
Honors & Awards
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Meritorious Honor Award for Innovation in Government
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Meritorious Honor Award for Human Resource Management
U.S. Department of State
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese
Professional working proficiency
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Spanish
Full professional proficiency
Organizations
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Beijing Improv Theater Troupe
Founder
- PresentFounding member of the Beijing Improv Troupe - www.BeijingImprov.org
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Hua dan
Advisory Board Member
-Trained staff through weekly sessions to create and implement life-skills theater-based training programs for Chinese migrant workers; Linked curriculum to outcomes measures, established benchmarks, increasing enrollment and attendance by 40%; Guided partnership and growth strategy within China resulting in service industry training contracts and foundation funding (largest capital infusion in organization’s history).
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