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Washington D.C. – National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) President Jake Colvin today announced that Hua Wang will serve as the new Executive Director of the Global Innovation Forum (GIF). As GIF’s Executive Director, Hua engages an international network of small,...
Leveraging digital strategies to finding partners and customers abroad
Founded in 2012, Minka seeks to empower at-risk women through fashion, design, and accessories. Co-Founders Ignacia and Andrea Núñez were inspired by the skills of the women they met while volunteering in prisons. Minka uses fabrics and scraps that are discarded by...
Founded in 2013, Peruvian based startup Culqi is working to simplify payments in Latin America and empower entrepreneurs and businesses to improve their results through technology. While at university, CEO and Co-Founder Amparo Nalvarte and her classmate (and...
Let the countdown begin! The Global Innovation Forum (GIF) is heading back to Austin, Texas this year for South-by-Southwest (SXSW) 2019 from March 9 - 12 and we are especially excited about all the global programming. Below is a list of our top picks for this year -...
NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum led a delegation of companies to Geneva the week of April 24 to discuss the role of global e-commerce in economic development and supporting small businesses. On April 27, GIF hosted a workshop with the Friends of e-Commerce for...
Palo Alto, CA – Following the conclusion of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, the Global Innovation Forum commended the Obama Administration for its commitment to support the effective participation of entrepreneurs in the global marketplace...