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Making the Pitch
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Excerpt from Chapter 7 of “Pond Business: How to Succeed Across the Atlantic” by Mark Sutherland, available from Dunrobin Publishing on Amazon and Amazon UK and in bookstores in the UK and the US. Let’s be direct (a very un-British thing for me to do). If an American comes to Britain to pitch their…
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Prorogue What?
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If you are a follower of international news, or any news for that matter, the word “prorogue” may have just entered your view for the first time ever. And in case you are wondering what the heck that is, let me give you some context. Prorogue, or prorogation, is when Her Majesty The Queen…
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UK/US Cultural Differences
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Excerpt from Chapter 2 of “Pond Business: How to Succeed Across the Atlantic” by Mark Sutherland, available from Dunrobin Publishing on Amazon and Amazon UK and in bookstores in the UK and the US. Ricky Gervais, the British award-winning comedian, wrote a rather interesting article for Time in November 2011 that gives us a…
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Two Countries Separated by a Common Language
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Excerpt from Chapter 1 of “Pond Business: How to Succeed Across the Atlantic” by Mark Sutherland, available from Dunrobin Publishing on Amazon and Amazon UK and in bookstores in the UK and the US. When I first came to America in 1989, I was met by many interesting and memorable questions. Deep questions of…
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What’s Going on with Brexit?
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Well, the end of the year is fast approaching, and I figured I’d post an update on the question that I am asked daily wherever I find myself across the US. “What’s going on with Brexit?” Yes, believe it or not, every time some news article comes out everyone wants to know whether the…
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Listen Up Ye Prophets of Brexit Doom
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I work in business attraction here in Missouri, USA, and as such am constantly paying attention to the latest news and developments in the world of economic development. I’m always running across what I consider fascinating bits of information and insights. The latest that caught my eye however was actually from across the Pond…