A world of unlimited opportunity is out there - if you know how and where to fulfill your company's potential for success on an international scale. 

But how can you get there from here? As a small- or medium-sized business, your resources don't exactly span the globe. Yet if you had access to the international business expertise and training you need - could your company become an effective competitor in the global marketplace? More than ever, it's a question worth asking. 

ExportNY has emerged as a resource to help answer this question for you and other eligible small- to medium-sized businesses in upstate New York. ExportNY is an innovative partnership created to offer expert assistance helping company managers enhance their international business skills. 

Working with international experts from Syracuse University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the State University of New York at Albany, you will gain the expertise and skills that will enable you to identify new markets, expand into new territories, and explore new business potential as well as develop your supply chain.

Through this intensive corporate training program -- to be held one day each month for 9 months -- Export NY participants will: 

learn more about international business and specific markets

take part in one-to-one counseling with university faculty members and TDO staff 

receive an expert assessment of their company's international market potential and readiness 

benefit from market-specific research performed by teams of seasoned international business advisors and university graduate students 

make use of valuable tools such as the United States Department of Commerce International Trade Administration's Gold Key and Agent/Distributor Services 

ultimately gain the knowledge and expertise to compete more effectively in the international marketplace