Local to global: Take the next steps with your business

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Local to global: Take the next steps with your business

Are you looking to export into international markets?

The world has seen a vast number of innovators, such as Oprah Winfrey and Steve Jobs, who have made an impact globally and changed the world.

Many entrepreneurs who lead their countries diverse array of small businesses want to follow in their footsteps by accessing global markets and bringing their ideas, products and services to international investors and customers.

$25 trillion

*(2022) World trade in goods

$6.5 trillion

*(2022) World trade in services

£171 billion

**(2023) UK Services
exports to the EU

£472 billion

**(up to Feb 2024)
UK Services exports

*Key Statistics and Trends in International Trade 2023

**Business and Trade Facts and Figures, Department for Business & Trade

On the journey of every SME business entrepreneur there are crucial moments where aligning, engaging, and empowering your organisation for export is essential to achieve sustainable growth.

Alex Cole, CEO at TIN Ventures

Opening up opportunities

Are you an established entrepreneur committed to exporting into international markets?
Are you looking to develop new strategies, and establish collaboration networks to scale your SME?
Have you identified the investment and resources required to expand your business operations?

If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’, the Business Export Exchange Programme could be for you.

Apply now

Opening up opportunities

Are you an established entrepreneur looking to export into international markets?
Are you looking to develop new strategies, and networks to scale your SME?
Have you identified the investment and resources required to expand your business operations?

If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’, the Business Export Exchange Programme could be for you.

Apply now

How the Business Export Exchange Programme supports my business

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How the Business Export Exchange Programme supports my business

Facilitated by TIN Ventures, supported by Barclays Eagle Labs, and underpinned by high-quality educational delivery from The Open University, the programme provides:

Peer-to-peer learning

Access to a collective of like-minded entrepreneurs to facilitate peer-to-peer learning on your export journey.

Access to a tailored MBA

Complete a tailored learning journey which leads to a Master of Business Administration qualification awarded by the triple-accredited Open University Business School.

Strategic export tools

Tools to design and implement an export strategy to scale your business.

Expert guidance to navigate blockers

Support to develop and grow your business internationally through expert guidance to navigate blockers in the areas of finance, operations and politics that prevent businesses from exporting internationally.

Specialist support partners

Access to a range of programme partners offering discounts, coworking, banking, investment and other support to deliver success.

International partner events

Opportunities to network with entrepreneurs and potential partners at regular international events.

Is this right for you?

The programme entry requirements for SME business leaders are:

Turnover of a minimum of £500K or equivalent depending on location
Supported by three-years business accounts
Running payroll for a minimum of three staff
Meet the MBA academic acceptance criteria.

If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’, the Business Export Exchange Programme could be for you.

Apply now

Businesses which report goods exports were around 21% more productive than businesses which do not trade.

UK Office of National Statistics, 2018

What is the structure of the programme?

As part of this exclusive immersive accelerator, you will gain access to:

Global Export Academy

Enabling you to develop new export-ready business transformation and strategy skills delivered as a series of practical workshops alongside academic modules which lead to a tailored Master of Business Administration qualification from the triple-accredited Open University Business School.

Academy

Global Export Hub

Within each country you will have access to a curated network of soft-landing coworking hubs, business support services, and a selection of incentives. All packaged to enable your business to operate seamlessly, for you to hit the ground running, and feel right at home.

Hub

Global Ambassador Club

Our professional services and business network partners will design and deliver curated sector insight events, facilitate business and peer networking, and host thematic roundtables covering financial, operational and regional foreign direct investment opportunities and incentives.

Club

A pathway flowchart detailing a 3-year educational programme. The diagram starts with programme start followed by YEAR 1, which includes engagement events with the Global Ambassador Club, export visualisation with the Global Export Academy, Specialist micro-credentials with the Global Export Academy, managing in a changing world, in-person residential, with the Open University, and creating and sustaining value with the Open University, as key elements. Then it progresses to YEAR 2, which includes effective strategic management, in-person residential, with the Open University, finance for strategic decision-making with the Open University, export innovation collective with the Global Ambassador Club, embedded collaboration readiness with the Global Export Academy, supply chain management with the Open University, and sustainable creative management with the Open University, as key elements. Finally, YEAR 3 focuses on the management of change with the Open University, sector insight roundtables with the Global Export Academy, an MBA project, in-person residential, with the Open University, and global export site visits with the Global Export Hub. The diagram end with You are now Export Ready. At the bottom, there is text that reads The Open University Business School and Use of the OU/BS MBA curriculum for this programme is pending validation.

Use of the OUBS MBA curriculum for this programme is pending validation

What qualifications will I obtain?

The Business Export Exchange Programme has integrated a series of standalone specialist export-readiness workshops, underpinned by a tailored MBA delivered by The Open University’s Business School, part of an elite group of 1% of business schools which are triple-accredited.

This work-based programme, delivered by an institution with more than five decades’ experience in research-informed, supported distance learning, gives you the strategic leadership skills to implement your export strategy.

The curriculum is internationally relevant, created and taught by academics with industry insight and experience, and supported by research that achieves global impact. Upon completion, you will join the Business School’s network of almost 119,000 alumni in over 125 countries, including over 28,000 MBA graduates.

Apply now