What is iExec?

In business, it's who you know as well as what you know. Every contact you make is another rung on the ladder of success. The iExec Network will help you develop and expand your business network, enabling you to grow your business.

By joining iExec, we can help you to

    * Build contacts with complementary businesses
    * Obtain "warm" leads to increase your business
    * Expand your businesses reach and access to information
    * Improve your networking skills
    * Develop your business development skills

For any business, networking can provide a lifeline of support and business generation.

Networking can help you improve your business performance, products and staff skills

You can use networking to boost your reputation and gather new leads. You can:

    *      raise your business profile by becoming an established and regular networking member, getting your face and the business known
    *      meet new people and build mutually beneficial business relationships
    *      expand your markets by generating new business contacts with potential customers, suppliers and partners
    *      establish overseas partnerships, eg through international exhibitions and conferences

Networks can also be a key source of information and support. You can:

    *      compare and discuss issues of common interest, eg legal and regulatory developments, staff retention, supplier networks, customer service and computerisation
    *      develop and share ideas, innovation and knowledge of best practice

The extent to which you benefit will depend on the events and services the network partnership offers and how actively you become involved. Some businesses are reluctant to seek advice or get help for fear of being embarrassed or giving a competitor an opportunity to take advantage. However, for most businesses, the benefits of taking an active role in a network usually outweigh any potential concerns or reasons not to network.

International networks

Many businesses have international dimensions, eg foreign suppliers or customers, overseas branches or staff with a foreign background.

Some belong to international networks of similar businesses because it helps them to manage those international dimensions better and to benefit from them.

Benefits from international networks can include:

    *      information on developments in an overseas industry/sector or market
    *      staff exchanges to facilitate understanding, to help developing countries and to share practices and knowledge
    *      skills building and training processes, eg employment processes, export/import procedures
    *      understanding of regulations and documentation, eg for overseas customs or licensing authorities

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