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Andrew Kaufman

My practice is based on advising foreign SMEs investing in the UK and I understand all the cultural issues dealing with Swiss SMEs. I also speak German and French.

Next Event

Forum for Swiss Foreign Trade and Investment 2010

Place: Zurich Exhibition Centre, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Date: 15^th and 16^th of April 2010

Discovering new market opportunities, generating contacts, exchanging experience: The Forum for Swiss Foreign Trade and Investment is the meeting place for Swiss export industry. You can be there when more than 700 SMEs, entrepreneurs and representatives of politics and industry discuss news and trends in international business at the Zurich Exhibition Centre.

The current economic situation and the potential for Swiss SMEs on the European market will be the key topics in 2010. Special focus will be the biggest trading partner of Switzerland, Germany.

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Press

Introduction Pool of Experts in the Newsletter of Canton of Vaud's Chamber of Commerce, June 08
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Publication on the Pool of Expers in the Newsletter of the Canton Geneva Chamber of Commerce, April 08
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About Us

Credo

Pool Of Experts is an online directory of experts who are able to support Swiss and Liechtensteiner small- and medium size enterprises (SME) in building their international business. The Pool Of Experts offers a quick and transparent tool for the preselection of experts. The gateway is actively promoted to Swiss SME interested in a global expansion.

Background

2002 Pool Of Experts (first generation) has been initiated by Osec Business Network Switzerland under a mandate from the Swiss government.
In a separate effort, a Joint Venture Businesswiss was formed by its four Venture Partners Fargate AG, and Flare International, Media Taskforce and Headwire in 2003 to provide an easy access contact database for Swiss SME (KMU) to international experts.
2004 the two ventures joined to form the new Pool Of Experts. In October 05 the Pool Of Experts online expert platform was launched as a joint venture of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Fargate AG, Flare International and Osec Business Network Switzerland.
By end 2007 the preliminary start-up phase has been accomplished. Since the operative functionality did not justify the involvement of a Steering Committee any more, the four joint venture partners decided to restructure the board and integrate the Pool Of Experts into Osec’s product portfolio.
Operations are financed by Osec under an export development grant and mandate by the Swiss government. Copyright (c) Osec Business Network Switzerland. All Rights Reserved. Osec gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Businesswiss to this site.
This website is based on the business referral software of and hosted by MatchingNeeds.com, Inc.

Acknowledgement

Osec gratefully acknowledges the outstanding contributions of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Fargate AG und Flare International USA to building up the Pool Of Experts platform.

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