The Riddle of the Exporter Expands with Small Business Development Centers to Offer Export Seminar

DALLAS - Sept. 16, 2014 - PRLog -- The Riddle of the Exporter™ continues to be considered  “The best workshop on exporting, making a complex topic easy to understand while being fun and interactive” . These accolades come from entrepreneurs, bankers and SBDC counselors throughout the U.S.

At the fall conference for the Association of Small Business Development Centers, Elyse Eriksson, creator of The Riddle of the Exporter™ seminars certified Small Business Development Center (SBDC) counselors from the following states/territories to become facilitators. The Riddle of the Exporter™ Certified Trainers include: Arizona-Prescott:  Fred Kennedy; Florida USF & UCF: Selma Canas, Jill McLaughlin; Illinois-CLC: Nicole Massey-Pratt; New Jersey Rutgers: Elayne Stanback-McClaine; New York-CityTech at Cuny: Pasqual Castano, Rob Piechota; Puerto Rico-Carmen Marti and Texas-Austin: Orlando Colmenero. Other states with certified counselors include: Alaska SBDC, Imperial Valley, California SBDC, Connecticut SBDC, Florida SBDC, Illinois-Chicago JVS SBDC, New Jersey SBDC, Pacific Islands SBDC Network, Texas-Wichita Falls SBDC and Utah SBDC.

The Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) are the preeminent providers of small/medium business counseling, education and information. The SBDC network provides high quality, cost effective assistance through its members, resulting in a positive long-term economic impact. The SBDC annual conference was held at the Gaylord, Grapevine, Texas, September 10-12th and welcomed over 1400 directors and counselors of the association.

   The Riddle of the Exporter™ utilizing its seminar and workbook, certified counselors at a pre-conference event and then was the opening day training of the International Track of the conference. The TPCC-Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee and the SBA OIT-Office of International Trade sponsor the International Track. This year's track offered over fifteen programs specializing in advanced international trade topics.

For more information on how you can participate in The Riddle of the Exporter™ 1-Day Seminar in your state, contact Elyse Eriksson, Elyse@ExportConnector.com, www.riddleoftheexporter.com, www.exportconnector.com or www.asbdc-us.org