Imagine you were to start your own business in Kleve, manufacturing small but smart household robots. Assume your business has developed a product currently superior to any competition. You have secured an initial manufacturing facility in Kleve-Kellen, with enough space to expand. However, the manufacturing process is complex. You have already convinced a number of very wealthy investors to meet your financing needs of the next two to three years, so there is no pressing need for going public yet.   1. Why would your business "go global" early on? And how would your startup business be positioned in a global market?

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Imagine you were to start your own business in Kleve, manufacturing small but smart household robots. Assume your business has developed a product currently superior to any competition. You have secured an initial manufacturing facility in Kleve-Kellen, with enough space to expand. However, the manufacturing process is complex. You have already convinced a number of very wealthy investors to meet your financing needs of the next two to three years, so there is no pressing need for going public yet.

 

1. Why would your business "go global" early on? And how would your startup business be positioned in a global market?

 

2. Please propose a likely sequence of steps, that your business has to take to achieve this sort of global ambition. Don't just name the steps but also elaborate on business resources you consider essential.

 

3. Please identify the three biggest challenges you expect to meet in the process of "going global"! Please be as specific as you can be, the more your analysis is centered on the type of business and approach sketched above, the better!

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