Event Details

Launch of Long Beach City College's BEAM Program: B2B E-commerce for Advanced Manufacturing

Port of Long Beach Long Beach

Join Getting to Global and Long Beach City College’s BEAM Program for an interactive 2-hour conference that helps branded manufacturers, retailers and components companies develop a strategy for taking their online business global. Learn from the leaders in the space about what is and isn’t working for them and leave with actionable takeaways. Getting to Global and the GRIN run a combined 20+ labs around the world annually, including Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Mumbai, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the UK. Watch the lab trailer here.

Who it’s for? Anyone looking for hands-on insights and tools to apply to their global online strategy. (Primarily branded manufacturers, online merchants and retailers)

Benefits of attending:

  • Understand best practice for new market entry
  • Work with other lab participants on how to develop your new market entry and global strategy
  • Catapult your global network

Topics covered:

  • Why Global? Where do I Start?
  • What can the data show me about my specific market opportunity?
  • What are the best tools to move forward?
  • How do I prioritize my global journey and optimize my existing overseas sales strategy?

The experience creators

Carl Miller, Managing Director, Global Retail Insights Network Inc, Executive Producer of the Getting to Global Series.

Carl Miller is the Founder and Managing Director of the Global Retail Insights Network (GRIN), the principal not-for-profit global community for eCommerce professionals. Carl founded the GRIN to help cross border retailers lead and innovate through knowledge and collaboration. He previously led the retail practice at GlobalCollect (an Ingenico company), where he worked with top retailers, helping them develop global eCommerce strategies. Carl is studying innovation at the Haas School of Business executive education program, and has been designated as a ‘Top of the List E-Commerce Professional’ by the San Francisco Business Times for his innovation around B2C services.