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Judges this month selected 12 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge winners out of a competitive slate of applicants.
Twelve metro-
Atlanta companies have been selected for $5,000 grants that will help them find or grow export business as the world pushes toward recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aside from the reimbursable grants, the Atlanta Metro Export Challenge winners will receive a
Delta Air Lines Inc. ticket voucher and customized mentorship to help build their business globally.
The program is in its sixth year, the fifth since it transitioned from a Brookings Institution-led program to one that has been embraced by metro-area economic development organizations.
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Atlanta s exporters are not just limited to the Fortune 500, and the Metro Export Challenge hopes to engage small businesses reaching the international market. Photo: MAC
During the pandemic, many companies were just trying to survive, let alone market their goods and services to foreign buyers.
Yet the annual Atlanta Metro Export Challenge grant winners in 2020 proved that opportunity abounds for export sales with the right level of support, even in the most uncertain times.
John Woodward
Participants used $5,000 grants to internationalize and translate their websites, ensure compliance with Europe’s privacy regulations, gain ISO certifications and virtually present products to foreign clients in a word, they “pivoted” when it became evident that travel and trades shows would not be an option.