Founder

GlobeTrade was founded by Laurel Delaney, a successful entrepreneur, author, speaker, and educator with more than 20 years of experience in global business.

Delaney has extensive international travel experience and is a renowned global small business expert. She is an adjunct professor of MBA International Marketing at Loyola University Chicago.

Her first book, Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Business (Self Counsel Press, 1998), was featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Journal of Commerce, Entrepreneur and Inc.

Delaney's articles have been published in numerous international newspapers and business publications, including China International Business, Fortune Small Business, the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, The Conference Board and The Wall Street Journal. Her work has also appeared on the Web sites of Dun & Bradstreet, the Institute of Management & Administration, and the Small Business Association's Online Women's Business Center. She is the global small business columnist for Entrepreneur magazine.

Delaney serves on several boards, including the Illinois Board of Higher Education's International Education Industry Advisory Council, the Journal of International Entrepreneurship, and Women Entrepreneurs Inc. She is the Chicago chapter facilitator for the Women Presidents' Organization.

Delaney was named to the 2006 Irish America Magazine Business 100, a distinction celebrating the entrepreneurial and business success of Irish-Americans. She has also been awarded the Illinois Exporter of the Year by the United States Small Business Administration.

She holds a BA in Advertising from Columbia College and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

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