Laurel Delaney Global TradeSource Ltd.

Laurel Delaney is a successful entrepreneur, speaker, educator and author with over 20 years of global business experience. She runs GlobeTrade.com and LaurelDelaney.com, Chicago-based firms specializing in international entrepreneurship.

The United States Small Business Administration has recognized Ms. Delaney as a world-renowned global small business expert by naming her the “Illinois Exporter of the Year.” She is the author of “Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Business” as well as numerous articles that have appeared in international and scholarly publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Conference Board. She is also the global business columnist for Entrepreneur magazine.

Ms. Delaney produces a monthly e-zine called “Borderbuster” and is the creator of three blogs: Escape From Corporate America, Women Presidents’ Organization Chicago Chapter and The Global Small Business Blog, which Technorati ranks 260,677 among 72 million blogs.

In addition, she serves on the International BOD for the Women Presidents’ Organization, is a Governing Body member of ATHENAPowerLink and was recently named to the 2006 Irish America Magazine Business 100, a distinction that celebrates the entrepreneurial and business success of Irish-Americans.

Ms. Delaney holds an M.B.A. from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

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