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>work in a company that makes 100% European products, unique, patented in all relevant EU institutions
>rock the domestic market
>trying to reach foreign business contacts so start off with EU countries, naturally
>send propositions to 7 German companies
>5 of them reply (all five reply within two-three days), every answer is "Too expensive for us", a.k.a we're not their Syrians in plight - cheap colony with cheaper people
>contact 3 largest Italian companies
>takes them two weeks to send an automated message
>third week they all respond
>"we're currently all booked up", not even a sorry for the delay
>two weeks later, one of the companies LITERALLY stole our design in their next release
>contact two French companies based in Paris
>takes them four days to respond, get redirected ten times, listen to enough elevator music for a lifetime
>get the tomcat on the phone, he speaks broken English, ends up not interested because there's not enough "French" smelling in our product, "it's not a distinctly French so I am afraid French people won't buy it"
>contact the Turks
>Italian repeated with Turks
>contact the Russians
>takes them a month to respond, endless bureaucratic butthurt, sign the deal, we can't ship the amount - political clusterfuck, we end up selling 45% of the shippment, via agency of luck
>contact the Americans
>ya'll need to come to Seattle/NY/Chicago, we're not interested in coming to Europe
>contact the Japanese
>takes them hours to respond - not interested, probably because we're not Americans. SUCK IT, JAP
>contact the Brits. They respond within two days, "I'm in charge for this, that, I will give you the number of...he's our...good luck". Call the tomcat. Set up a meet. Draft the business plan.
>Brought their reps to Zagreb, payed for dinner meeting, advised on British laws, will lubricate right spots to start the delivery sooner. Paid upfront, didn't request a discount. Went away with a smile on their face
Just do business with the Brits, lads...
>rock the domestic market
>trying to reach foreign business contacts so start off with EU countries, naturally
>send propositions to 7 German companies
>5 of them reply (all five reply within two-three days), every answer is "Too expensive for us", a.k.a we're not their Syrians in plight - cheap colony with cheaper people
>contact 3 largest Italian companies
>takes them two weeks to send an automated message
>third week they all respond
>"we're currently all booked up", not even a sorry for the delay
>two weeks later, one of the companies LITERALLY stole our design in their next release
>contact two French companies based in Paris
>takes them four days to respond, get redirected ten times, listen to enough elevator music for a lifetime
>get the tomcat on the phone, he speaks broken English, ends up not interested because there's not enough "French" smelling in our product, "it's not a distinctly French so I am afraid French people won't buy it"
>contact the Turks
>Italian repeated with Turks
>contact the Russians
>takes them a month to respond, endless bureaucratic butthurt, sign the deal, we can't ship the amount - political clusterfuck, we end up selling 45% of the shippment, via agency of luck
>contact the Americans
>ya'll need to come to Seattle/NY/Chicago, we're not interested in coming to Europe
>contact the Japanese
>takes them hours to respond - not interested, probably because we're not Americans. SUCK IT, JAP
>contact the Brits. They respond within two days, "I'm in charge for this, that, I will give you the number of...he's our...good luck". Call the tomcat. Set up a meet. Draft the business plan.
>Brought their reps to Zagreb, payed for dinner meeting, advised on British laws, will lubricate right spots to start the delivery sooner. Paid upfront, didn't request a discount. Went away with a smile on their face
Just do business with the Brits, lads...
