I had a Aussie business partner for 7 years. His 6AM tomorrow was like 4PM in my today.
We had a site administrator and content writer who was Indian but lived on an island near the arctic circle, a dutch lady with broken English who headed up part of our marketing and advertising wing, and thousands of members from around the world who spoke numerous languages.
Fact is our budget didn't afford us to have people translate all these languages and most of the team at least spoke some English so we learned to face the day with Google Translate and the power of Skype Chats.
When you decide to start an international business you shouldn't be narrow minded and say I will only do business with people who speak Spanish, English, French, or Russian. You simply do your best to serve each community equally. Sure you will have cases where the Person from Serbia who grew up in the USSR doesn't trust the Americans, or the person in China and the other business partner in Japan can't agree who is right on maritime issues, but being a steady voice of reason will eventually win over the sharpest critics.
In short, do what it takes to serve the global community. Don't look for reasons it wont work or for an opportunity to avoid difficult and just ship off your PSA to someone who speaks their language. Learn and grow, and as US President Eisenhower said, "The Buck Stops Here".
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I had a Aussie business partner for 7 years. His 6AM tomorrow was like 4PM in my today.
We had a site administrator and content writer who was Indian but lived on an island near the arctic circle, a dutch lady with broken English who headed up part of our marketing and advertising wing, and thousands of members from around the world who spoke numerous languages.
Fact is our budget didn't afford us to have people translate all these languages and most of the team at least spoke
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