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Welcome to Export Stories, a podcast of one-on-one interviews featuring stories from the wide—and sometimes crazy—world of U.S. exporting.Your host for Export Stories is Betsy Olim, President of Olim International, a U.S.-based export management company.Betsy has a made a 37-year career of developing global sales and distribution for U.S. companies.Olim International, Inc. provides professional export management and international distribution services to small- and medium-sized U.S. companies.Whether helping to open new international markets or strengthening a company’s unique, competitive advantages in existing export markets, Olim brings strategic vision and added value to our clients’ international distribution programs.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Export Stories, a podcast of one-on-one interviews featuring stories from the wide, and sometimes crazy, world of U.S. exporting. Your host for Export Stories is Betsy Olim, President of Olim International, a U.S.-based export management company. Betsy has a made a 37-year career of developing global sales and distribution for U.S. companies. Olim International, Inc.
Recent episodes include "Louise Kern and GloBis - Due Diligence Detectives" (5 October 2026, 58 minutes), "Tom Dustman, The Life of an Industrial Exporter" (1 September 2026, 43 minutes), and "How AI Is Transforming Import & Export Compliance: Insights from Cindy Allen" (18 May 2026, 58 minutes).
Export Stories Podcast publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 66 episodes.
Booking probability for Export Stories Podcast is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Export Stories Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Export Stories Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Export Stories Podcast is a business podcast with 66 episodes published.
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All the experts, all the consultants, and all the textbooks will tell you – the most important first step in developing any new relationship with a foreign company is due diligence . It is a must. Louise...

What could be more appropriate at this time, in this world of fluctuating tariffs and rules, than the wonderful guest we have for you today. He has a profound knowledge of the axis between industrial manufacturing...

In this episode of the Export Stories Podcast, host Betsy Olim sits down with Cindy Allen, a global trade expert and former Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance at FedEx Logistics, to unpack the growing...

Episode #62
Many of you know, because I mention it frequently, that I grew up in Memphis. And if you are from Memphis, because of its proximity, you might have been lucky enough to visit one of the most beautiful and most...

Ever since Millionpodcasts.com named Export Stories Podcast as #6 of the Best International Trade Podcasts, I thought it might be nice to invite the #2 podcast to be our guest. They are known as The Trade Guys podcast...

To celebrate our 60th episode, an accomplishment of which I am very proud, I looked to a new subject that we haven’t remotely explored – the world of literary management. How fortunate to be able to welcome a delightful...

Episode #59
I always enjoy interviewing U.S. manufacturers with a long history of export because they are, in some ways, the heart of what Export Stories Podcast is all about. Today’s guest, Blanca Ramirez, works for one such...

In our last episode with Ohio State’s CIBER’s Dr. Michael Knemeyer and Dominic DiCamillo , they proudly referred to Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business’ National Center for the Middle Market . Such an important...

Sixteen of the U.S.’s great academic institutions host what is called The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) , created by an act of Congress. Through my great fortune, and some effort, we...

We’re back – finally - for year 7 of Export Stories Podcast . I’m pinching myself. Thank you for joining us. I was very determined that our first episode of 2025 would be about AI and exports. I found the perfect guest...

You have probably noticed that I keep coming back to the subject of agriculture on this podcast – for very good reasons – it is critical to the U.S. export economy. And then it occurred to me – here, practically in my...

What a great conversation we have lined up for you today! Our guest, Andrew White, is the President of Comptus, a New Hampshire manufacturer and seller of commercial environmental sensors and controls. You will learn...

Episode #53
It is a pleasure to have as our guest Chris Wingo, Founder and Managing Director of China Sage Consultants. A native of Southern California, Chris has been dedicated to helping businesses thrive in China since 1997. He...

I like to think of today’s episode as a sixth generation of this podcast. That’s because I was introduced to today’s guest, Brian Genjian, by a guest from our 1st year’s podcast, C.J. Pinajian. (BTW, you can go back and...

Our guest, Peter Clement, shares some very valuable financial information for exporters. Peter is the Senior Vice President for International Financing at Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. , with Headquarters in New York, New...

Welcome back to Export Stories Podcast 2024! There is a reason why Argentek was named Exporter of the Year in Delaware for 2023 by the U.S. Small Business Administration . And to explore what makes this exporter so...

In today’s podcast, we visit with a Virginia company, and we get rather technical with you. That’s because our guest, Kevin Speers, is CEO and Co-Founder of SPLICE, a technology company that has created a data sharing...

With this episode, I’m going to introduce you to a company that offers products with such intriguing flavors as Rose Hip, Chrysanthemum Honey , Ginger , and Cranberry . The company is Koval Distillery , and I had a...

Let me tell you a story about today’s podcast. So, you are going along, growing your export business and it’s very exciting. And you are very pleased with yourself. The time comes to meet with your tax advisor. He or...

Episode #46
For this episode, we go to Ohio for a manufacturing story. We explore the global oil and gas industry from an insider who knows the ropes. Our guest is Sandy Winans, Global Trade Compliance Manager for Altronic. You may...
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co-founder and President, Koval Distillery
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