Want your company to go global? Keep these 9 tips in mind when eyeing foreign shores:

1. Research and map out your export journey.
2. Know where you want to go and go there.
3. Take that decisive step and follow it up with sensible judgment. Jump in with both feet first, but keep them firmly planted on the ground.
4. Keep your ego in check. Don't let the prospect of "going global" inflate your ego and cause misjudgments.
5. If it smells, looks, or feels bad, don't try to rationalize otherwise. Trust your instincts.
6. Treat people as you yourself want to be treated.
7. Make personal contact with attentiveness, courtesy, professionalism, and consistency.
8. Factor in a three-year lead-time for world market penetration. It takes time and patience.
9. In a global marketplace, welcome the unknown.

In addition to the advice above I would like to add that you must know your target market e.g. how people do business in Nigeria and how people do business in the UK differs hugely.

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Research and organising the right team/ product tops the list for me.

Really learnt a lot from this article, hope you can too - https://blog.changera.co/steps-to-take-your-business-global/