Since offering that quote in October of 1994, Bush has steered clear of environmental issues. That query brought 844 hits. Austin's business and political officials are looking to raise the city's profile in international commerce. To this end, about 360 of these officials got together over lunch Feb. 16 to shuffle business cards and listen to Deidre Mendez , president of the Austin-based international consulting company Foreign Business Management Consultants. People are starting to look at international business as our next hurdle.
International sales is a necessary part of their expansion.
The Mendez report quizzed 53 companies with a 31-point survey on problems associated with doing global business in Austin. Mendez's company, along with the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and graduate students from UT, completed the report. Together with the city's high-tech bosses, they now are looking to craft some initiatives to overcome the obstacles.