Exports Insights Podcast
Since September 2025

Real stories
on going to new markets.

Exports Insights is a conversation with operators, founders and export managers building B2B businesses across borders — the playbook, the pitfalls, and the practical work of entering a market you don’t yet know.

B2B exports · GTM · market entry
PODCAST OF dbrulz, in cooperation with brulz
01About

Practical insights on exports, market entry and go-to-market.

“If your work involves new market entry, we’d love to hear how you got there.”

The Exports Insights Podcast launched in September 2025 to share practical insights, lived experience and real stories on exports, entering new markets and go-to-market strategies for B2B businesses across industries.

Each episode is a working conversation — not a sales pitch. We talk to CEOs, export managers and GTM leaders about the decisions, tools and mechanics behind reaching customers in countries they didn’t start in.

02Recent Episodes

Conversations with experts who’ve actually shipped abroad.

Alexander Märdian, guest speaker on the Exports Insights B2B exports podcast EP · 006 48 MIN
MARKET EXPANSION & INNOVATION

Scaling European Food and Agri Tech

Alexander Märdian Play →
Antonio J Pagan, guest speaker on the Exports Insights B2B exports podcast EP · 005 57 MIN
WORKING ACCROSS BORDERS

Managing Global Exports Growth

Antonio J Pagan Play →
Katerina Smiljkovic, guest speaker on the Exports Insights B2B exports podcast EP · 004 41 MIN
Legal & regulatory

Role of Intellectual Property in Global Market Entry

Katerina Smiljkovic Play →
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03Topics we cover

What we talk about on the record.

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Export & GTM experience

Company size, real stories, the challenges and the upside of going abroad as a B2B operator.

T/02

Selecting new markets

How teams approach analysis and selection — the tools, signals and trade-offs in play.

T/03

Working across borders

Communication mechanics with foreign markets — cadence, time zones, partners, language.

T/04

Contacts & channels

Contact management, marketing channels and what actually generates pipeline in a new geography.

T/05

Legal & regulatory

The realities of trading in another country — contracts, compliance, tax, the unglamorous parts.

T/06

Tech stack & tools

The critical software and operational tooling teams rely on when running cross-border GTM.

T/07

Real market-entry stories

What it actually took — first customer, first hire abroad, first regulatory headache, in their words.

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What we won’t do

No vendor pitches, no recycled trade-show talking points. Experts and operators only, on the record.

04Listen & subscribe

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Open call · Guests welcome

Got a market-entry story worth telling?

If your role involves new market entry — CEO, Export Manager, GTM lead — and you believe you can contribute, we’d love to have you on. Bring the real story, the unglamorous parts included.

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