Last Friday, Ambassador Traina hosted another one of the so-called Entrepreneurship Breakfasts, which are co-sponsored by the Embassy and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKOe) and offer Austrian entrepreneurs the opportunity to network and share experiences. Among the guests were representatives of those startups that will take part in the Chamber’s Go Silicon Valley program this year. Ambassador Traina and WKOe-Vice President Jürgen …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 19 February, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events, Success Stories | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, business, business leader, CEO, entrepreneurship, Go Silicon Valley, Jürgen Roth, mentor, startup, Trevor Traina, WKO, WKOe
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross arrived in Austria last Tuesday. In his meetings with Minister of Finance Gernot Blümel , Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Margarete Schramböck , and Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler , he discussed bilateral economic and trade relations. The USA is one of Austria’s most important trading partners, ranking second among the country’s export destinations. Austria is one of the fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment in the United States – with Austrian companies …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 13 February, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Key Officials, Trade, U.S. & Austria | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, business, business leader, CEO, economy, government officials, Harald Mahrer, Secretary of Commerce, SelectUSA, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, Wilbur Ross, WKO, WKOe
Ambassador Traina led the largest Austrian delegation ever to the Select USA Investment Summit, which took place this year from June 10-12 in Washington, D.C. More than 20 delegates, including representatives from multi-national companies with subsidiaries in the U.S., exporters, and dynamic tech startups, attended the most important FDI event in the United States. The …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S. | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, entrepreneurship, industry, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
At the Entrepreneurship Breakfast – at the Wirtschaftskammer- headquarters with co-host Jürgen Roth – Ambassador Traina welcomed the participants, and announced that he will be leading the Austrian delegation, including eight innovative companies, to The Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague on June 4 and 5. The Ambassador will also be leading the largest Austrian delegation on record to the …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 14 May, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S. | Tags: 3daystartup, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
At Amerika Haus, Ambassador Trevor Traina welcomed 20 new Austrian entrepreneurs into the Austria to Austin community. This summer, these entrepreneurs will spend two weeks in Austin, Texas for a series of intense entrepreneurship workshops with 3DayStartup. While in Austin, participants will not only work on starting their own businesses, but get an in-depth look …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 April, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, business, entrepreneurship, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
Ambassador Traina invited to another “Entrepreneurship Breakfast” in his residence and offered, in cooperation with the Wirtschaftskammer, Austrian Entrepreneurs the opportunity to network and exchange ideas. The guests also learned about the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) and Select USA Summit , the Austria to Austin Student Startup Program of the Embassy, and the WKÖ Accelerator Program Go Silicon …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 15 March, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Events | Tags: 3daystartup, 3DS, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKO, WKOe
Ambassador Traina traveled to the industrial powerhouse of Upper Austria to visit two of the largest Austrian investors in the United States, voestalpine and Miba. Together, voestalpine and Miba employ thousands of Americans in plants from Texas to Wisconsin to Georgia, investing over $1 billion in the U.S. economy, not only investing in American manufacturing, …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 30 January, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Deputy Chief of Mission, Doing Business in the U.S., Trade | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, Christoph Ederer, F. Peter Mitterbauer, Herbert Eibensteiner, industry, investor, Laakirchen, Linz, Matthias Pastl, Miba, Peter Mitterbauer, SelectUSA, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, voestalpine, Wolfgang Eder
Ambassador Traina hosted his first entrepreneurship breakfast at his residence. These meetings are a cooperation with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. The goal is for Austrian entrepreneurs to have a chance to talk about their projects and to network. Ambassador Traina, himself an experienced entrepreneur, gave a talk about his own experiences, problematic situations and …
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 31 August, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events | Tags: A2A, ATA, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin