What is Connecting Dots Globally?

From Spark to Scale: Empowering Entrepreneurs, Elevating Communities

We believe entrepreneurship is a catalyst for inclusive economic development. That’s why we design and deliver programs that guide entrepreneurs, from youth to small business owners—on their journey from idea to launch, growth, and global expansion.

Whether you're exploring your first business idea, growing your company, or preparing to enter international markets, we meet you where you are and help you move forward with confidence.

What We Offer

💡 Idea to Launch

We help entrepreneurs turn ideas into real businesses. Through hands-on training in business planning, customer discovery, branding, and financial literacy, we provide the foundation needed to start strong.

📈 Growth & Development

For small business owners, we offer support to grow strategically—improving operations, expanding customer bases, streamlining finances, and building resilient teams. Our programs are tailored to help businesses stabilize and scale.

🌍 Global Readiness

We prepare entrepreneurs to take their businesses global. From export readiness to international trade strategies and cross-border partnerships, we open doors to new markets and global opportunities.

Who We Serve

We proudly support:

• Youth and students, especially in STEAM, introducing entrepreneurship as a pathway for creativity and leadership

• Underserved and underrepresented communities, providing equitable access to entrepreneurial tools and support

• Small business owners, helping them grow, pivot, and thrive

• Emerging global entrepreneurs, ready to expand their impact worldwide

Beyond Programs: Supporting Global Events & Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

We don’t just build programs—we build ecosystems.

Each year, we support and participate in entrepreneurship events, expos, and conferences around the world. From sponsoring pitch competitions to delivering keynotes and workshops, we’re proud to help create spaces where entrepreneurs can learn, connect, and grow.

These collaborations fuel innovation, foster inclusion, and amplify impact across communities and industries.

In summary: To ignite inclusive economic growth by empowering youth, small business owners, and underserved communities, helping them move from idea to impact, from local roots to global success.

Ready to grow? Let’s build the future together.

Youth program sample:

Each year students engage in an intensive hands-on virtual learning experience that simulates an entrepreneurial and business international trade mission. Through this extraordinary opportunity, awareness is created around exciting careers in entrepreneurial and international business in high-tech industries; many in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) fields. We call this STEAMpreneurship ®.  

Check out a sample prior program here. 

Host an Entrepreneurial Global Trade Mission for your High School Students

The Global Trade Mission (GTM) provides a unique experience for High School students to participate in a simulated trade mission. 

To date, over 5,000 high school students have learned about issues in global trade, cultural diversity, entrepreneurship, and business and technology tools through The Global Trade Mission program.

GTM is made possible through a partnership between Secondary Schools, Colleges/Universities, local governments, and the private sector, and is an outstanding model of business, government, and education working together to address the skills of 21st century students.

This Intensive hands-on learning experience will help your students:

• Gain entrepreneurial leadership and international business trade skills

• Engage with student and business leaders for the first time

• Through mentoring by local and global experts

• Address and solve world challenges

• Interact with STEAM related fields (Science, Tech, Engineering, Art and Math)

• Climate adaptation and mitigation focus since 2010

• Create a business idea and pitch it to a panel of judges