"The biggest question exporting can answer for your startup is 'How will I grow?'."
Depending on your product or the trajectory of growth of your startup, your sights may be set abroad for new markets. Still not convinced? Start with the Illinois SBDC's International Trade Center and its Director, Bill McNamara, who makes a case for exporting as a next step in the growth and success of your business and argues that even now is as good a time as any to start the process.