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Celebrating 20 Years of Helping
Entrepreneurs and Innovators Succeed
Silberman College of Business • Fairleigh Dickinson University
Looking Forward
We celebrated our
20th anniversary
on April 27, where
we honored many
distinguished entrepreneurs and
innovators as well as our staff,
faculty and sponsors. Thank
you to our extended family for
helping to make the past 20
years so successful in the areas
of entrepreneurship, family
business and innovation. We
hope to see you at some of our
upcoming events!
James C. Barrood
Executive Director
Rothman Institute of
Entrepreneurship
Recognition Reception to Honor Entrepreneurial Students,
FDU Alumnus Brad Neilley to Give Keynote
The 2010 FDU Innovation Challenge and New Jersey Student Entrepreneur
Award winners will be honored at the Eighth Annual Recognition Reception
on September 10. Guest lecturer and alumnus Brad Neilley, CEO and
co-founder of Green Planet Group, will share his entrepreneurial experiences.
His company, Green Planet Group, is a global organization that is leading efforts to harness technology for a healthy world by providing solutions to build infrastructures
using the latest innovative and sustainable energies. Information at www.fdu.edu/rothman.
2010 Innovation Conference Focuses on Philanthropy
On September 28, the Institute will host a seminar
designed to help the executive management teams of small
and medium-size businesses, corporations and nonprofits
better manage innovation. The program will feature insights from innovation leaders including PopTech’s Andrew
Zolli, Michael J. Fox Foundation’s co-founder Deborah
Brooks and the United Nations Office of Partnerships’
Amir Dossal. Learn more at www.fdu.edu/innovation.
Andrew Zolli Deborah Brooks
Veterans Launching Ventures Starts Second Cohort
The Institute is proud to announce that its first group of students completed the Veterans Launching
Ventures program this past spring. This program provides skills and support for veterans to seize entrepreneurial
opportunities and launch small businesses and nonprofits. Taught by a team of experienced faculty and entrepreneurs, this unique program combines in-person instruction with online education to teach students the fundamentals of starting a new venture. Register for the September 24 class today at www.fdu.edu/veterans.
New Jersey Family Business of the Year Awards
Each year, the Institute, with other corporate sponsors, coordinates this annual event, which selects the finest family businesses in the state and recognizes them for their history and community outreach efforts at an awards
luncheon in October. Mark your calendars! The 2010 New Jersey Family
Business of the Year Awards Program will be held on Tuesday, October 12, at
the Crystal Plaza in Livingston, N.J. Find out more at www.fdu.edu/family.
Emcee Brenda Blackmon, co-anchor of My9 News WWOR-TV
Institute Co-presenting Reinventing Your Business Seminar
Join us on October 14 in Somerset, N.J., for the Reinventing Your Business
Through Innovation Conference. Following a keynote by former Wyeth
CEO, Robert Essner, expert panelists from various-sized businesses will present in two panels: Reinventing Your Business for Survival and Innovative
Business Models for Growth. More about this Rothman Institute/Association for Corporate Growth event at www.fdu.edu/rothman.
Events/Programs Update
September 24: Veterans Launching Ventures Fall Program
October 12: 18th Annual Family Business of the Year Awards
October 14: O.Berk Family Business Forum (FBF): The Ins and Outs of Effective
Succession Planning
November 18: O.Berk FBF: Dealing with Human Resource Issues
December 1: O.Berk FBF: Valuating the Family-owned Firm, plus How to Improve
Your Negotiating Skills • Holiday Social
Novartis
Head to Give
2010 CEO
Innovation
Lecture
Daniel Vasella,
MD, chairman
of Novartis, will give the Fifth
Annual 2010 CEO Innovation
Lecture on November 11. He
has served as CEO and executive member of the board
of directors for 14 years following the merger that created Novartis in 1996. During
his tenure as CEO, Vasella
has led Novartis through dynamic growth to rank among
the world’s most successful
health care companies and
strategically refocused the
portfolio to include pharmaceuticals, vaccines and diagnostics, generics and consumer health. Information at
www.fdu.edu/innovation.
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O.Berk Company Family Business Forum
The Family Business Forum has been renamed, thanks
to the Gaelen family’s generous contribution. Since
1910, the O.Berk Company has been a family-owned and
operated business, which supplies glass and plastic
containers and closures nationwide. O.Berk currently
serves more than 3,500 top consumer brands in the
household, beauty and pharmaceutical industries
through a regional and national distribution network.
2010 Program Reconvenes in September
The Family Business Forum is designed to provide family
businesses with an opportunity to learn from leading experts about proven strategies for successfully owning
and operating a family business. Leading consultants
from throughout the nation will be on hand
this year to instruct members on issues of
particular interest to their unique needs,
and will address both the “emotional” aspect of family business, as well as the issue
of professional development. For more information and to come as a guest to an upKim Dennison
coming program, call Kim Dennison at 973443-8880.
Mark your calendars for the 2010 New Jersey Family
Business of the Year Awards Program! Please join us on
Tuesday, October 12, at the Crystal Plaza, Livingston, N.J.
To attend, call Kim Dennison at 973-443-8880.
O.Berk Company Family Business Forum
Updating Your Family Firm for the New Decade
September 16, 2010 • 8–11:30 a.m. An Examination of Family
Business Boundaries Speaker: Jane Adams, Renowned Family
Business Expert, Coach and Author
October 1 and 5, 2010: Offsite programs at Brookdale Community
College/Clark on Leveraging Social Media to Grow Your Business
20th Anniversary Celebration
A fantastic gala event was held
on April 29 to celebrate the Institute’s accomplishments and
honor entrepreneurs and innovators, including keynoter, John
Crowley of Amicus Therapeutics. Video at www.fdu.edu/ri20.
John Crowley
October 14, 2010 • 8–10:30 a.m. The Ins and Outs of Effective
Succession Planning
November 18, 2010 • 8–10:30 a.m. Dealing with Human
Resource Issues that Affect Family Firms Speaker: Bud D’Avella,
President, Prudent Publishing Company
December 1, 2010 • 3–5 p.m. Valuing the Family-owned Firm, plus
How to Improve Your Negotiating Skills Rothman Institute Holiday
celebration to be held after this program.
The O.Berk Family Business Forum’s now on LinkedIn! Join our
group for networking and useful information. Search “O.Berk
Family” to find us.
From left, FDU President J. Michael Adams, O.Berk
Company Retired Chairman Norbert Gaelen and
Silberman College of Business Dean William Moore
Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship
Fairleigh Dickinson University
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285 Madison Avenue
Madison NJ, 07940
www.fdu.edu/rothman • 973-443-8842
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