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2006 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Attendees are able to participate in two of twenty-two breakout sessions. The breakouts will feature high profile businesspeople and entrepreneurs, covering a wide range of topics. This year’s proposed sessions include:

A.M. Sessions (10:30-11:45)

    1. Differentiate Your Business Proposals with Insight and Substance
      - Stephanie Leibowitz, Partner, Proposaldocs
      - Donna Anselmo, Partner, Proposaldocs

    2. Business Startup: Creating A Launchpad
      - Ritu Wackett, Business Advisor, SBDC

    3. How To Finance: Where's The Money?…And How To Get It
      - Mark C. Parrott, Host, Money Talks
      - Chip Randall, Vice President, Lehman Brothers
      - Richard Cassiano, President, North American Resource Capital, Inc.

    4. Franchising: How To Be In Business For Yourself, Not By Yourself
      - Harold L. Kestenbaum, Farrell Fritz, P.C.

    5. Selling with E's
      - L. Scott Fenwick, President, Fenwick Consulting & Training

    6. Renting Space and Negotiating Leases
      - Matthew Lamstein, Partner, Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella, & Yedid

    7. Growing a Successful Consulting Business
      -James V. Kelly, Jr., Principal and CEO, JVKelly Group, Inc.

       
    9. Writing a Business Plan: A Springboard to Success
      - Mark Wan, Business Advisor, SBDC

    10. What Role Does Intellectual Property Play In Entrepreneurial Businesses?
      - Ronald J. Baron, Esq., Partner, Hoffmann & Baron, LLP


    P.M. Sessions (2:15-3:30)

    1. Direct Mail for Small Business
       - Vito Fortuna, United States Post Office
       - Tony Magnifico, Corporate Color

    2. No More Bricks and Mortar: Developing An Online Business
      - Jeff Ehrlich, Fulfillment Plus
       - Steve Schwimmer

    3. The Top Ten List For Your Accountant
      - Justine DeVito Tenney, CPA, CFP, Partner, Private Business Group, Weiser LLP
    5. Consulting 101
      - Rich Kruse, President, Execuleaders
      - Mindy Ferrentino Wolfle, Neptune Marketing LLC
       - James V. Kelly, Jr., Principal and CEO, JVKelly Group, Inc.

    6. Are You An Entrepreneur: Do You Have The Goods?
      - Linda Calderone, Professor & Acting Chair, Business/Management Technology Dept., Farmingdale State
      - Annette Wanderer, Assistant Professor, Business Dept., Farmingdale State
      - Jill O'Sullivan, Professor, Business/Management Technology Dept., Farmingdale State
      -       Jason Hirschhorn, President / CEO, Corninthian Cast Stone, Inc.

       
    7. How To Finance: Where's The Money?…And How To Get It
      - Mark C. Parrott, Host, Money Talks
      - Chip Randall, Vice President, Lehman Brothers
      - Richard Cassiano, President, North American Resource Capital, Inc.


    8. Transitioning From Employee To Business Owner
      - Mark Grindel, Water Jets Unlimited
      - Lillian Dent, LL Dent
      - Mark A. Murray, Member, Murray and Hopkins

    9. Small Business Record Keeping Using QuickBooks
      - Carolyn A. Dauphin
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