Business Leaders of America
Jay Lillie
April 28, 2011
Entrepreneurial leaders do not have a mindset that adapts to
failure. Things go wrong, of course, but entrepreneurs don´t
call them "failures" they call them "glitches, mistakes,
bungles, setbacks", but not failing.
When one such entrepreneur was asked about the hardest decision
he ever had to make, he answered that he didn´t know what a hard
decision was. An entrepreneur will approach decision-making with
the idea that there´s a strong likelihood that he/she will be
wrong. This doesn´t dissuade them to the contrary they just
do the best they can and worry about handling obstacles as they
arise.
Here are a few top entrepreneurs in the U.S.
Absorption Systems
Absorption Systems, a leader in testing drugs for ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity) and medical devices for efficacy and safety, today announced the promotion of.Sid Bhoopathy, Ph.D. from VP of Operations to Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Bhoopathy has been instrumental in the growth and development of Absorption Systems and has held various positions within the company since 2004. In his expanded role, Dr. Bhoopathy has overall responsibility for strategic leadership and day-to-day operations in sales; marketing; and planning, execution and delivery of contract services. Dr. Bhoopathy is based at the company´s Exton, PA headquarters.
StartupAddict
StartupAddict, a haven for entrepreneurial superheroes thwarting the forces of mediocrity, just released a complete redesign to its´ website funding platform. StartupAddict.com the original crowdfunding site now makes it easy to harness the power of the crowd to fund startups. In the spirit of the American Startup Partnership Initiative, StartupAddict has one simple mission: No good idea will be left unfunded. Now anyone can be an pseudo Angel and help American startups for the price of their Monday morning Latte. StartupAddict enables passionate entrepreneurs across America to utilize the crowd for funding and in the process create thousands of start ups and potential jobs.
David Schroeder, Author of "Business in the Trenches"
Newly released "Business in the Trenches" offers strategies for successful business development and leadership development by focusing on relevant lessons learned in military history. The book explains how readers can exploit the lessons of the Great War to win on the business battlefield. "Business in the Trenches" by David Schroeder combines compelling military history with insightful business analogies. It demonstrates clearly how companies grapple with the same problems as armies at war. "Business in the Trenches" describes how companies can leverage the experiences of war to solve vexing problems, apply successful business development and leadership development tactics and defeat the competition.
SAVVY Public Relations for DisplaySearch
Demand for LEDs continues to rise, with TV applications forecast to dominate LED demand through 2013, accounting for nearly 50% of total LED backlight market demand. According to the DisplaySearch Quarterly LED Supply/Demand Market Forecast Report, LED lighting will capture the lead by 2014, as demand for LEDs in LCD TV backlights falls. This drop is expected due to a decrease in the number of LED packages per set—a result of efficacy enhancements and cost reductions. "The market for LED backlights continues to grow as manufacturers leverage the technology for large display applications like notebooks, monitors, and TVs," noted Leo Liu, Senior Analyst at DisplaySearch.
University of San Francisco (USF)
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the first quarter of 2011, based on a March 2011 survey of 33 San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists, registered 3.91 on a 5 point scale (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence.) This quarter´s index rose significantly from the previous quarter´s reading of 3.75 indicating an increasing upward momentum in confidence since its low point in Q4 2008. This is the 29th consecutive quarterly survey and report and, thus, provides unique quantitative and qualitative trend data and analysis on the confidence of Silicon Valley VCs in the future high-growth entrepreneurial environment. Mark Cannice, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Business and Professional Studies, authors the report each quarter.
The NPD Group
According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, in the first quarter (Q1) of this year Apple´s mobile phone sales reached 14 percent of the U.S. market. Apple outranked HTC, Motorola and RIM as the third-largest handset brand in the U.S., behind Samsung at 23 percent and LG at 18 percent. After launching on Verizon´s network in February, Apple´s iPhone 4 further solidified its position as the top-selling mobile phone in the U.S., while iPhone 3GS, Motorola Droid X, HTC EVO 4G, and HTC Droid Incredible rounded out NPD´s top-five mobile phone handset ranking. Unit sales of smartphones increased 8 percent in Q1 compared to the previous quarter; however, total handset unit sales fell 1 percent.
National Apartment Association
A lease designed specifically to serve the unique needs of off-campus student housing apartment residents has been created by the National Apartment Association´s National Lease Program for communities located in Florida. This new Student Housing Lease addresses issues regarding the definition of parties to the lease, the lease term, rent and charges, utilities, security devices, damages and reimbursement, rent increases, repairs, notices, default by resident and more. The National Lease Program will launch the Student Housing Lease in California, North Carolina and Georgia in the near future. Leases for the other 37 states in which the National Lease Program currently operates will follow, based on demand and pending legal review.
LocumTenens.com
LocumTenens.com, operator of the largest job board for the locum tenens industry and full-service recruiting firm, reports that the LocumTenens.com Online Job Index rose 14 points in the first quarter of 2011, beginning the year with a 6.6% increase and reaching the highest level of active jobs since the beginning of the index, topping the previous high in the first quarter of 2010.
The Investor Relations Group
Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. announced a distribution and partnership agreement with a leading financial services corporation for Intellicheck Mobilisa´s latest product, ID Risk CheckSM. This latest partnership agreement permits ID Risk Check to be incorporated into over 14,000 retailers´ point of sale systems. ID Risk Check was developed specifically to meet the needs of fraud and loss prevention in retail applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Intellicheck Mobilisa´s patented ID-Check driver license scanning technology is incorporated and distributed as an integral component of ID Risk Check. The product will be available to all divisions of the financial services corporation for use and sale in their numerous financial risk management applications.
DiscountASP.NET
DiscountASP.NET, a leader in Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting, announces the launch of hosted TFS services in Europe in a UK-based datacenter. With this expansion, DiscountASP.NET provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for source code version control and bug tracking that is in closer proximity to European developers.
Spiro & Associates Marketing for TrapBag®
Six miles of TrapBag cellular containment barriers installed at strategic locations in Fargo, N.D., helped make this year´s flooding of the Red River of the North one of the least damaging in years. Fargo officials are crediting new and alternative protective measures, as well as better planning and preparation time, for the improvements in flood protection.
Engstrom PR for Profiles in History
Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is set to hold a multi-million dollar Hollywood memorabilia auction May 14 and May 15 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Over 1,600 available lots include coveted items from Disney Animation history as well as original apparel worn by stars in some of Hollywood´s most popular movies.
The Investor Relations Group for Pacific Biomarkers, Inc.
Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. (PBI) (OTCBB: PBMC), a provider of biomarker laboratory services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostics industries, has been awarded by one sponsor, nine contracts in early 2011 with a total value of approximately $920,000. The nine contracts are in the areas of immunogenicity, tech transfers, diabetes, ADA, inflammatory and bone markers. The work will take place in FY2011 to FY2014.
roomsalive
The following flooring product manufacturers have partnered with roomsalive:
Congoleum manufactures residential and commercial resilient sheet, plank and vinyl tile products, and DuraStone and DuraCeramic tiles.
Elegance Hardwood Flooring manufactures exceptionally priced engineered woods and architecturally distressed solids at reasonable prices.
Laticrete International, Inc. is a global manufacturer of products for the installation of tile and stone.
Stonewood Products manufacturers stone and hardwood, such as reclaimed woods, domestic woods produced from trees native to North America, and exotic woods, as well as, deck flooring.
Mannington is a residential and commercial flooring manufacturer that offers a full range of flooring solutions including hardwood, porcelain tile, laminate, luxury vinyl, commercial carpet, premium rubber, and advanced composite flooring.
Emser Tile and Stone manufactures a variety of floor tiles like glazed ceramic and porcelain, quarry tile, and ceramic listellos, as well as a variety of natural stone like travertine, limestone, marble, onyx, slate, and granite.
Lea Ceramiche is a luxury tile manufacturer known for modern floor and wall-tiles and its eco-friendly manufacturing process.
Zoroufy is a manufacturer of stair rods and holders, area rug wall hangers, and floor registers.
By partnering with roomsalive™, flooring manufacturers will benefit from extended online reach to a national consumer audience and a showcase for their products in virtual rooms designed by one of America´s top designers Marc Thee.
Episcopal Divinity School
The Henry Luce Foundation of New York awarded the Episcopal Divinity School a grant of $350,000 over a four-year period to fund a dedicated program of interfaith studies. The grant will be used to enlarge faculty training, expand curriculum, and develop online continuing education in other faith traditions.
Focus USA
Focus USA, a premier data provider of online and offline marketing solutions, today announced that it has received national certification from the Women´s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Focus´ WBENC certification was issued by the Women´s Business Enterprise Council (WPEO) of NY. The WBENC certification for women-owned businesses is one of the most widely recognized and respected certifications in the nation. WBENC´s national standard of certification implemented by the Women´s Business Enterprise Council is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business as well as an on-site inspection conducted by the regional committee. The certification process is designed to confirm that the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by one or more women.
USHEALTH Advisors(USHA)
USHEALTH Advisors, (USHA) a growing national sales agency specializing in the self-employed and individual health insurance market, has announced an expansion of its virtual sales operations with the addition of Eric McCarthy as a Division Sales Leader. "An important element of USHA´s growth strategy will be successful implementation of virtual sales technology," said USHA´s chairman, Troy McQuagge. "Our virtual sales technology gives the USHA Agent the flexibility to engage in traditional face-to-face selling or to expand their sales into other marketplaces through Internet technology. Eric's willingness to embrace virtual sales technology further positions our company for accelerated growth because he can now leverage his skills in multiple marketplaces."
SquawkMe
vdoDesign Labs, a mobile video app provider, today unveiled the beta launch of ´SquawkMe´ for iPhone. SquawkMe is a video & location sharing application that enables users to capture mobile videos, tag them geographically, and instantly distribute them on Facebook and Twitter.
SquawkMe also allows viewers to geographically connect and see events within their proximity by clicking on an "in-app" map, which displays all the videos (or ´Squawks´) being shared around them. Squawks are automatically ´pegged´ to a user´s exact location, and provide an ongoing visual archive of events that have been captured in that location.
MerchantService.com
MerchantService.com announces their new ISO / Agent program for experienced merchant services sales offices and agents. The program features an exclusive, registered brand name of Merchant Service Group of "geographical area" for each ISO/Agent. "To maximize your sales success and build long term business value ISO / Agents need to market under their own unique brand name, not that of a bank, processor or ISO. Our program is based on them doing so," says Gino Kauzlarich, President of MerchantService.com Inc.
failure. Things go wrong, of course, but entrepreneurs don´t
call them "failures" they call them "glitches, mistakes,
bungles, setbacks", but not failing.
When one such entrepreneur was asked about the hardest decision
he ever had to make, he answered that he didn´t know what a hard
decision was. An entrepreneur will approach decision-making with
the idea that there´s a strong likelihood that he/she will be
wrong. This doesn´t dissuade them to the contrary they just
do the best they can and worry about handling obstacles as they
arise.
Here are a few top entrepreneurs in the U.S.
Absorption Systems
Absorption Systems, a leader in testing drugs for ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity) and medical devices for efficacy and safety, today announced the promotion of.Sid Bhoopathy, Ph.D. from VP of Operations to Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Bhoopathy has been instrumental in the growth and development of Absorption Systems and has held various positions within the company since 2004. In his expanded role, Dr. Bhoopathy has overall responsibility for strategic leadership and day-to-day operations in sales; marketing; and planning, execution and delivery of contract services. Dr. Bhoopathy is based at the company´s Exton, PA headquarters.
StartupAddict
StartupAddict, a haven for entrepreneurial superheroes thwarting the forces of mediocrity, just released a complete redesign to its´ website funding platform. StartupAddict.com the original crowdfunding site now makes it easy to harness the power of the crowd to fund startups. In the spirit of the American Startup Partnership Initiative, StartupAddict has one simple mission: No good idea will be left unfunded. Now anyone can be an pseudo Angel and help American startups for the price of their Monday morning Latte. StartupAddict enables passionate entrepreneurs across America to utilize the crowd for funding and in the process create thousands of start ups and potential jobs.
David Schroeder, Author of "Business in the Trenches"
Newly released "Business in the Trenches" offers strategies for successful business development and leadership development by focusing on relevant lessons learned in military history. The book explains how readers can exploit the lessons of the Great War to win on the business battlefield. "Business in the Trenches" by David Schroeder combines compelling military history with insightful business analogies. It demonstrates clearly how companies grapple with the same problems as armies at war. "Business in the Trenches" describes how companies can leverage the experiences of war to solve vexing problems, apply successful business development and leadership development tactics and defeat the competition.
SAVVY Public Relations for DisplaySearch
Demand for LEDs continues to rise, with TV applications forecast to dominate LED demand through 2013, accounting for nearly 50% of total LED backlight market demand. According to the DisplaySearch Quarterly LED Supply/Demand Market Forecast Report, LED lighting will capture the lead by 2014, as demand for LEDs in LCD TV backlights falls. This drop is expected due to a decrease in the number of LED packages per set—a result of efficacy enhancements and cost reductions. "The market for LED backlights continues to grow as manufacturers leverage the technology for large display applications like notebooks, monitors, and TVs," noted Leo Liu, Senior Analyst at DisplaySearch.
University of San Francisco (USF)
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the first quarter of 2011, based on a March 2011 survey of 33 San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists, registered 3.91 on a 5 point scale (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence.) This quarter´s index rose significantly from the previous quarter´s reading of 3.75 indicating an increasing upward momentum in confidence since its low point in Q4 2008. This is the 29th consecutive quarterly survey and report and, thus, provides unique quantitative and qualitative trend data and analysis on the confidence of Silicon Valley VCs in the future high-growth entrepreneurial environment. Mark Cannice, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Business and Professional Studies, authors the report each quarter.
The NPD Group
According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, in the first quarter (Q1) of this year Apple´s mobile phone sales reached 14 percent of the U.S. market. Apple outranked HTC, Motorola and RIM as the third-largest handset brand in the U.S., behind Samsung at 23 percent and LG at 18 percent. After launching on Verizon´s network in February, Apple´s iPhone 4 further solidified its position as the top-selling mobile phone in the U.S., while iPhone 3GS, Motorola Droid X, HTC EVO 4G, and HTC Droid Incredible rounded out NPD´s top-five mobile phone handset ranking. Unit sales of smartphones increased 8 percent in Q1 compared to the previous quarter; however, total handset unit sales fell 1 percent.
National Apartment Association
A lease designed specifically to serve the unique needs of off-campus student housing apartment residents has been created by the National Apartment Association´s National Lease Program for communities located in Florida. This new Student Housing Lease addresses issues regarding the definition of parties to the lease, the lease term, rent and charges, utilities, security devices, damages and reimbursement, rent increases, repairs, notices, default by resident and more. The National Lease Program will launch the Student Housing Lease in California, North Carolina and Georgia in the near future. Leases for the other 37 states in which the National Lease Program currently operates will follow, based on demand and pending legal review.
LocumTenens.com
LocumTenens.com, operator of the largest job board for the locum tenens industry and full-service recruiting firm, reports that the LocumTenens.com Online Job Index rose 14 points in the first quarter of 2011, beginning the year with a 6.6% increase and reaching the highest level of active jobs since the beginning of the index, topping the previous high in the first quarter of 2010.
The Investor Relations Group
Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. announced a distribution and partnership agreement with a leading financial services corporation for Intellicheck Mobilisa´s latest product, ID Risk CheckSM. This latest partnership agreement permits ID Risk Check to be incorporated into over 14,000 retailers´ point of sale systems. ID Risk Check was developed specifically to meet the needs of fraud and loss prevention in retail applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Intellicheck Mobilisa´s patented ID-Check driver license scanning technology is incorporated and distributed as an integral component of ID Risk Check. The product will be available to all divisions of the financial services corporation for use and sale in their numerous financial risk management applications.
DiscountASP.NET
DiscountASP.NET, a leader in Team Foundation Server (TFS) hosting, announces the launch of hosted TFS services in Europe in a UK-based datacenter. With this expansion, DiscountASP.NET provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for source code version control and bug tracking that is in closer proximity to European developers.
Spiro & Associates Marketing for TrapBag®
Six miles of TrapBag cellular containment barriers installed at strategic locations in Fargo, N.D., helped make this year´s flooding of the Red River of the North one of the least damaging in years. Fargo officials are crediting new and alternative protective measures, as well as better planning and preparation time, for the improvements in flood protection.
Engstrom PR for Profiles in History
Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, is set to hold a multi-million dollar Hollywood memorabilia auction May 14 and May 15 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Over 1,600 available lots include coveted items from Disney Animation history as well as original apparel worn by stars in some of Hollywood´s most popular movies.
The Investor Relations Group for Pacific Biomarkers, Inc.
Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. (PBI) (OTCBB: PBMC), a provider of biomarker laboratory services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostics industries, has been awarded by one sponsor, nine contracts in early 2011 with a total value of approximately $920,000. The nine contracts are in the areas of immunogenicity, tech transfers, diabetes, ADA, inflammatory and bone markers. The work will take place in FY2011 to FY2014.
roomsalive
The following flooring product manufacturers have partnered with roomsalive:
Congoleum manufactures residential and commercial resilient sheet, plank and vinyl tile products, and DuraStone and DuraCeramic tiles.
Elegance Hardwood Flooring manufactures exceptionally priced engineered woods and architecturally distressed solids at reasonable prices.
Laticrete International, Inc. is a global manufacturer of products for the installation of tile and stone.
Stonewood Products manufacturers stone and hardwood, such as reclaimed woods, domestic woods produced from trees native to North America, and exotic woods, as well as, deck flooring.
Mannington is a residential and commercial flooring manufacturer that offers a full range of flooring solutions including hardwood, porcelain tile, laminate, luxury vinyl, commercial carpet, premium rubber, and advanced composite flooring.
Emser Tile and Stone manufactures a variety of floor tiles like glazed ceramic and porcelain, quarry tile, and ceramic listellos, as well as a variety of natural stone like travertine, limestone, marble, onyx, slate, and granite.
Lea Ceramiche is a luxury tile manufacturer known for modern floor and wall-tiles and its eco-friendly manufacturing process.
Zoroufy is a manufacturer of stair rods and holders, area rug wall hangers, and floor registers.
By partnering with roomsalive™, flooring manufacturers will benefit from extended online reach to a national consumer audience and a showcase for their products in virtual rooms designed by one of America´s top designers Marc Thee.
Episcopal Divinity School
The Henry Luce Foundation of New York awarded the Episcopal Divinity School a grant of $350,000 over a four-year period to fund a dedicated program of interfaith studies. The grant will be used to enlarge faculty training, expand curriculum, and develop online continuing education in other faith traditions.
Focus USA
Focus USA, a premier data provider of online and offline marketing solutions, today announced that it has received national certification from the Women´s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Focus´ WBENC certification was issued by the Women´s Business Enterprise Council (WPEO) of NY. The WBENC certification for women-owned businesses is one of the most widely recognized and respected certifications in the nation. WBENC´s national standard of certification implemented by the Women´s Business Enterprise Council is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business as well as an on-site inspection conducted by the regional committee. The certification process is designed to confirm that the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by one or more women.
USHEALTH Advisors(USHA)
USHEALTH Advisors, (USHA) a growing national sales agency specializing in the self-employed and individual health insurance market, has announced an expansion of its virtual sales operations with the addition of Eric McCarthy as a Division Sales Leader. "An important element of USHA´s growth strategy will be successful implementation of virtual sales technology," said USHA´s chairman, Troy McQuagge. "Our virtual sales technology gives the USHA Agent the flexibility to engage in traditional face-to-face selling or to expand their sales into other marketplaces through Internet technology. Eric's willingness to embrace virtual sales technology further positions our company for accelerated growth because he can now leverage his skills in multiple marketplaces."
SquawkMe
vdoDesign Labs, a mobile video app provider, today unveiled the beta launch of ´SquawkMe´ for iPhone. SquawkMe is a video & location sharing application that enables users to capture mobile videos, tag them geographically, and instantly distribute them on Facebook and Twitter.
SquawkMe also allows viewers to geographically connect and see events within their proximity by clicking on an "in-app" map, which displays all the videos (or ´Squawks´) being shared around them. Squawks are automatically ´pegged´ to a user´s exact location, and provide an ongoing visual archive of events that have been captured in that location.
MerchantService.com
MerchantService.com announces their new ISO / Agent program for experienced merchant services sales offices and agents. The program features an exclusive, registered brand name of Merchant Service Group of "geographical area" for each ISO/Agent. "To maximize your sales success and build long term business value ISO / Agents need to market under their own unique brand name, not that of a bank, processor or ISO. Our program is based on them doing so," says Gino Kauzlarich, President of MerchantService.com Inc.
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