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MarketReach America is a business development
training and consulting program to help
Israeli entrepreneurs enter the U.S. market.
It is a program of the Maryland/Israel
Development Center (MIDC), a nonprofit
economic development organization, and
The Trendlines Group of Israel, a business
development and marketing consulting firm.
Additional support for the program has
been provided by the State of Maryland,
THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation
of Baltimore, and the generosity of the
Marvin Schapiro Family Foundation and the
Straus Family Foundation, as well as other
corporate sponsors.
The three-phase MarketReach America program is designed to address the unique
challenges Israeli entrepreneurs face. The program begins with
training on American business practices; progresses through market research,
consulting and strategy development; and culminates in strategy
implementation, marketing and sales.
It is long term (6 months), and takes place in Israel and Maryland,
so it integrates the training and consulting into the daily activities of the
company. The program brings
together government, NGOs, and private enterprise to provide
practical, usable tools, skills, and strategies to push relationships forward. Learn
more.
MarketReach America builds upon many years
of success achieved by the MIDC and
The
Trendlines Group in developing business
deals between American and Israeli business
relationships.
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MARKETREACH AMERICA
MEDICAL DEVICES 2006 SPONSORS
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| Maryland/Israel Development
Center (MIDC) |
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The MIDC
promotes trade, joint ventures, and investment
between Maryland and Israeli businesses
and research institutions. It is a non-profit
partnership between the State of Maryland
Department of Business and Economic Development
and THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation
of Baltimore.
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| The
Trendlines Group |
The
Trendlines Group is Israel's leading
marketing and business development firm,
providing a full range of marketing and
business advisory services to clients ranging
in size from individual entrepreneurs to
Israel's largest corporations and Israeli
and foreign governments and enterprises.
Through the MIDC, Trendlines represents
the State of Maryland in Israel for the
promotion of bilateral trade and investment.
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| The State of Maryland |
The Department of Business
and Economic Development of the State of
Maryland, in cooperation with the Maryland/Israel
Development Center, assists Israeli companies
with identifying and procuring site locations
within the State; helps identify strategic
partners; and provides business development
incentives for qualified Israeli companies
seeking to locate their businesses in Maryland.
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| THE ASSOCIATED:
Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community
Federation of Baltimore is the voluntary
Jewish community federation of greater
Baltimore. Its mission is to preserve and
enhance Jewish life. It addresses charitable,
educational, religious, humanitarian, health,
cultural, and social service needs of the
Jewish community locally, nationally, in
Israel, and around the world.
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| Epstein Becker &
Green |
Epstein
Becker & Green is a general practice
law firm with more than 380 lawyers in
the United States, in addition to affiliations
worldwide. EBG serves clients in virtually
every industry and service sector. Some
100 of EB&G's attorneys practice health
law full-time, ranking its Health Care
and Life Sciences practice as the largest
in the United States.
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| The Marvin Schapiro
Family Foundation |
The Marvin Schapiro Family
Foundation is a Baltimore, Maryland-based
charitable organization. A founder of the
MIDC, the late Marvin Schapiro believed
that private sector business development
and job creation wa the key to strengthening
Israeli society. He acted upon his beliefs
as an active early-stage investor and through
his volunteer work.
The Marvin Schapiro Family Foundation established the Marvin Schapiro
Conference on Israeli Entrepreneurship of MarketReach America to bring
together the principles and philosophy that defined Marvin Schapiro's
life.
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| The Straus Family
Foundation |
The Straus Family Foundation
is dedicated to promoting and sustaining
a strong Jewish community both locally
and worldwide and to securing better futures
for vulnerable children through community
support. The Foundation funds four specific
program areas: Jewish community services;
families, children, and youth; capacity
building of the non-profit sector; and
art and culture.
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ADDITIONAL MARKETREACH
AMERICA SUPPORTERS
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| The
U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Foundation |
The
USISTF is the funding and administrative
arm of the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology
Commission (USISTC), a bilateral commission
established by the United States Department
of Commerce and the Israel Ministry of Industry
and Trade in 1994 to foster scientific,
technological, and economic cooperation
between the peoples of the United States
and Israel.
The first MarketReach America program,
Life Sciences 2004, received major support
from a grant provided by the USISTF.
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| The
Lockheed Martin Corporation |
Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) is a leading systems integrator
and information technology company and
the largest provider of IT services, systems
integration, and training to the U.S. government. Headquartered
in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin
employs about 130,000 people worldwide
and is principally engaged in the research,
design, development, manufacture, and integration
of advanced technology systems, products
and services. The company's broad operating
units are aeronautics, electronic systems,
integrated systems and solutions, space
systems, and information and technology
services.
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| Bristol-Meyers
Squibb |
Bristol-Myers
Squibb is a leading provider of medicines
to fight all types of illnesses. The
company makes and sells nutritional products,
advanced wound care products, and cardiovascular
imaging products. The company has an
extraordinary history of successful partnerships
to develop and deliver important new
medicines to people who need them worldwide.
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| Meridian Medical Technologies |
Since the 1960s, Meridian
Medical Technologies has partnered with
and served as a critical supplier for
the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
Today, Meridian is the only supplier
of FDA-approved auto-injectors containing
nerve agent antidotes, and has produced
in excess of 185 million auto-injectors
for the world market. The company maintains
its focus on producing high-quality prescription
auto-injectors that meet the demanding
operational needs of emergency responders,
the U.S. armed forces, and allied military
personnel around the world.
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| Comcast |
Comcast is
the leading provider of cable, entertainment
and communications products and services
in the United States, serving more than
21.5 million cable subscribers and more
than 7.7 million high-speed Internet customers.
Comcast serves 1.2 million cable telephone
subscribers. Comcast is principally involved
in the development, management and operation
of broadband cable networks and the creation
and delivery of programming content. Comcast
provides basic cable, digital cable, high-speed
Internet and digital phone services.
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| WolfBlock Government
Relations |
Dedicated to the practice of
representing clients' needs, WolfBlock
Government Relations, LP is a subsidiary
of the law firm of Wolf, Block, Schorr
and Solis-Cohen LLP. WolfBlock Government
Relations, LP provides the highest level
of professional competence with personal,
individualized services to its clients.
Combining thorough preparation with over
70 total years of experience in state government,
WolfBlock Government Relations, LP specializes
in highly effective government relations
representation.
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