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U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Meridian Medical Technologies
Comcast
WolfBlock Government Relations
 


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.

MARKETREACH AMERICA MEDICAL DEVICES 2006 SPONSORS
Maryland/Israel Development Center (MIDC)  
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL MARKETREACH AMERICA SUPPORTERS
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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