Available Presentations:

Writing A Business Plan…Are You Crazy? Why Would I Do That?
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Dr. Ron Cook, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Rider University

This workshop will show why writing a business plan is a valuable tool in helping entrepreneurs make better startup decisions. It will provide an outline for a business plan and identify the questions that a business plan can help answer, and the ones that it can’t.

Funding the Future: Securing Early Stage Capital
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Kathleen W. Coviello- New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Director of Technology & Life Sciences

An overview of different options to fund your early stage idea/company, with tips on the do’s and don’ts for securing early stage capital.

Not Getting The All the Referrals You Want? . . . Then It’s All Your Fault!
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Jeff Callahan, President and Founder, Sandler Training

Fast and Furious: Using Internet Marketing to Start Your Business 
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Alex Cohen – Manager, Online Marketing, ClickEquations

Time and money. Chances are that if you’re an entrepreneur you don’t have enough of either. The solution? Online marketing. In this session, Alex Cohen will teach you the basics of internet marketing to launch your business and run your marketing efficiently.

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Sponsored by: Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, the National Association of Women Business Owners – Central Jersey (NAWBO), Association Business Solutions, Inc., Precision Office Assistants, A Virtual Office Company, the Uncommon Individual Foundation, and Princeton University’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.

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CONTACT:
Sarah Brewster, media relations representative
(816) 842-8111 or sarah@trozzolo.com

Barb Pruitt
(816) 932-1288 or bpruitt@kauffman.org 

77 countries and thousands of organizations join effort to inspire the next
generation of entrepreneurs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 17, 2008) – Beginning today, Global Entrepreneurship
Week, the world’s first-ever celebration of enterprising spirit, arrives as
an international, open-source answer to the current economic downturn.

Recognizing the global nature of many of the challenges we face, Global
Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 17-23, will connect innovative young people with
their counterparts around the world, and ultimately create a global movement
of entrepreneurial people.

Co-founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the United States and Make Your Mark, a business-led, government-backed campaign in the United Kingdom, the Week is estimated to engage more than 5 million young people in 77 countries through more than 11,000 events.

“Now more than ever, it is imperative that we do everything we can to
promote entrepreneurship,” said Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the
Kauffman Foundation. “As the global economic downturn deepens, we are
relying on entrepreneurial people with new thinking to lead us out of the
recession. We look forward to the outcome of this unprecedented
celebration.”

In the United States, all 50 states are joining the global effort with more
than 1,200 partners hosting 800-plus events throughout the country.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is an outgrowth of Global Enterprise Week in
the UK, which began four years ago, and EntrepreneurshipWeek USA in 2007.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Schramm joined forces to create a combined
effort that would reach out to countries around the world and create
cross-cultural discussions about entrepreneurship and its importance.

“Global Entrepreneurship Week brings young people together across national
borders, taking enterprise to the classroom and giving young people the
confidence and self-belief not only to develop tomorrow’s big ideas but to
put them into practice,” said Brown. “The Week will reach millions of young
people, and to each one of them my challenge is this: Believe in your ideas
and make them happen. You can be making a difference, so be bold, be
imaginative, be brilliant. That’s really what this Week is all about. Enjoy
it.”

Those supporting Global Entrepreneurship Week include big-name entrepreneurs and leading business figures such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, California governor; Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group; Pan Shiyi, founder of SOHO China; Russell Simmons, U.S. hip-hop pioneer; Lord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer; Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.

Global businesses supporting the Week include global sponsors Ernst & Young,
IBM and NYSE Euronext, as well as Honda, Dell, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and
Intel. Below is a list of the participating countries.

To learn more about the Week, those involved and the activities around the
world, visit www.unleashingideas.org.

About Global Entrepreneurship Week
With the goal to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and
creativity, Global Entrepreneurship Week will encourage youth to think big,
turn their ideas into reality, and make their mark. From Nov. 17-23, 2008,
millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement to
generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things. Thousands of
activities are being planned in more than 75 countries around the world.
Global Entrepreneurship Week is: founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign; sponsored by NYSE Euronext, IBM
and Ernst & Young; and, supported by JA Worldwide, Endeavor, Entrepreneurs’
Organization, DECA, YPO-WPO, National Foundation for Teaching
Entrepreneurship, Young Americas Business Trust, YES – European
Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, Department for Business Enterprise &
Regulatory Reform, AIESEC, Youth Employment Services, The Prince’s Youth
Business International.

Countries participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week:

1.    Argentina
2.    Australia
3.    Bahamas
4.    Barbados
5.    Belgium
6.    Bermuda
7.    Bolivia
8.    Botswana
9.    Brazil
10. Bulgaria
11. Burkina Faso
12. Cameroon
13. Canada
14. Chile
15. China
16. Colombia
17. Croatia
18. Czech Republic
19. Denmark
20. Dominican Republic
21. Egypt
22. Finland
23. France
24. Germany
25. Ghana
26. Greece
27. Honduras
28. Hungary
29. India
30. Indonesia
31. Ireland
32. Italy
33. Japan
34. Kenya
35. Kyrgyzstan
36. Latvia
37. Lebanon
38. Lithuania
39. Macedonia
40. Madagascar
41. Malaysia
42. Mali
43. Malta
44. Mexico
45. Morocco
46. Mozambique
47. Nepal
48. Netherlands
49. New Zealand
50. Nigeria
51. Norway
52. Pakistan
53. Paraguay
54. Peru
55. Philippines
56. Poland
57. Portugal
58. Romania
59. Russia
60. Rwanda
61. Saudi Arabia
62. Serbia
63. Singapore
64. Slovakia
65. South Africa
66. Spain
67. Sri Lanka
68. Sweden
69. Turkey
70. Uganda
71. United Arab Emirates
72. United Kingdom
73. United States
74. Uruguay
75. Venezuela
76. Vietnam
77. Zambia

Think Globally. Act Locally. 

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), ABS is pleased to co-sponsor an event on November 18 entitled “Starting a Company: From Idea to Reality” (http://www.integra-ls.com/event/).  Read on for ideas about how you can get involved!

Young men and women intrigued by entrepreneurship can learn more about it during Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 17 to 23.

The worldwide initiative is designed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs, defined as people under 30 years old.

More than 60 countries around the world have signed on as participants. During the week, a series of events will be held on international, national and local levels. Activities will include invention competitions, entrepreneurship film festivals, networking events, school-based activities and local entrepreneurship summits.

While global in scope, at its heart the week is a local initiative reflecting the customs and entrepreneurial culture of each community. After all, what works in Boise, Idaho might be quite different from what works in Bangalore, India. For example, the Netherlands is launching its version of the week from the floor of Euronext, and Chile is planning a 10K race.

Global Entrepreneurship Week was initiated by the Kauffman Foundation in the U.S. and Make Your Mark in the United Kingdom. Global sponsors are Ernst & Young, IBM and NYSE.

Featured Activities of Global Entrepreneurship Week / US – http://entrepreneurshipweekusa.com/:10 Cool Things to Do During the Week
Collegiate Inventors Competition
Take an Entrepreneur to Lunch
Global Technology Leaders Conference
Unleash Your Locker Challenge
The BizWorld Largest Friendship Bracelet Challenge

Featured Activities of Global Entrepreneurship Week – http://www.unleashingideas.org/:
Unleash it!
Speednetwork the Globe
Global Innovation Tournament
Creative World Forum
Mentoring Madness

Contacts:

Gianna Sabella                                                                    Karla Pollack

Public Relations Manager                                                 Principal

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation                   Association Business Solutions

(609) 936-2389                                                                    (609) 392-3800

gsabella@integra-ls.com                                                  karla@absnj.com

Sponsored by Integra LifeSciences, National Association of Women Business Owners, Central New Jersey, Association Business Solutions, Precision Office Assistants, Princeton University’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, and the Uncommon Individual Foundation

Plainsboro, NJ, October 27, 2008 –People interested in learning what it takes to start and run a business will hear from several successful entrepreneurs in a series of workshops to be held on the campus of Princeton University. Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: IART), the National Association of Women Business Owners – Central Jersey (NAWBO), Association Business Solutions, Inc.(ABS), Precision Office Assistants, A Virtual Office Company, Uncommon Individual Foundation, and Princeton University’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education have joined with more than 1,000 organizations in Global Entrepreneurship Week.  Dozens of countries are coming together for the first time to host a one-week global initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity. To think big. To turn their ideas into reality. To make their mark.

Integra and its co-sponsors are presenting their event on November 18, 2008. Entitled Starting a Company: From Idea to Reality, the event is designed to guide entrepreneurs through the process of starting and growing a new company.

“Global Entrepreneurship Week is a celebration of the creative spirit that we all possess, and Integra is honored to a part of the first ever global initiative that encourages young people to be entrepreneurs and pursue their dreams,” said Stuart Essig, CEO of Integra LifeSciences. 

The event will feature four workshops, which will cover how to write a business plan, obtain financing, and market your company via public relations and internet marketing. Richard E. Caruso, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Integra LifeSciences and Founder of The Uncommon Individual Foundation, will deliver the opening address.  Workshop leaders include Dr. Ron Cook, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Rider University; Kathleen W. Coviello, Director of Technology & Life Sciences, New Jersey Economic Development Authority; Jeff Callahan, President and Founder, Sandler Training; Tom Szaky, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Terracycle, Inc; and Alex Cohen, Manager, Online Marketing, ClickEquations.

“Innovation is at the heart of entrepreneurship, and Global Entrepreneurship Week offers the opportunity to connect with that spirit of innovation,” said Patrick C. S. Lo, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Director, NETGEAR.

The event will begin at 8:30 am on Tuesday, November 18, in the Frist Campus Center on the campus of Princeton University. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required as space is limited. To learn more and to register for the event, visit www.Integra-LS.com

About Global Entrepreneurship Week      

Countries all around the world are joining together to carry the banner of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative aimed at young people everywhere. During the week of November 17 – 23, 2008, partner organizations will conduct a range of activities – from simple speeches to comprehensive competitions – designed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Global Entrepreneurship Week will engage young people everywhere to learn about the possibilities of entrepreneurship, and is a combination and expansion of two successful initiatives – the debut of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA in 2007 and the inspiration behind it, Enterprise Week in the UK, which was kicked off in 2004 by now-Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

And while it may be global in scope, at its heart, the Week is a local initiative that reflects the customs and entrepreneurial culture of each community. After all, what works in Boise, Idaho might be quite different from what works in Bangalore, India.  Founding sponsors for Global Entrepreneurship Week are the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the United States and Make Your Mark in the United Kingdom.  Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA will inspire and inform young people through these activities – online and face-to-face – helping them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.

For more information on events and activities across the country as well as how to engage young people to get involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week, visit: www.unleashingIdeas.org.

About Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a world leader in regenerative medicine, is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients through the development, manufacturing, and marketing of cost-effective surgical implants and medical instruments. The company’s products are used to treat millions of patients every year, primarily in neurosurgery, extremity reconstruction, orthopedics and general surgery.  Integra’s headquarters are in Plainsboro, New Jersey, and it has research and manufacturing facilities throughout the world.  Please visit their website at www.Integra-LS.com.

About The National Association of Women Business Owners, Central New Jersey Chapter (NAWBOCJ)

The National Association of Women Business Owners, Central Jersey Chapter (NAWBOCJ) is a network of women entrepreneurs who provide each other with information, resources, referrals, and support, whose vision is to propel women entrepreneurs into economic, social, and political spheres of power. Please visit their website at www.nawbocentraljersey.org.

About Association Business Solutions, Inc (ABS)

Association Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) is an Association Management Company that provides marketing, writing and municipal monitoring services to all types of organizations.

Please visit their website at www.absnj.com.

About Princeton University’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

Established in February 2005, the mission of Princeton’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education is to prepare all students – both engineers and non-engineers – to be leaders in an increasingly complex, technology-driven society. The center is creating new courses and strengthening existing ones that go beyond purely technical subjects to provide students a broader understanding of the global economic, environmental and cultural forces that shape and are shaped by technology. At the same time, the center is improving students’ technical education by exposing them to real engineering projects throughout their four years, through internships, entrepreneurial opportunities and multidisciplinary courses. www.engineering.princeton.edu/ciee.

About Precision Office Assistants

Precision Office Assistants is a network of administrative professionals that offers small businesses the luxury of having staff without the added cost of benefits and employer taxes.  Through contractual arrangements Precision Office Assistants works offsite providing services related to office support and administration, including desktop publishing, database design and management, website design and management, internet research and executive/administrative support services, including correspondence and data entry. 

About the Uncommon Individual Foundation (UIF)

UIF was founded in 1986 by Dr. Richard Caruso, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Integra. They are a private, not-for-profit foundation exclusively devoted to mentoring: mentor/protégé training, consultation, program implementation and evaluation.  UIF’s goal is to enable each individual to recognize the benefits of mentoring and to learn how to use it to achieve personally defined success.  UIF designs and implements mentoring programs, writes training manuals, provides instructors to train mentors and protégés, and evaluates the mentoring process.  UIF’s clients include a number of America’s largest corporations, as well as colleges, universities, government agencies, faith-based organizations, public and private schools, professional associations, youth organizations, and social service agencies. Currently, after more than four years of development and testing, UIF is introducing a new web-based mentoring platform, which is designed to help individuals better understand their unique qualities and become the entrepreneur residing within.  Please visit their websites at www.uif.org and www.mentorsphere.com.

Starting a Company: From Idea to Reality
Date: November 18, 2008
Time: 8:30am – 3:00pm
Location: Frist Campus Center, Princeton University (directions & parking)

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required as space is limited. To learn more and to register for the event, visit http://www.integra-ls.com/event/. Admission & lunch compliments of Integra LifeSciences.

Integra and its co-sponsors are presenting this event designed to guide entrepreneurs through the process of starting and growing a new company.  (Event Press Release)

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a great opportunity to focus awareness on the importance of teaching young people how to think and act entrepreneurially. Entrepreneurial skills, such as knowing your customer and your product, filling a need, being creative and innovative, and believing in yourself, can be usefully applied by everyone at home, at work and in the community.

Our event will coincide with a worldwide effort called Global Entrepreneurship Week, taking place from November 17-23, 2008.  Global Entrepreneurship Week’s goal is to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity, and to turn their ideas into reality. Millions of young people worldwide will join a growing movement to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things.  Thousands of activities are being planned in more than 75 countries. To learn more, visit www.unleashingideas.org. 

8:30am Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00am Introduction

Welcoming Remarks: Kristin Appelget, Director of Community and Regional Affairs, Princeton University

Keynote Speaker: Richard Caruso, PhD, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Integra LifeSciences, Founder, The Uncommon Individual Foundation

9:30am Writing A Business Plan…Are You Crazy? Why Would I Do That?

Dr. Ron Cook, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Rider University

This workshop will show why writing a business plan is a valuable tool in helping entrepreneurs make better startup decisions. It will provide an outline for a business plan and identify the questions that a business plan can help answer, and the ones that it can’t.

10:30am Funding the Future: Securing Early Stage Capital

Kathleen W. Coviello- New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Director of Technology & Life Sciences

An overview of different options to fund your early stage idea/company, with tips on the do’s and don’ts for securing early stage capital.

11:30am – 12:30pm Not Getting The All the Referrals You Want? . . . Then It’s All Your Fault!

Jeff Callahan, President and Founder, Sandler Training

Enjoy lunch and find out the secrets to getting more referrals.

12:45pm How to Leverage PR and Negative Cost Marketing

Tom Szaky, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Terracycle, Inc.

Learn how to tap into a world of infinite PR and negative cost marketing. TerraCycle is written about on average 3 times per day, and as an example, has been featured seven times in the Wall Street Journal, five times in the New York Times, and ten times in INC magazine in the past two years. Moreover, TerraCycle is one of the first consumer products companies to have a profitable marketing department. Learn how you can leverage these free/profitable media generating resources in your business.

1:45pm Fast and Furious: Using Internet Marketing to Start Your Business

Alex Cohen – Manager, Online Marketing, ClickEquations

Time and money. Chances are that if you’re an entrepreneur you don’t have enough of either. The solution? Online marketing. In this session, Alex Cohen will teach you the basics of internet marketing to launch your business and run your marketing efficiently.

2:30pm Closing Remarks

Sponsored by: Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, the National Association of Women Business Owners – Central Jersey (NAWBO), Association Business Solutions, Inc., Precision Office Assistants, A Virtual Office Company, the Uncommon Individual Foundation, and Princeton University’s Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.