Instructor: Daniel Nathanson, Ph.D., MBA **limited to 15 executive directors** Course Description Now is the time to take a fresh look and a new approach with your organization to create new ideas, develop empowered, entrepreneurial cultures and build a sustainable revenue sources. This roundtable event, for leaders of nonprofits, will help you leverage the knowledge and experience of your peers to resolve major challenges and pressing issues. All of us are facing obstacles more pressing and serious than ever before—there are greater needs and fewer resources. Indeed, the issues many of us face are critical to the very survival of our organizations. Dried up or unsustainable funding sources, staff shortages and low-morale are just a few examples. At this session we will address these challenges (and more) in a confidential, professionally facilitated roundtable discussion. So bring your concerns, obstacles, and issues as this session promises to be stimulating, illuminating and rewarding.
Instructor's Bio Dr. Dan Nathanson is an entrepreneur, executive, investor, consultant and educator. He has a 25-year record of success in building businesses, creating financial value and helping entrepreneurs succeed. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he teaches Small Business Management, Business Plan Development and is a Faculty Advisor in the AMR, GAP and SMR programs. Dr. Nathanson began his executive career as the Chief Corporate Planner in charge of Mergers and Acquisitions at Vernitron Corporation, a publicly traded diversified electronics firm. As the Executive Vice President, he was responsible for the overall direction and financial performance of the company. Dr. Nathanson then founded and served as CEO of Computerized Retail Systems (CRS), a nationwide, turnkey, point-of-sale computer company. Dr. Nathanson grew this state-of-the-art technology company from its inception to become the leading company in its field. After selling CRS in 1993, Dr. Nathanson became a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, where he taught entrepreneurship and business strategy. While at NYU, he founded the Entrepreneurs Resource Group (ERG) a consulting firm specializing in helping small to mid-size firms successfully grow their business. He also served as Chairman of two groups of CEOs for “The Executive Committee” (TEC), now renamed Vistage. Vistage is an international organization of CEOs with over 14,000 members. CEOs meet regularly in small groups to help each other run their businesses more effectively. In 1999, Dr. Nathanson founded and currently serves as CEO of Washington Square Capital Fund (WSCF), a formalized angel group that invests in early-stage companies. In 2000, Dr. Nathanson left the Stern School to become the CEO at Tickmark Solutions. In less than 18 months, under Dr Nathanson’s leadership, the revenues of this software company rose from $500,000 to almost $4 million. In 2002, he engineered the sale of company and investors realized a 40% return on investment in a very difficult market environment. Dr. Nathanson then went on to serve as the CEO and President of a promotional products firm followed by an asset management venture. At these companies, Dr. Nathanson successfully directed the organizations’ growth and worked with the companies’ founders to develop strategies, build infrastructures, create business plans, raise capital, attract investors and establish important strategic relationships. In 2008, Dr. Nathanson accepted a teaching position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and has resumed his mission of Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed as the CEO of the Entrepreneurs Resource Group. Dr. Nathanson holds a Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from NYU’s Graduate School of Business and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. His publications include Strategy Implementation: The Role of Structure and Process (Galbraith and Nathanson, West Publishing Company, 1978) and various articles in business strategy and organizational design. Pricing Policy
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