Emerging Leaders Program

Fifteen New Jersey small business owners selected to participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders program include three locals:

  • Exceed Resources, 294 New Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, 732-329-2742, www.exceed-resources.com
  • Biotranex, 1 Deerpark Drive, also Monmouth Junction, 609-240-8333, www.biotranex.com
  • MFS Consulting Engineers, 2780 Hamilton Blvd., South Plainfield, 908-922-4622, www.MFSengineers.com.

After spending eight months and logging in a combination of 100 hours of work and evening class time, the New Jersey SBA graduated its first class of Emerging Leaders on Thursday. In February of this year, Newark was one of four new cities to have been chosen to participate in the agency’s 2014 Emerging Leaders initiative, an intensive executive-level entrepreneurship training program for small business owners in 27 cities and communities across the country.

“We couldn’t be happier with the results of our inaugural Emerging Leaders class,” said SBA New Jersey District Director Al Titone, who delivered remarks at a graduation ceremony at the Rutgers University Business School, where the program took place. “The caliber of each individual was evident through their commitment and willingness to improve their businesses. If we made them step outside their comfort zones and take a look at different business principles from another angle, then we did our job.”

Participants had to have annual revenues of at least $400,000; have been in business for at least three years; and have at least one other employee.

Emerging Leaders Program

Emerging Leaders Program