May 2008
NYC Advisors successfully launches new seminars
NYC Advisors successfully launches the first series of seminars on the subject of “Time or Lack Thereof…” . The series will expand to different venues, and a waiting list has already been established. NYC Advisors will develop other topics of interest.
April 2008
Ella Scheinwald presents business forums on coaching techniques
Ella is invited to give presentations for various business forums on her coaching techniques which empower managers, independent professionals and executives and allows them to be more efficient, help them create better dynamics, define clear objectives and strategies, improve communication skills, create higher income for themselves and have a greater impact and fulfillment in their endeavors.
March 2008
Ella Scheinwald featured in Westchester Business Journal
Ella was featured in the Westchester Business Journal as a leading working business woman in Westchester, NY, and was honored in the Wow (Working Women of Westchester) event.
May 2007
Northern Westchester Shelter
Ella Scheinwald has led this pro bono project to serve as a national pilot model for not-for-profit organizations. She oversaw the project with management, logistics and strategy, and served as mentor coach for coaches and senior management personnel.
October 2006
Coaching at the Women's Enterprise Development Center
Ella Scheinwald provided pro-bono coaching for entrepreneurs at the Women's Enterprise Development Center in New York.
August 2006
NYC Advisors opens Tel Aviv office
NYC Advisors expands Coaching Services to Tel Aviv to provide Israeli based clients personalized services.
June 6, 2005
Consultancy focusing on businesses closer
to home
NYC Advisors'
Yoav Cohen featured in the June 6, 2005 edition
of the Westchester Business Journal. View the
article.
April 22, 2005
Local Executive Accredited To Serve Businesses in the Westchester/Fairfield
Area
WHITE PLAINS, NY – Westchester businessman Yoav M. Cohen
of NYC Advisors, LLC has received accreditation by the Institute
for Independent Business (IIB). Mr. Cohen’s mission will
be expanding the Institute’s presence in Westchester
and the surrounding counties.
“We are delighted to have an executive of Yoav’s caliber joining our leadership team for the Westchester/Fairfield area. His accreditation is a key step in our initiatives,” said Eric Leaman, Managing Director at IIB’s USA headquarters in Parsippany, NJ. “Yoav will be a particularly valuable advisor to the Westchester/Fairfield business community. For the last 4 years he has been working as a business consultant to some of New York/New Jersey most successful companies.”
“The Institute’s accreditation means a lot to my clients”, said Mr. Cohen. “Besides the prestige, my relationship with the IIB will provide my clients with a depth of resources that other business advisors simply cannot offer. I now have access to top-level executives around the world. With resources like that I can assist my clients with any issue or challenge they may be facing.”
Established in 1984 in the UK, the Institute is an international, not-for-profit, business support organization. Its purpose is to bring timely and practical advice to independent business owners. It is the largest global organization of its type with over 2,500 senior Executive Associates accredited to serve business owners. The IIB provides mentoring and business advice as well as access to a wide range of expertise and services, including angel and venture funding, banking/financing, human resources, sales and marketing, organization and management, quality and ISO 9000, business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and exit strategies.
Business owners may take advantage of a free meeting with one of the Institute’s Executive Associates. For further information, or to get a free executive assessment, contact Yoav M. Cohen at 914-285-9779, or via email at yoavcohen@iib.ws
February 13, 2004
Private investors snag controlling stake at Ecoboard
Long Island
Business News
by BEN ABELSON
FARMINGDALE - Ecoboard Holdings Inc., a privately held Long Island manufacturer of plastic lumber, has raised about $750,000 from a group of private-equity investors who purchased a controlling stake in the company.
A two-time presenter at the Long Island Capital Alliance's annual venture capital forum, Ecoboard, which has been in operation for about 10 years, manufactures so-called "wood alternatives," most often used in a variety of outdoor applications such as decks, bridges and piers - where traditional lumber would not stand up to the wear and tear imposed by the surrounding environment.
The bulk of the investment, about $425,000, came in the form of a preferred stock purchase from Danbury, Conn.-based private equity firm Crestwood LLC, which has acquired a controlling interest in the company, according to Neil Kaufman, managing partner of Uniondale-based Kaufman & Associates. He is also counsel to Ecoboard. The remainder of the funds came from about 15 or 20 other investors, said Kaufman, who also received preferred stock.
"With the deal, the company has gotten complete relief from its debt and three-quarters of a million in new funding, which has essentially re-capitalized Ecoboard to finance it for growth," said Kaufman. "At the same time Crestwood also brought in two new executives who will assist President Tony Conte from a management standpoint."
One of those executives, Yoav M. Cohen, operates Pocantico Group LLC, a Chappaqua-based turnaround company, and invested about $50,000 in the company.
"Basically, we did some research on the industry, and we believe that the demand for recycled plastic lumber is going increase in the next few years," Cohen said. "There are a lot of issues with pressure-treated wood, and we see that a lot of companies are moving toward plastic combined with wood, or just plastic by itself."
The new funding, Cohen said, will allow Ecoboard to increase its manufacturing capabilities. He noted that the company generated about $200,000 in sales in January and expects to increase monthly revenue to $500,000 within "six to nine months."
Most of Ecoboard's products are sold to government contractors and to distributors and lumberyards throughout the country, Cohen added.
Ron Nizan, president of Crestwood, was also brought in as co-chairman of the company, Cohen said.
"To top it all off, it's a manufacturing company that does all of their manufacturing on Long Island," Kaufman said. The area's manufacturing sector has been declining steadily over the past 50 years, thanks to the region's high cost of living and the diminishing presence of the former Grumman Corp. (now a unit of Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Co.).
Earlier this week, Long Island Capital Alliance Chairman Jeffrey Bass, also a principal in Garden City-based accounting firm Margolin, Winer & Evens, revealed that two former presenters at LICA's annual forum had received funding.
Mineola-based Consolidated Billing Solutions, an electronic bill processor, received a $500,000 investment from Century Direct, a Queens-based printing company, and is in the process of arranging additional financing. In addition, Bass said, Farmingdale-based Motion Imaging Inc., which manufactures 3D posters, was in the process of securing funding from an unnamed source.