Sunday Night Huddle, With Dean O'Reilly

Dean Norm O'Reilly meets with Dean Jason Harkins of the Maine Business School to discuss tips for start-ups and entrepreneurship.

Season 3 of The Sunday Night Huddle with Dean O'Reilly kicks off with Roger Abramson! Meet Roger Abramson, a dynamic force in the business world known for his unwavering commitment to speed as the ultimate competitive advantage. Roger's unique blend of street smarts and book smarts has propelled him to remarkable success as an entrepreneur, investor, and business leader. Roger's journey began in the fast-paced realm of commercial real estate brokerage in New York City. Recognizing his innate talent for sales, he swiftly transitioned to a commercial furniture company, where he rapidly rose to become one of the top salespeople nationwide within just a few years. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Roger founded his own commercial furniture venture, the Atlantic Group, at the young age of 25. In a remarkable feat, he led the company to surpass the $100 million revenue milestone within five years, achieving net profit margins well above industry standards. His triumph in a fiercely competitive and commoditized market speaks volumes about his leadership, sales acumen, and relentless determination. Notable highlights of Roger's illustrious career include being featured as the cover story in Inc. magazine's "Built for Speed" edition. His insights have also been showcased in prestigious publications such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, Sales & Marketing Management, Incentive, and the New York Post. Roger has lent his expertise to televised debates on the value of an MBA in business on CNN's "Entrepreneurs Only" and has been a featured guest on the CNN show "Business Unusual" hosted by Lou Dobbs. As a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, Roger generously gave over 30 minutes to sit down with Dean O'Reilly of the Graduate School of Business to talk about some of the key components of being a successful investor.

Meet Roger Abramson, a dynamic force in the business world known for his unwavering commitment to speed as the ultimate competitive advantage. Roger's unique blend of street smarts and book smarts has propelled him to remarkable success as an entrepreneur, investor, and business leader. Roger's journey began in the fast-paced realm of commercial real estate brokerage in New York City. Recognizing his innate talent for sales, he swiftly transitioned to a commercial furniture company, where he rapidly rose to become one of the top salespeople nationwide within just a few years. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Roger founded his own commercial furniture venture, the Atlantic Group, at the young age of 25. In a remarkable feat, he led the company to surpass the $100 million revenue milestone within five years, achieving net profit margins well above industry standards. His triumph in a fiercely competitive and commoditized market speaks volumes about his leadership, sales acumen, and relentless determination. Notable highlights of Roger's illustrious career include being featured as the cover story in Inc. magazine's "Built for Speed" edition. His insights have also been showcased in prestigious publications such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, Sales & Marketing Management, Incentive, and the New York Post. Roger has lent his expertise to televised debates on the value of an MBA in business on CNN's "Entrepreneurs Only" and has been a featured guest on the CNN show "Business Unusual" hosted by Lou Dobbs. As a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, Roger generously gave over 30 minutes to sit down with Dean O'Reilly of the Graduate School of Business to talk about some of the key components of being a successful investor.

Legendary sports broadcaster and UMaine alumni Gary Thorne joined Dean O'Reilly on this episode of The Sunday Night Huddle to discuss all the things that have led to a great career in sports broadcasting and how the lessons he has learned from sports can translate to the business world

Dean O'Reilly Kicks off 2023 by talking about disruptive innovation with featured guest Bruce Hall

Bruce is the President and CMO of Eureka! Inventing, a global innovation systems, ideation, concept development, consulting and research group with offices in New York, Cincinnati and Houston. Bruce was the President of the Eureka Ranch for six years and has taken on this role at Eureka!Inventing to drive LEAP or breakthrough innovation leveraging Innovation Engineering with companies worldwide. His innovation, concept development and marketing consulting experience includes CPG, toys, banking/financial, technology, retail, QSR, durable hard goods, hospitals/health-care, and pharmaceuticals/OTCs. Past clients include Mars, Mattel, Pepsi, Hallmark, DrPepperSnapple, Nestle, P&G, PNC Bank, Chase Bank, Bosche, Viking, ScottsMiracleGro, etc. For 16 years prior to the Eureka! Ranch Bruce held senior level cpg brand and marketing positions with Procter & Gamble, Novartis, Coca-Cola and American Express where he successfully launched new products across the globe (every continent). He has an incredible track record of turning around underperforming businesses and brands through breakthrough strategies and innovation. He also has been the Chief Marketing Officer for a venture-capital start-up in the technology and convenient health-care spaces. Bruce has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maine and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts

Dean O'Reilly gives his top tips for networking in 2022 and beyond!

Episode 2 of Season 2, features Dean O'Reilly and Guest Ross Bryant, CEO of Yokogawa Fluid Imaging and MaineMBA Alumnus. Dean O'Reilly and Bryant chat about what it is like to be a CEO in 2022 and beyond.

Dean O'Reilly kicks off the brand new season of the Sunday Night Huddle by discussing 4 mega trends within the business industry that all MaineMBA students should be aware of.

Dean Norm O'Reilly of the University of Maine Graduate School of Business hosts the 6th episode in the webinar series. This episode is all about the standards in business and team dynamics.   Joining the episode is special guest Kathleen Murphy who shares her knowledge on what makes a good team successful.   TImestamps below

On this episode of the Sunday Night Huddle, Dean O'Reilly is joined by Dr. Jason Harkins of the University of Maine Graduate School of Business. In the episode, they talk all about revenue generation and how to build a strong team when joining a startup company.