News & Events

News

• M3 competition was featured on MSNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
  Philadelphia, PA (November 2011)
  
  
  
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• Bev Rossi selected as M3 Awardee
  Philadelphia, PA (October 2011)
  
  
  
  

  Bev Rossi has been selected as an award-winner in the Make Mine a Million $ Business 2011 competition held in Philadelphia, called M3 1000. The name stands for M3’s desire to increase to 1000 the number of competition winners they award so that they may help more women accelerate their growth to the million-dollar level.
  
  Thirty-three M3 Awardees were chosen based on an additional competition round involving financial, business plan and reference reviews. These businesses are believed to have the potential to grow into million dollar enterprises quickly and sustainibly.
  
  As part of the M3 1000 prize, Bev will now have the opportunity to receive professional coaching, relevant business training, and accountability and peer support to help follow her concrete plan toward revenue growth. The goal of the program is for each participant to achieve measurable transformation for themselves and their business by removing emotional barriers, getting into action by being focused on their goals and working their business plan.

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• Bev Rossi selected as M3 Pitch Winner
  Philadelphia, PA (October 2011)
  
  
  
  

  Bev Rossi, President of Graphic Matter, Inc. was recently selected as an M3 Pitch Winner by Count Me In and its Make Mine a Million $ Business [M3] program at the M3 1000 Philadelphia Event.
  
  Forty-four women were selected as part of the M3 1000 pitch competition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 2011, which included nearly 150 women business owners who pitched their businesses. Close to 350 women entrepreneurs participated in this day-long business growth event for women, which also featured keynote addresses from leading women entrepreneurs like Jen Groover, top media mogul and business expert, and Carol’s Daughter founder Lisa Price, as well as valuable business education sessions and networking opportunities.
  
  Each of the M3 1000 Pitch Winners received a $1000 American Express gift card, as well as an introductory cycle of professional coaching, courtesy of American Express OPEN, the founding sponsor of Make Mine a Million $ Business.
  This select group of women business owners will now move on to the next step toward becoming M3 Awardees. As a Pitch Winner, Ms. Rossi will undergo extensive financial, business plan and professional reference reviews in order to determine her businesses potential to grow Graphic Matter, Inc., into a million dollar enterprise quickly and sustainably. M3 Awardees will be announced in late October 2011.
  
  Those chosen as M3 Awardees will be included in group coaching and training sessions with other Philadelphia Awardees; an invitation to join their exclusive M3 Yahoo community networking group, and special consideration for additional national and local public relations opportunities.
  
  Congratulations to Bev and the entire group of magnificent and motivated women leaders!

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• Beverly Rossi Recognized as WPEO NY's Rising Star 2011
  New York, NY (March 2011)
  
  
  Pictured, left to right: Marsha Firestone, President, WPEO NY; Beverly Rossi, President, Graphic Matter, Inc.; and Lisa Bertrand, Regional Certification Director for WPEO NY
  
  Beverly Rossi, President of Graphic Matter, Inc. was recently presented the WPEO Rising Star Award for the NY Region at the Women Presidents' Educational Organization [WPEO] Annual Awards Breakfast. The event, held at The Plaza Hotel in New York City on March 4, 2011, recognized women business owners, corporations, and women’s business advocates. It also celebrated the thirteen years the WPEO has created access for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) to private-sector opportunities. In addition, the WPEO acknowledged WPEO-certified WBEs and WPEO Corporate Sponsors. The WPEO provides full service third party certification to women entrepreneurs in the New York, Northern New Jersey, Southern Connecticut and the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas.
  
  The WPEO Rising Star Award recognizes a WBE that has been certified for between 1-4 years, has demonstrated past performance in doing business with corporations, government entities, and fellow WBEs, has supported other women in business, and has shown active involvement in the WPEO through volunteer service, in kind support, event sponsorship, committee participation and panelist contribution. Two winners are honored: one from the WPEO-NY region and one from the WPEO-DC region.
  
  Beverly has been an enthusiastic advocate for WBENC certification, and together with fellow WBE Maureen Borzacchiello of Creative Display Solutions proposed a pilot program to increase vendor development opportunities for WBEs and second tier opportunities with corporations. Originally certified in 2006, Graphic Matter was also the 2010 recipient of the Done Deals WBE Partnership Award.
  
  These organizations have provided immeasurable support to Bev and to Graphic Matter’s growth through the years. We are pleased to be able to reciprocate in kind, and proud that Bev has been recognized for her contributions.
  
  



• Care Packages for Our Troops During the Holidays
  New York, NY (December 2010)
  
  
  
  Join us in helping our friends at Morgan Stanley, they are collecting and shipping care packages to our Troops overseas. This “tradition” started before Thanksgiving this year, when an employee of Morgan Stanley in the Florham Park office, started collecting books and magazines to send to her son’s platoon in the Marines. For Christmas and New Years they are continuing the tradition and expanding their reach by inviting you all to participate.
  
  Here are the holiday wish lists:
  
  
  • Shaving Cream in tubes only
  • Black or Green Boot
  • Socks, boot height or higher
  • Ramen Noodles
  • Starbucks Coffee instant packs
  • Tooth Paste
  • Razors
  • Shampoo
  • Snacks
  • Canned Ravioli and Pasta
  • Monster Energy Drinks
  • Gatorade Mix
  • Propel Fitness Water Mix
  • Protein Powder
  • Cigarettes
  • Chewing Tobacco
  
  Note about packaging
  
  
  • Containers for liquid or gels, should be tubes 8oz or less, not cans or hard containers.
  • Food items must be ready to eat and should not require an opener
  • Individual serving packages are best.
  
  You can ship your packages directly to this address and they will bulk ship the entire order overseas. All packages must be received at Morgan Stanley by December 20, 2010.
  
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
  Attn: Marlene Yacenda
  400 Campus Drive
  Florham Park, NJ 07932
  
  Thanks for your help and sharing the joy of your holiday season!
  
  Bev Rossi
  Graphic Matter Inc.



• Graphic Matter Designs Ad for USA Today Placement
  Hillsborough, NJ (November 2010)
  
  Graphic Matter created an advertisement for BreastCancerRehab.org, which appeared in USA Today's November 2010 supplement section entitled Breast Cancer Awareness, a special report from independent publisher MediaPlanet. This marks our first placement in a national publication! We are excited and proud to share in Pink Ribbon Program's new ventures.
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• Graphic Matter Receives WPEO Done Deals 2010 WBE Partnership Award
  New York, NY (October 2010)
  
  Graphic Matter, Inc. was recently presented the Done Deals 2010 WBE Partnership Award at the Women Presidents' Educational Organization [WPEO] Annual Breakthrough Breakfast for Women Business Enterprises [WBEs]. The event, held at New York City's Grand Central Hyatt on October 1, 2010, honored the NY region winners of the Done Deals Challenge, a program developed to recognize and celebrate business contracts between WPEO Corporate Sponsors and WBEs, as well as between WBEs.
  
  Originally certified in 2006, Graphic Matter has participated in the Done Deals Challenge for three years. "My success in the Done Deals Challenge, and in leveraging my WBENC certification to promote Graphic Matter Inc., has been almost entirely in the relationships we have formed with other women business owners," reports Bev Rossi. "Some have asked us to participate in corporate RFPs, while others have contracted Graphic Matter to provide creative services for their own businesses. We are grateful for the many partnerships we have formed through our WBENC connections." Some of these partnerships - and the resulting friendships - include commVerge Marketing, Daystar Promotions, Inc., Leroe Corporate Gifts, Inc., MDS, Inc., Motivation Mechanics, NewType, Inc., NTSG, Inc., and RPR Graphics, Inc., all Graphic Matter clients and colleagues who are also WBENC certified.
  
  
  

• Graphic Matter Awarded Third Place in NJ Art Directors’ Club 42nd Annual Jersey Awards
  Hillsborough, NJ (June 2010)
  
  This year Graphic Matter participated in the NJ AD Club 42nd Annual Jersey Awards on June 2nd. Over 270 awards were distributed to agencies, designers and non-profit groups at the dinner held in Weehawken, NJ.
  Graphic Matter received the third place award for the exercise booklet we designed for the Pink Ribbon Program, Recovery for Breast Cancer Survivors in the category of Corporate/Product Brochure, 12 pages or more, in 4-color!.
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• Mitushi Banerjee Joins Graphic Matter, Inc.
  Hillsborough, NJ (March 2010)
  
  Graphic Matter Inc. is pleased to announce that Mitushi Banerjee has joined the firm as website designer.
  Mitushi brings 14 years of web design experience to Graphic Matter, with a strong foundation in HTML coding, flash animation and java scripting capabilities.
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• NJ BIZ: Inclusion 2008, Diversity and the Economy in the Garden State
  NJBIZ.com (October 2008)
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• Amy Melick Joins Graphic Matter, Inc.
  Hillsborough, NJ (September 2008)
  
  Graphic Matter Inc. is pleased to announce that Amy Melick has joined the firm as a graphic designer and project manager.
  Melick brings 18 years of experience in the areas of business development, sales, account management, marketing and graphic design to Graphic Matter.
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• Irene Worek Joins Graphic Matter, Inc.
  Hillsborough, NJ (March 2008)
  
  Graphic Matter Inc. is pleased to announce that Irene Worek has joined the firm as a graphic designer, project manager and instructional designer.
  Worek brings 20 years of graphic design and strong project management experience to Graphic Matter.
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• Chrysanthe Longman Joins Graphic Matter Inc.
  Hillsborough, NJ (August 2007)
  
  Graphic Matter Inc. is pleased to announce Chrysanthe Longman has joined the firm as a graphic designer, project manager and instructional designer.
  Longman has over 15 years of experience in the graphic design field, in both the corporate environment and in running her own design firm.
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Events

Graphic Matter actively participates in local business events. As we attend events and reach new milestones we will post information on this page.

Bev Rossi Participates in Private Session with WBENC National Leadership Philadelphia, PA (October 2010) Bev Rossi recently participated in a private networking session with the national leaders of Women's Business Enterprise National Council [WBENC] and fellow Envoy members from WBENC's Philadelphia Regional Partner Organization. The WBENC National Board of Directors was in town for their annual meeting. This meeting, held on October 15th at the Philadelphia Union League, preceded WBENC Philadelphia's Annual Breakthrough Breakfast event, which is designed to improve access to corporate sponsor organizations and their procurement teams.
Bev Rossi Completes FastTrac Growth Venture Program Philadelphia, PA (September 2010) Beverly Rossi, President of Graphic Matter, Inc., recently completed the FastTrac Growth Venture Program offered at the Women’s Business Development Center in Philadelphia, PA. The program provides business coaching for entrepreneurs in establishing a business plan and marketing strategy focused on aggressive growth initiatives. Ms. Rossi participated in the FastTrac Growth Venture Program as Graphic Matter marks its eighth anniversary in business in Somerset County.
Graphic Matter holiday luncheon Somerville, NJ (February 2010) The Graphic Matter Team enjoyed a delicious Cuban post-holiday luncheon at Martino's restaurant in Somerville, NJ. Pictured from L to R are Irene Worek, Colleen Tracey, Chrys Longman, Bev Rossi, Amy Melick, Jacki Hasko and Scherlyn Garney.
Graphic Matter attends the WBDC "Just Desserts" event Philadelphia, PA (November 2009) On Wednesday, November 18th, the Women's Business Development Center hosted their annual "Just Desserts" event at the Union League of Philadelphia. Beverly Rossi, President of Graphic Matter, served on the event committee. Over 275 people attended the event and delighted in more than 50 different types of desserts made by women chefs, caterers and restaurateurs. The event, which raised $50,000, will help the WBDC provide women with the opportunity to become self-sufficient through entrepreneurship. [ www.womensbdc.org ]
Graphic Matter enters the M3 race as a "jogger" New York, NY (April 2009) Graphic Matter has joined thousands of women entrepreneurs in the Make Mine a Million $ Business Race, an exciting year-long business growth marathon designed to support women in becoming successful and productive business owners and helping rebuild our nation's economy. Founded in 1999, Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs seeking to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises. Count Me In’s Make Mine a Million $ Business program reaches women entrepreneurs in communities around the country through events and on-line community. It seeks to add millions of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity, and take women to new levels of independence, empowering them to act as economic leaders. [ www.makemineamillion.org ]
Graphic Matter is Re-Certified as a Women Business Enterprise Hillsborough, NJ (April 2009) Graphic Matter became certified as a Women Business Enterprise through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) on June 21, 2006. In April 2009 we were re-certified by the Womens' President Organization in Manhattan. WBENC, founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. [ www.wbenc.org ]