David schechtmann is the business development and community outreach director for Parabel. David schechtmann responsibilities in the company includes raising for investment fund, maintaining client relationships, and regional site selections, as well as challenging business sector with everyday issues including perfect growth of crop, commercializing the scale of facilities, creating new food groups for product inclusion, and ultimately end-market sales.

1. 7 Ways to become a Business
Development Director
David Schechtmann

2. Who is David Schechtmann?
David Schechtmann is a
lawyer with a Bachelor
of Science in Finance
from New York
University - Leonard N.
Stern School of Business
and a doctor of law
degree from Loyola Law
School in Los Angeles.
Currently he is the
business development
and community
outreach director for
Parabel.

3. His responsibilities in the company includes raising for investment
fund, maintaining client relationships, and regional site selections,
as well as challenging business sector with everyday issues including
perfect growth of crop, commercializing the scale of facilities,
creating new food groups for product inclusion, and ultimately end-
market sales.

4. What does a Business Development
Director do?
They are responsible for developing the business side of a company,
says David Schechtmann, as well as identify business opportunities
and build long-term relationships with prospects in order to
increase the company's revenue and maximize profits. The main
objective of a Business Development Director is to help the
company to become as successful as possible.

5. Communication is the key
Communication and
interpersonal skills are the
key to become a good
business developer. You
must know how to be
present at any
conversation be it
assertive and speak to all
the stakeholders involved.
David Schechtmann also
says that you must be able
to call prospects with
confidence in order to be
a successful business
developer.

6. Be collaborative
To David Schechtmann one of the main points of being a Business
Developer is to understand that it involves collaboration with
many people from the inside and outside of the company. A good
business developer should be able to build relationships,
influence, manage conflicts and navigate through office politics in
order to get things done.

7. Negotiation skills
David Schechtmann says that a Business Development
Director means to be tactful and diplomatic at all
times. To achieving the goals required from the
company or your own professional goals, you need to
learn when to compromise and when to take a stand.

8. The importance of management skills
David Schechtmann believes that in some way Business
developers are also project managers. You need to plan and
manage projects and risks involved, calculate budgets, cost,
time and teams working on ongoing projects. Management
skills may seem important for managers and not directors,
but in either case the management is something you will do
every day.

9. Be a researcher
Research can help you get far in the business. A Business Developer
will need to have strong research and strategic analysis skills says
David Schechtmann. Exceptional Business Development Managers
are always hungry for knowledge. They like to stay up to date with
the latest economic matters in the industry. They are always
organized and are used to working under constant pressure. There
knowledge in Sales Management, Marketing, strategic management
and business planning is vast.

10. Awareness of the softwares
Having computer skills is a must in most jobs since the last few
years. Any decent employee, and even more a Business
Development Director must have high competency working with
Microsoft Office, and even CRM software's as it is a must for this
job, says David Schechtmann.

11. Business intelligence
Any respectful business developer will conduct the necessary
competitive analysis required to identify the company’s current position,
and what competitive advantage the company have over them, therefore
business developers must be able to collect the data that they need in
order to prepare an accurate analysis. David Schechtmann says that
knowing all about your business services and products is essential and
knowing everything about your competition will provide you with the
leverage you need to surpass them.

12. David Schechtmann