Thursday, July 10 2008, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
What does it really take to grow a company from startup to a billion dollars?
David G. Thomson has the answer and he is coming to FWE&E to share the results from three years of detailed research of American companies that have IPO'd since 1980 and grown to at least $1 Billion in revenue. His book, Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth, provides the first quantitative identification of the success patterns common across this distinctive group of "Blueprint Companies". The book was number four on 800-CEO-READ's bestseller list.
In a recent USA TODAY story (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2008-04-22-women-founders-
success_N.htm), Thomson says today's fastest-growing companies look more like Apple than General Motors with "success more dependent on ideas than on capital." Consequently, the conditions for women have never been better. He is puzzled, however, that women founders are all but non-existent in the billion dollar club. Only three companies founded by women have grown into the Fortune 1000. And all three were co-founded with men.
Thomson wants to see more women grow and transform their companies into billion dollar companies. In a program designed exclusively for FWE&E, he will share the proven growth and management traits and techniques that lead to success. You'll learn how to evaluate your company's performance against the success pattern of America's highest growth companies. He'll also suggest, based on the research for his upcoming book Leading Forward, management techniques that separate the successful from those who fail.
David G. Thomson has been leading business growth for 20 years in general management and executive sales/marketing. As Vice President, Sales and Marketing at both Nortel and HP, Thomson led strategic account growth from $100M to over $500M. These successes in large companies drove Thomson to identify the success pattern for standalone businesses.
Registration:
http://www.fweande.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=115 Space is limited
Presented by FWE&E
Sponsored by: SAP
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SAP- 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94304
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