Tech Talk Tuesday
The World is Getting Flatter
WHEN
- October 23, 2007 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
WHERE
- Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
- Bay Colony Corporate Center, North Entrance
- 1000 Winter Street - Suite 4000
- Waltham, MA 02451
- Map
DESCRIPTION
The advent of global supply chains, the impact of outsourcing/insourcing and the ubiquitous growth of technology all have created a flattening of corporate operations. Whether a company is in-bounding or out-bounding its technology, positioning your company for international competition and expansion is a critical business issue today.
Are you ready?
In this panel discussion the experts will discuss what it takes to be a global company and how they employed best practices to avoid common pitfalls. You will hear how they attacked:
- Developing an International mindset
- Sourcing and retaining management and board talent?
- IP protection vs. Market Opportunity
- Currency fluctuations – minimizing risk
- Financing for growth
- Creating a global presence
- Managing far-flung operations
The proposed panel for the October 23rd T-Cubed session will discuss these issues and ways that technology entrepreneurs in the EU, Asia/Pacific, and the Middle East face these challenges. The panel will focus on the issues from the perspective of a US company looking to operate multi-nationally and the lessons to be learned from foreign entrepreneurs.
Panelists include:
Moderator - Kevin J. Rhone, Regional Partner New England, The York Group
Kenneth S. Goldman, CPA, Senior VP and CFO, Salary.com
Edward Braginsky, Partner, TVM Capital