March 05, 2012

Dear Visitor / CEO / COO / CXO,

If you are a student / non-CXO, please go to The Book section to get free audio downloads.

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If you are a CEO / CFO / COO and want to rev-up your business, I am currently offering a 1-day TECH STRATEGY retreat. This is modeled after the 3-credit TECH STRATEGY course (grad-level) which MBA students study every fall in Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University; the older syllabus for Fall 2011 (this will be revised in a couple of months for Fall 2012) may be downloaded here. 

The 10-hour long retreat delves into the most of the concepts covered in the 3-credit Intenstive taught formally in Suffolk U. In the first half, it is a monologue where I poke with the following concepts:

- Technology Cycles
- Dominant Designs
- TALC and the Chasm (or lack thereof)
- Henderson & Clark: Architectural Innovation Framework
- Technology Push vs. Market Pull
- Basic vs. Applied Research, monetizing R&D
- Teece: Tight Appropriability, Complementary Assets, Speed
- Intellectual Property: Patents vs. Trade Secrets,
- Product / Process Innovations
- Conventional Products vs. Products with Network Effects
- Products, Services, PLATFORMS, ecosystems: "Productizing" Services and "Servitizing" Products
- Technology Diffusion
- Lead Users
- Sticky Information
- Learning by Doing
- Absorptive Capacity
- Strategic Planning vis-a-vis Technology
- Real (Technology) Options
- Doing Technology Strategy: Product Development Funnels / Aggregate Project Plans

In the 2nd half, the retreat turns interactive; the audience type will determine what needs to be discussed. Prior planning for the retreat will require a single point of contact from your organization; the retreat will take place in your premises, and will cost you only $20,000. Discounted further for SMBs.

In short, the retreat is designed to energize your business executives in turning minus into plus. Please don't hesitate to e-mail me to receive more information.

Sincerely,

Sam in Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, CA)

Linked-in: http://linkedin.com/in/sam001

Twitter: @franteractive