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| VentureNet 2002 |
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| SCSC Board of Directors |
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Executive
Committee: Jeffrey
M. Harris Mike Harris Jay Johnson James Knudson Richard
Koffler Hoshi Printer Helen Russell Edwin Sauve Mark Skiba Norman Wolfe |
Congratulations to the 2002 Software Industry Award Winners!
Software
CEO of the Year
Frank Perna, MSC.Software Corporation
Software
Developer of the Year
Best Software, Inc.
Entrepreneur
of the Year 2001
Sanjeev Kuwadekar, CEO, Hey Anita Inc.
Interactive
Content Company of the Year
Activision
more...
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2002
Welcome New Directors:
Dr. Adam Kolawa, Chief Executive Officer, ParaSoft Corporation
Hoshi Printer, Chief Financial Officer, Autobytel
Edwin Sauve, Senior Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank
Complete List of Board and Bios
FOR MARCH AND APRIL
SOFTWARE EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE
TECHNOLOGY SIG
Details in future email announcements. Speaking opportunities by invitation only.
Since 1991, the Software Council has been serving as a leader in the Southern California software and Internet marketplace by bringing CEOs, presidents and other executives up-to-the minute advice on management practices, strategic business alliances, business resources, and marketing trends to funding opportunities. Join us or refer a business associate! http://www.scsc.org/membership/join.html
Dear Software Council Member,
The Software Council requests your input on the topic of workforce development and training initiatives. One of the benefits members receive through the Software Council is access to educational programs relevant to the software industry. We have been working to develop strategic relationships with companies who will provide either private or group training to SCSC members at reduced costs. In order to understand your needs better, we would like your input to the following questionnaire. Click here
USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - BUSINESS STRATEGY OFFER
The final year Executive MBA students of USC's Marshall School of Business
are looking for an opportunity to do a business strategy project for local
high technology companies.
They are looking for high-technology companies with a minimum of $ 10 million annual revenue and over 75 employees that can use assistance in both the formulation of strategy and the implementation of strategy for the entire company or a large business division.
The project must have support from the top management. The business strategy formation and implementation plan would be done for FREE by a team of 4-5 Executive MBA students.
USC's Marshall Executive MBA program is ranked # 6 among the nation's top programs. Executive MBA Students have on an average 20 years of work experience.
If you are interested
in getting an external consulting team to work on your business strategy
for Free please contact Anjay Bajaj at abajaj@usc.edu or 949-293-4561
by February 15th.
The Corporate Sponsorship program provides year-round opportunities for branding, business development and regional marketing exposure. For our annual events, there are limited VentureNet 2002 and Software Industry Awards 2003 sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Dawn Reese, Director of Member and Sponsor Relations for details at dawn@scsc.org.
CEO Perspectives
Critical Issues…Failures
During Economic Recovery
By SCSC Member, Gene Siciliano, founder and president of Western Management
Associates
All companies struggle
at some level during a downturn. All, or most, pull in spending, cancel
commitments, slow down payments to suppliers, try harder to collect customer
accounts, delay hiring, initiate layoffs, and so on. Some companies fail
during this period because they do not have the resources to survive a
drop-off in sales, but many other weak companies continue to survive because
their stronger competitors are too busy protecting themselves to take
advantage of the weakness they could find if they were aggressive instead.
more...
FINANCE
Dealing with Uncertain
Times: Is Now the Right Time to Sell?
By SCSC Infinity Sponsor, Kimberly Valentine, Partner, Deloitte &
Touche's National Corporate Finance/Mergers & Acquisitions Group
Wouldn't it be nice if life provided us with easy answers to some of life's more difficult questions: which house to buy, which job to take, when to get married, when to sell your business to make the most amount of money? And if life wasn't tough enough, now we are forced to operate in an undefined and changing world. So, how do you determine the best time to sell? more...
MARKETING
Marketing with
the Big Dogs
By SCSC Member, Jeff Ballard, CEO Satellite Marketing
With all of the positive
signs lately, it looks like the market is going to rebound this year.
Are you going to be a part of it? Are you doing the things now to ensure
your company will still be in the consideration mix with your prospects?
Or are you still waiting to see if the rebound is real? The market leaders
are taking appropriate action so as not to not lose any ground and will
probably be among the first to gain from the economic rebound. Are you
going to keep up? more...
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
The Necessity of
Software Product Concept Testing
By SCSC Member, Jim Stedt, Hartley & Associates
What is Software Product
Concept Testing?
The Software Product Concept Test is one of the better behaviors that
the "bricks and Mortar" companies developed. This assessment
takes a product or service, out for review by a number of potential customers
and records their reactions. This procedure gives the company valid data
to the acceptation or rejection of the product or service before expensive
development costs are incurred. more...
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Advancing Your
Brand With Public Relations
By SCSC Member, Judy Anderson, Vice President, Benjamin Group
A strong brand is
one of your company's most valuable assets. Learn how public relations
techniques can help build your brand -- regardless of whether you work
for a start-up company or a well-established business. more...
The Software Council of Southern California (www.scsc.org) is a non-profit industry trade association, comprised of software and Internet development organizations as well as those businesses that provide support and services to Southern California's software industry. The organization's mission is to bring people and information together to promote industry economic growth, encourage new technologies and enhance software and Internet entrepreneurism.
Dawn Reese, Director of Member and Sponsor Relations, dawn@scsc.org
Kristen Messineo, Program Coordinator, kristen@scsc.org
Software
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