Growth Strategies Summit

CRM: Maximizing Customer Value

Marketing Optimization Summit

Customer Care - Keep the Customers You Work So Hard to Acquire

Debunking the Myths for Startup Funding

Market Engineering Awards 

Funding Alternative Energy Ventures

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Business Fuel

Growth Strategies Summit - Managing Your Portfolio Of Development Opportunities
by Keith R. Reynolds
President, Maxim Communications
Does your company have a well thought-out plan for growth?  Do senior managers evaluate various options within the growth portfolio to balance risk, maximize timing and optimize overall corporate resources?  Is there a single person responsible for growth management?  If the answer to these questions is “no,” than Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Strategies Summit is for you...  (more)

CRM: Maximizing Customer Value
by John Engel
former CEO of e-Media & founder of 199LLC
This year there is a heightened awareness among senior executives that CRM is a necessary means of survival. Profitability through CRM is now the proverbial MOST IMPORTANT THING... (more)
(Martha Rogers of Peppers & Rogers Group provides her perspective)

"Marketing Optimization Summit – Making The Most Of Your Marketing Dollars In A Difficult Economic Environment"
by Keith R. Reynolds
President, Maxim Communications
Now, more than ever, there is a recognition amongst senior executives that integrated marketing is a necessary means of survival by reducing marketing costs while increasing effectiveness... (more)
(Martha Rogers of Peppers & Rogers Group provides her perspective)

Customer Care - Keep the Customers You Work So Hard to Acquire
by David Lewis President & Founder of OperationsInc.com
Businesses in today’s economy engage in a daily mission to locate and secure new clients. The battle in these economic times is a fierce one... (more)

Debunking the Myths for Startup Funding
by Keith R. Reynolds
President, Maxim Communications
At a recent Connecticut Venture Group symposium, “Life Sciences – Funding The Future,” Richard Shanley, a Partner with Deloitte & Touche, provided the following insights that identify key elements that VCs look for in a start up biotech company... (more)

Market Engineering Awards - Excellence in Information and Communication
by Michael LeBlanc
President, LeBlanc Communications
Technology Awards Honors Industry Leaders: Frost & Sullivan presented William Esrey, Chairman and CEO of Sprint, with the Telecommunications Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent 2003 Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards... (more)

"Funding Alternative Energy Ventures"
by Keith R. Reynolds
President, Maxim Communications
A recent Connecticut Venture Group symposium on funding alternative energy sources explored the recent upsurge of interest in the industry, reviewed the investment climate and explored what can be expected from the industry and the technology... (more)

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