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Continuing the conversations that take place each year at Nantucket, Future Forward Events hosts dinner programs throughout the year. Each dinner brings together a targeted group of executives to share their experiences and debate a topic with a well-known moderator. The dinner is invitation-only and is limited to no more than 30 participants. To request an invitation, please contact Alyssa Stern.
March 27, 2008 This evenings dinner discussion was led by a group of consumer-oriented executives and entrepreneurs who shared their experiences developing and marketing compelling products for consumers. The conversation was led by Steve Krampf, Co-founder and CEO, Chestnut Hill Sound; Harry West, VP of Strategy and Innovation, Continuum; designer of Reebok's pump sneaker, the Swiffer, nTag's intelligent nametag, and OLPC's $100 Laptop; Antonio Rodriguez, Founder, Tabblo; General Manager, HP Publishing Services; and Carl Yankowski, CEO, Ambient Devices; former CEO of Palm Computing and President of Sony Electronics. The dinner discussion addressed topics including how do you gain true insights into consumer behavior? Can consumer products be too innovative? How do you think through pricing strategy? Is free the future of consumer tech? How do you communicate with consumers and generate buzz without a multi-million dollar ad budget? How do you develop the right partnerships with retailers and distributors? Thanks to our Sponsor:
March 15, 2007 The dinner discussion was led by Jeffrey Beir, Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners; Jeff Bussgang, General Partner, IDG Ventures; Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism Venture Partners; Dean Goodermote, CEO, NSI Software and Venture Partner, ABS Capital; and Lucy McQuilken, Investment Manager, Intel Capital. Investors regularly offer advice to the management of their portfolio companies -- who usually accept it, and on occasion, ignore it. Entrepreneurs offer advice to other entrepreneurs. Our dinner discussion, led by a panel of speakers who have been both entrepreneurs and investors, focused on the role advice plays in trying to build successful companies: good advice, bad advice, advice accepted, and advice ignored. Thanks to our Sponsor:
March
28, 2006 Michael Cody, Vice President of Corporate Development, EMC and David Friend, Founder and CEO of Carbonite, led the conversation at this dinner moderated by Marina Hatsopoulos, Director at GSI Group; Director at Contex Holding and a member of the Advisory Board of Z Corporation. Our speakers addressed issues like: What makes a good acquisition in today's market? What are some of the perils start-ups face when engaging in M&A discussions? What are typical (and atypical) deal terms, the challenge of closing deals, and of making them work afterwards? Thanks to our Sponsor:
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