5/19/2009
| Bridging Gaps in Marketing, Sales, Branding, and Operations |
A conversation with Teresa Spangler, Managing Partner, PlazaBridge Group, LLC
PlazaBridge Recognized in Microsoft News- Interview
Ten years ago, Facebook didn’t exist. Ten years before that, we didn’t have the Web. So who knows what jobs will be born a decade from now? Though unemployment is at a 25‑year high, work will eventually return. But it won’t look the same. No one is going to pay you just to show up. We will see a more flexible, more freelance, more collaborative and far less secure work world. It will be run by a generation with new values — and women will increasingly be at the controls. Here are 10 ways your job will change. In fact, it already has
Very interesting article in Forbes today! PlazaBridge helps companies reinvent themselves. As one CEO told me yesterday, “I knew I needed to change! Me personally and the company. We needed to move the company to the next level but my team and I were so stuck in the day to day grind ….we just could not stop!” Bringing in PlazaBridge, allowed us to focus on our day to day priorities while reinvention was also in motion. The speed in which they got our business and moved us was astounding!”
Creative Disruption
To Reinvent Your Company, Reinvent Yourself
05.18.09, 2:50 PM ET
As if the non-stop economic challenges of the past two years weren’t bad enough, a hidden crisis is beginning to emerge from the economic rubble of 2007-08: Corporate leaders have to deal with a challenge for which they are completely unprepared.
Companies are increasingly recognizing that today’s turbulent times require nothing short of continual reinvention. Weathering today’s storm isn’t enough. Companies have to develop repeatable processes that regularly renew their firms before the next crisis hits. This kind of renewal must begin with the leaders themselves.
For generations the U.S. had a culture that supported entrepreneurialism and the creation of new growth businesses. Silicon Valley was the embodiment of this culture. Today individuals and the companies that house them must develop this ability. Full Story
| What’s Next in Tech? Boston by Don Dodge |
Everyone wants to know about the next big thing in technology. Scott Kirsner is organizing an evening event in Boston on Thursday, June 25th that’s called “What’s Next in Tech.” A panel of entrepreneurs will reveal their thoughts on the next big thing, followed by a panel of VCs discussing where they are investing their money.
Speakers include people like Helen Greiner (a founder of iRobot, and now The Droid Works), Mike Dornbrook (COO of Harmonix Music Systems, the creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band), Ellen Rubin (founder of cloud computing start-up CloudSwitch), and Brian Halligan (CEO of social media leaders HubSpot). Forward-thinking Venture Capital investors like Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital, Michael Greeley of Flybridge Capital, and John Simon from General Catalyst, and others will offer their insights.
The discussion is likely to include cloud computing, videogames, robotics, social media, clean-tech, wireless applications, and other fast-growing sectors. You can register at
What’s Next In Tech – Where will the next waves of growth will come from?
Date: Thursday, June 25th
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM (ET)
Where: Boston University, School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, 02215
Price: $40
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