Teresa Spangler leads Executive Roundtable with Women’s Power Networking
Women’s Power Networking Women’s Executive Roundtable
Topic: Moving Beyond Invisible & Unknown Barriers!
Join us for an interactive session with Teresa Spangler, serial entrepreneur,
growth consultant and a savvy barrier detective.
> Learn to negotiate your way to the vision you’ve set out to achieve,
> Become self-aware of your impacts on others
> How you can develop your strong sound decision making
> How you can have what you want but you must know what that is!
> What decisions are even priorities and how do you identify the priority decisions better?
> How to motivate, lead, innovate and build a lasting company while still making it home for dinner with the kids.
Leave with a road map to ignite your path to growth
The Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speakers Series
Teresa Spangler invited to speak, October 14th, at the distinguished Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speaker Series
Teresa’s Speech: Re-Everything! How Can the U.S. Regain Leadership in Innovation? abstract
More information on the Series:
Created and hosted by the NC State Department of Computer Science, the Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speakers Series was created to provide students of all disciplines, as well as the extended university and business community, exposure to the unique world of leadership in technology.
The series, launched as a part of the computer science department’s 40th Year Celebrations in 2007, features accomplished and highly recognizable entrepreneurs, leaders and executives to speak on a variety of technology-focused leadership topics. The variety and quality of the speakers has resulted in the series quickly becoming known as one of the premiere speakers series on campus.
All talks are scheduled to take place at 6 pm in Room 1231 at EBII (unless noted otherwise), the department’s state-of-the-art research and teaching home on NC State’s award-winning Centennial Campus.
Each talk will be free and open to the public. Free parking (after 5 pm) is available in the deck on Partners Way. (directions & map).
Note to CSC Graduate Students – these lectures have been approved by the CSC Graduate Oversight Committee to count toward the required lectures for graduate students. Download seminar attendance form.
Fall 2010 Line-up
Alexander Macris [abstract & bio]
Co-founder, President & CEO, The Themis Group
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Teresa Spangler [abstract & bio]
Founder & CEO, The PlazaBridge Group
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Stephen Wiehe [abstract & bio]
President & CEO, SciQuest
Thursday, November 4, 2010
PlazaBridge Group Launches New Cloud Computing Commercialization Services
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 29, 2010
PlazaBridge Group Launches New Cloud Computing Commercialization Services
Firm delivers innovative commercialization services for companies seeking to add new revenue sources by leveraging advances in Cloud Computing
(Durham, N.C.) – PlazaBridge Group, LLC a leading services and commercialization firm, today announced the availability of SkyWrite™, a set of services and technologies designed to assist enterprises in commercializing internally built applications via Cloud Computing. Services include best practices in marketing and selling Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings to businesses and consumers. Technologies designed to re-engineer internal applications as Cloud Computing applications, including usage monitors, merchant payment utilities, data and communication security, identity management, database management and mobile application extensions, are also offered.
“Companies have invested enormous resources to build world class internal applications,” says Richard Spangler, Managing Partner, PlazaBridge Group. “When appropriate, these companies can leverage this investment to create new revenue opportunities. The emergence of low cost, ubiquitous Cloud Computing technologies makes it possible to resell this asset without interruption to existing operations”
Cloud Computing is growing and offers significant cost advantages. Companies are investigating the opportunity to externalize once internal IT applications to the Web. PlazaBridge Group is responding to market conditions and frequent client requests for this new service.
About PlazaBridge Group
PlazaBridge Group offers creative programs, services and products that expand the possibilities of success for our clients. The firm delivers real change and impact to organizations seeking revenue growth and organizational realignment. Our people act as change agents, with intimate knowledge of how to apply entrepreneurial action to meet strategic objectives. Practice areas focus on sales growth, operational best practices and commercialization strategies. Plazabridge Group’s reputation has been built on driving the financial and market growth of our clients. Started in 2007, the firm impacts companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Medical Services, Government, Consumer and Web-enabled markets. PlazaBridge Group is a Microsoft BizSpark™ partner. Additional information can be found at www.PlazaBridge.com
Contact: Richard Spangler
Cell: 919-522-0657
Office: 919-627-7970
Richard@plazabridgegroup.com
Open Season Event – Friday, May 7
May 7, Open Season On The Status Quo- Breakfast
What CEO’s Should Know About SEO & Customer Mapping!
Speaker: Mike Marshall, Internet Marketing Analysts, PlazaBridge Partner
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010
Time: Breakfast Session – 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: The Solutions Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
What CEO’s should know
……about SEO!
- Make Better Spend Decisions
- De-mystify Pay Per Click vs. Organic Search
- Trends and Changes in SEO That May Impact Your Limited Budget Spend
- Learn the importance of your chosen words and key messages
- Uncover the value of-Metrics, Measures and Meaning to all this Data
- Make More Better Hiring Decisions
Breakfast Session
Date: Friday, May 7th
Time: 8am to 10:30 am
A Private Question and Answer Session
will Follow Full Session
RSVP
Open Season On The Status Quo- Breakfast
What CEO’s Should Know About SEO!
Speaker: Mike Marshall, Internet Marketing Analysts, PlazaBridge Partner
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010
Time: Breakfast Session – 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: The Solutions Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
What CEO’s should know
……about SEO!
- Make Better Spend Decisions
- De-mystify Pay Per Click vs. Organic Search
- Trends and Changes in SEO That May Impact Your Limited Budget Spend
- Learn the importance of your chosen words and key messages
- Uncover the value of-Metrics, Measures and Meaning to all this Data
- Make More Better Hiring Decisions
Breakfast Session
Date: Friday, May 7th
Time: 8am to 10:30 am
A Private Question and Answer Session
will Follow Full Session
RSVP
High Demand Event, Please Reserve Early!
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McKinsey: The Debate Zone: Will people pay for content online?
Great Article Debating both sides of the media battle! Read Full Article
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By Clay Shirky
A digital universe means readers have plenty of sources to choose from. Publishers considering pay walls have to weigh the costs of losing readers with the benefits of gaining subscription revenues.
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By Steven Brill
Publishers don’t need to make a choice between advertising and circulation revenue. By charging only certain kinds of readers or for certain kinds of content, they can still maintain a big, non-paying audience capable of generating ad revenues.
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The Economics of Giving It Away, WSJ Sat/Sunday, February 1, 2009
Below is a great article on the Economics of Free written by Wired Magazine’s, Chris Anderson.
The Economics of Giving It Away
In a battered economy, free goods and services online are more attractive than ever. So how can the suppliers make a business model out of nothing?
By CHRIS ANDERSON
Over the past decade, we have built a country-sized economy online where the default price is zero — nothing, nada, zip. Digital goods — from music and video to Wikipedia — can be produced and distributed at virtually no marginal cost, and so, by the laws of economics, price has gone the same way, to $0.00. For the Google Generation, the Internet is the land of the free.
Which is not to say companies can’t make money from nothing. Gratis can be a good business. How? Pretty simple: The minority of customers who pay subsidize the majority who do not. Sometimes that’s two different sets of customers, as in the traditional media model: A few advertisers pay for content so lots of consumers can get it cheap or free. The concept isn’t new, but now that same model is powering everything from photo sharing to online bingo. The last decade has seen the extension of this “two-sided market” model far beyond media, and today it is the revenue engine for all of the biggest Web companies, from Facebook and MySpace to Google itself.
In other cases, the same digital economics have spurred entirely new business models, such as “Freemium,” a free version supported by a paid premium version. This model uses free as a form of marketing to put the product in the hands of the maximum number of people, converting just a small fraction to paying customers. It’s an inversion of the old free sample promotion: Rather than giving away one brownie to sell 99 others, you give away 99 virtual penguins to sell one virtual igloo. (Confused? Ask a child: This is the business model for the phenomenally successful Club Penguin.)
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