| Information and Media Client's Challenge... |
| New pre-IPO Internet business was concerned about on-time launch and achieving demanding goals in technology and marketing breakthrough. It was important to immediately focus and align founder and management with the Board of Directors, alliance partners, investors and employees, while identifying and executing new critical strategic initiatives. |
| Our Approach... |
 New pre-IPO Internet business was concerned about on-time launch and achieving demanding goals in technology and marketing breakthrough. It was important to immediately focus and align founder and management with the Board of Directors, alliance partners, investors and employees, while identifying and executing new critical strategic initiatives. |
| Guided senior leadership team to produce a set of interdependent operating and business plans sensitive to both fast-changing competition and technology. |
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| Information and Media Client's Challenge... |
| New CEO and Chairman for this Internet enterprise was committed to fast-track launch of IPO, international growth and pace-setting alliances and acquisitions while strengthening technology, marketing, product development and financial management infrastructure and talent. |
| Our Approach... |
| Analyzed: competitive intelligence, business economics, management's growth goals, best-practices and perspective of members of Board, principal investors and senior leadership team. |
| Designed and guided the implementation of strengthened technology, organization, talent and management processes and supported management during and following successful IPO. |
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| Information and Media Client's Challenge... |
| CEO of merged enterprise was dissatisfied with progress and direction of "merger-of-equals" as were most members of the senior leadership team, many customers and alliance partners. Cost reduction and market share growth goals in merger had not been achieved. |
| Our Approach... |
| Analyzed: best-practices, competitive intelligence, management competence, business economics and growth goals. |
| Designed and guided the implementation of the merged enterprise with a strengthened management team and restructured management processes. |
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| Information and Media Client's Challenge... |
| Merger success, involving four U.S. enterprises, was critical to the foreign parent and to the reputation and competitive positioning of the merged enterprises. Unified pricing, sales, marketing and information technology were a central concern. |
| Our Approach... |
| Analyzed: management's goals in merger, best-practices and competitive intelligence. Interviewed key contributors at all levels. |
| Assisted client team members to identify and develop a mitigation plan and team for most significant obstacles-to-success with the merger. Guided aspects of the implementation process including strengthened communications within and outside the new post-merger enterprise. |
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| Information and Media Client's Challenge... |
| Foreign parent was concerned about vitality and viability of US acquisition that was losing market share and key accounts and struggling with new product development and off-plan financial performance. |
| Our Approach... |
| Analyzed: best-practices, competitive intelligence, management competence and goals. |
| Designed and guided the implementation of a multi-phased company-wide restructuring involving management talent and processes, R&D initiatives, product management, technology, finance and human resources. |
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| Information and Media Client's Challenge... |
| Foreign parent was concerned about viability of acquired multi-billion dollar enterprise considering fast-changing technology that might destroy the business' economics and underlying value proposition. |
| Our Approach... |
| Interviewed and analyzed the perspective of over 100 global stakeholders and opinion-leaders, customers and competitors. |
| Established a road-map-for-action to mitigate enterprise-threatening obstacles-to-success involving: policy, process, governance, structure, partnerships, R&D and technology. Client is evolving into exemplary world leader. |
