Nearly everyone will acknowledge that early stage companies must enter into joint ventures and strategic alliances to be successful. The need for rapid growth and the high cost of capital make leveraging strategic partners' brand names, distribution facilities, infrastructure, technology or access to markets critical to building a new business. Yet many strategic alliances made by emerging companies in the last two years have been failures.
Come listen to a panel of experts discuss and answer:
Why do joint ventures and strategic alliances involving emerging companies fail? Are joint ventures and strategic alliances really critical to an emerging company's success? Are there alternatives? How can an emerging company improve its odds for success in negotiating an alliance? What should a company do if a strategic alliance is not working?
| Date: | Wednesday, April 18, 2001 |
| Time: | 5:15pm - registration & refreshments 6:00pm-8:00pm - program |
| Place: | The Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street (between Park and Lexington) |