On February 26, 2015, Doug Tatum, Chairman of the Board for Newport Board Group, and Newport Partner Rick Williams will be participating in Harvard Business School Association of Boston's "How Companies Succeed - Why Many Don't." This event will be taking place from 7:00-8:00pm at the Main Club House at the Harvard Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
"How Companies Succeed - Why Many Don't"
Most companies - even those founded by talented entrepreneurs - do not succeed. Of those that find real customers and become profitable most are not successful making the transition from a niche or regional market to an enterprise of scale.
At this event, a panel of experts will explore how the leadership teams of companies that do grow to scale transformed their companies, and why other companies are not able to recreate themselves so they are empowered to grow beyond their initial success.
The experts will share insights and experiences with companies across a wide spectrum of businesses and industries that have grown from $10 million to $300 million in revenues and beyond. Companies that do make this transition experience exploding valuations because so many investors understand their potential to achieve outsized returns.
About Doug Tatum
Doug serves as Chairman of the Board for Newport Board Group. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and also serves as the Advisory Board Chairman for the Institute for Exceptional Growth Companies. Doug speaks extensively throughout the world, presenting the research and frameworks included in his book No Man’s Land: Where Growing Companies Fail.
About Rick Williams
Rick is a Partner with the Newport Board Group. He has been founder and President of The Equity Company, Inc., an award winning real estate development company and is past President of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston. Rick is also Board Chair of Point Care Technologies a medical device company serving HIV-AIDS patients worldwide and was Board Chair for the Community Development Finance Corp. a quasi public bank/VC firm.
