OEN's "Running with the Gazelles"” CEO Forum    

OEN's "Running with the Gazelles" CEO Forum is a five-part series, chaired and moderated this year by Sudhir Bhagwan and is sponsored by Perkins Coie, Moss Adams, Brentwood Group, and Davis Wright Tremaine as part of OEN’s educational programs. It is aimed at providing informative and interactive advice to Gazelle CEOs whose companies have achieved revenues of between $3M - $30M annually.

This Roundtable series is composed of five afternoon sessions, each covering two main topics, and conducted from 4:00 – 5:30pm.  Each session is followed by an hour of social networking period which includes wine and food.  The combination of topics in each session are chosen specifically for Gazelle stage company CEOs.

A seasoned CEO with an established business track record in the Northwest will lead each topic.  The desired result is to help the Gazelle CEOs discuss and learn from the speaker and other attending CEOs, to help them continue successfully growing their companies.

To make the sessions more productive, we will send surveys to selected Gazelle CEOs and some of the issues they face in their companies that they would like to get covered at the forums. 

Each session comprises two main topics, each with a guest speaker (usually an experienced CEO, but at times will include other content experts).  Each speaker will spend around 15-20 minutes to present their views on the assigned subject matter, followed by 20-25 minutes of open group discussion and Q&A, including topics/issues that the speaker has previously prepared with a selected Gazelle CEO.  The first session will be followed by the second topic using the same format.  We will respect staying within the allotted times, then start the Social at 5:30 PM, and end around 6:30 PM.

Gazelle CEO Forum - Upcoming Agenda      

Please contact Kirsten Ringen at OEN to register by calling 503-222-2270.  

Aug 23:
- How to Cost-Effectively & Dramatically Grow Your Company (Mark Paul)
- Building and Managing Your Team & BOD (Bill Lattin)

Sep 20:
- Fund Raising & Growth Capital (Jim Johnson)
- Strategic Partnerships & Exit Strategies (Nitin Khanna)
 
Oct 18:
- Strategic Sales for Growth (Andrew Rowe)
- Business at the Speed of NOW (TBD)

Nov 17:
- Product Innovation (TBD)
- Protecting Intellectual Property (Sheila Morrison)

Dec 15:
- Operating Your Business (Mike Wright)
- Managing Cash Flow (TBD)