Punch, Kick, Wrestle: How To Start A New Company Like An MMA Fighter

This key talk for companies, startups and investors (venture firms and banks) shows how the world's most successful companies began and how they found their product fit, even after a disasterous start. From Nike to Starbucks to Tesla to Google to Reddit and more, what are the important threads of success that kept them from falling apart early on as they all almost did? Based on the author's 25 years in business and MMA.

Attendee results:

1. Knowing which ring you're fighting in
2. Situational awareness of your company and the competition
3. Is the match striking or grappling? 1 round or 5?
4. Fighting above your weight class (how to take on bigger rivals)
5. Pre, during and post workout nutrients (funding)
6. Knowing when to not tap out
7. How to close the distance with competitors
8. How to know if the fight is one match or a several fight series?

Getting Ahead Of The Curve So Your Business Can Win

Ever since the Internet snuck into our lives in the mid 1990s the pace of change with technology has accelerated, leaving some companies behind. For more than 25 years I have been forecasting the future for clients such as Microsoft, AT&T, Comcast, and other giants but also for scrappy startups like Ad Sense which beat Google at the ad game so well that Google acquired it. Today, Ad Sense generates more than $30 billion revenue annually.

The thread that separates companies that get ahead of the curve or get left behind is understanding where technology is headed and what the business models of the future look like with that technology.

Attendee results:

1. What's ahead for your industry, a specific forecast?
2. How does the technology of the future impact it now?
3. Who are your competitors now and in the future?
4. What are the strategic steps needed to get ahead of this curve?
5. How do you navigate the changing waters ahead to not only float, but sail through?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & How It Impacts Your Industry and Company

Based on 25 years in technology building some of the world's most cutting-edge products and services this insightful talk will show how the convergence of many pieces of technology with AI will bring about unprecedented disruption to every industry, whether you embrace it or not.

Banking, real estate, marketing, medicine, healthcare, education, commerce, government at every level will be disrupted as AI begins to take on more and more tasks and services. Companies and groups that understand where AI is and where it is going will be able to take advantage of this $trillion shift from how things used to work to how they will work.

Attendee results:

1. Understanding of various types of AI and how they work
2. How AI can benefit your industry or company now and in the future
3. What your competitors are doing with AI and how you can compete
4. Ways your industry or company can save money with AI
5. Ways your industry or company can boost revenue and earnings with AI
6. How to employ more people and more AI as your growth surges (in other words, AI doesn't have to cost jobs)
7. What AI looks like now, in 5 years and in 10 years and how to prepare