Last night TAG launched its new Corporate Development Society, which is chaired by John L. Ryan, Director, Business Development, IBM . Ryan began the event by explaining his vision for the new society, (corresponding presentation to be posted soon!) John Yates, Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP then led an expert panel discussion featuring Ronald Goldman, Managing Director, Croft & Bender, LLC; Catherine Dixon Consultant, Intersect Group; Lorin Coles President, Alliancesphere; and Dominic Mazzone, Managing Director, Mazzone & Associates. Jay Lambert was at the event and covered the panel discussion pretty well on Twitter:
First one here at #TAGCD. Need someone to come on in to network with. #TAGThink
TAG Corporate Development Society kickoff a good time. Friendly, sharing attendees as always at a #TAGThink event.
Corp Dev is #TAGThink's 25th society.
To launch corp dev, John Ryan asked, where are the bus dev groups and alliance groups in TAG? All about connecting. #TAGThink
Wants to be leading org in #atl for companies (esp startups) to find the right resources, alliances, network, investors - #TAGThink
We have some really good competencies here; how do we focus them? - John Ryan #TAGThink Have a backup plan; other options help the buyer stay honest. - Ronald Goldman #TAGThink Corp dev guys opinion very important, but deal won't happen if the business side doesn't buy in - Lorin Coles #TAGThink Focus on fewer deals done better. The stakes are much higher now. - Catherine Dixon #TAGThink In a down market, people realize how important their partners are - Lorin Coles #TAGThink Corp Dev panel feels market is up for rest of year, but quantity more so than quality #TAGThink Corp Dev success factors - deal sourcing, prof growth, grow bus locally. #TAGThink Ecosystem not here yet, but this is an embracing community. Get your skills and come here to use the connections - John Yates #TAGThink
It was a great event, and on behalf of TAG I'd like to thank John and all of the TAG Corporate Development Board Members for the planning they put into it as well as for their leadership in getting the group up and running. We'll have more information posted about the next Corporate Development Society events, and if you'd like to get more involved please contact Michael Bosarge, the TAG staff liaison for the group, at Michael@TAGonline.org.