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David Friedman hosts StreetSavvy Business on Eye on Business. Guests include Susan Howington, CEO, Power Connections, and Mark Skaist, Business Attorney at Stradling Yocca. As bonus coverage in this video you will be able to view a new edition of the Berkus Report from Dave Berkus, super angel and member TechCoastAngels.
David Friedman moderates a panel of technology executives on how to make complex technology simple to understand. (July 2016)
Laguna Hills, CA, October 13, 2015
Proprietary Analytical Technique Enables Clients to Identify and Remove Obstacles to Success.
C-Level Partners LLC (CLP) is a new consultancy serving small to mid-sized companies experiencing turbulence in their markets and who want to create value through profitable growth. This challenge is important as Forbes Magazine reports that 50-70% of executives fail to achieve success. Two key reasons for this failure are they (1) underestimate obstacles and (2) rely on what has worked for them in the past. CLP’s practice focuses on delivering solutions to these and other causes of failure in helping executives achieve their value creation goals.
Four C-suite executives with success records in the service, technology, and manufacturing markets founded CLP. As they have walked in the shoes of senior executives, they understand the challenges of business and serve as beacons for value creation. Value creation may involve improving the top and bottom lines, growing the core business, or finding new market opportunities. A key to success is having a disciplined and replicable methodology to obtain facts, analyze options, and develop a new plan or set of corrective actions. To that end, CLP’s PRASE methodology helps discover and remove barriers, create opportunities and deliver results. The founding members and current managing directors are:
• Dennis Drent, specialty insurance company CEO and founder of Drent Advisory Services LLC, an advisory firm specializing in strategic control;
• David Friedman, technology marketing executive and founder of Performance Marketing Group specializing in building routes to revenue and marketing strategies, and current member of TechCoastAngels;
• Vince Ferraro, a nationally-ranked consumer and technology marketing executive and industry thought-leader specializing in creating strong brands, developing new products, and growing established businesses;
• Brian Newton, risk management and compliance executive in the financial services arena with qualifications in quality and regulatory affairs covering FDA requirements.
“Most executives know where they need to take the company and are good strategists,” says Dennis Drent, “but the biggest problems occur when obstacles are not effectively managed. Obstacles come in many forms and identifying them is often times half the battle.”
“Our PRASE methodology helps us help clients to get clear on what the problems are and what actions can be taken to fix them,” says Brian Newton. “The methodology enables executives to think more clearly about their business and separate fact from fiction,” adds David Friedman.
“To be effective, any methodology requires disciplined execution,” says Vince Ferraro. “That’s where the C-Level Partners advisors come in; we help clients get and stay on track and avoid the common pitfalls of creating change.”