Want to get a drink Thursday night after work? With fellow Alumni? And learn about how NYC startups market their new products in new markets?
Then come join us on January 9th at Pulse for a panel on entrepreneurship - marketing for new products & new markets! We will discuss what's new in marketing research pertaining to innnovation and new products, how digital media strategies implement this and how real startups in NYC put this all to practice!
We have 3 exciting panelists for 1 hour of presentations and Q&A:
- Olivier Toubia - Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Professor of Marketing, with a keen interest in anything related to innovation, new products and marketing. All based on facts and research, just the way we like it.
- Eric Samson - Founder, Managing Director, Group8A
Are you still unclear on how social media marketing works? SEO? ASO? Engagement, Conversion and CTRs? Eric is one of the city's leading social media marketing experts and will share his experience.
- Max Schuetz - Co-Founder, Kisi
The daily grind of selling: How do you take academic research and social media efforts to the street to sell a highly innovative product?
If you want to find out what's new since Porter and the 4P's, and how startups in Sillicon Alley implement this, then this event is for you!
There will be some fun-filled networking before and after the event, with one drink and light food included in the price - don't miss out on it, way more fun than working or watching TV.
$30 will buy you one drink, light food, the panel discussion, networking with your fellow peers and a good reason to get out of the office a tad early!
Speaker Profiles
Olivier Toubia (Panelist)
Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/494923/Olivier+Toubia
Olivier Toubia is the Glaubinger Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. His research focuses on various aspects of innovation (including idea generation, preference measurement, and the diffusion of innovation), social networks and behavioral economics. He teaches a course on Customer-Centric Innovation and the core marketing course, in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. He received his MS in Operations Research and PhD in Marketing from MIT.
Maximilian Schuetz (Panelist)
Co-Founder, Kisi
http://www.kisi.de
Kisi is the house key in your smartphone. Lost or forgot your house key? In a rush to hand over keys to guests? Today it only needs a click on the smartphone to unlock the door: kisi integrates the key into the smartphone with the advantages of never losing your key again and sharing it with full control: The digital doorman for everyone.
Max co-founded Kisi two years ago and leads many of its business development, strategic sales and key account management aspects.
Max holds a Master's Degress in Innovation Science from LSE, and attended LMU in Germany and CBS in NYC.
Eric Samson (Panelist)
Founder, Managing Director, Group8A
Eric is the founder and MD of Group8A, a Boutique Consulting firm focused on developing and executing integrated marketing and digital solutions for companies of all sizes. Group 8A focuses on going beyond best practices and understanding clients' and then tailoring solutions specifically to their needs.
Eric brings over 10 years of experience in the social media and digital marketing arena, and has worked with many startups to implement their marketing strategies in a new virtual (business) world.
Andre Konig (Moderator) '04
CEO, BrainTracer
http://www.braintracercorp.com
André is the CEO & Co-Founder of BrainTracer, LLC, a mHealth company dedicated to help people suffering from depression.
To this role he brings over 10 years of management consulting and venture experience, most recently as Country Manager for SSA & Co, the leading operations consulting firm and inventor of the Six Sigma methodology. In that role he was responsible for starting and managing offices in Paris, London, Munich and Milan – working with clients in Commercial and Corporate Banking, Healthcare, Automotive, Industrial and Professional Services. Prior to that he led the brand transition from Six Sigma Academy to SSA & Co, and also supported the growth of its Private Equity practice founded in 2011. Previously, he worked at RCBG, a technology consultancy in Chicago, and Accenture in Paris.
André holds a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a MS from ICN School of Management. He is fluent in German, French and English; and conversational in Italian.
Questions
Andre Konig, '04
CEO @ BrainTracer
312 493 8597