BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sudden Business Death Syndrome DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Top 10 Things You Must Know to Avoid Sudden Business Death Syndrome" Technology Council of Southern California. Pets.com. Commodore. eToys. Arthur Anderson. MCI. These companies share a common theme - spectacular business failure. All these businesses created or led their respective markets; they failed largely due to self-inflicted wounds. In hindsight, all these companies made key strategic errors (i.e. not being able to deliver toys in time for Christmas) that led to their downfall. If strategic mistakes can kill large, successful, well-funded companies, how much worse is it for small and mid-sized businesses? Join us to find out how to avoid becoming a "failed business" statistic! See http://www.tcosc.org DTSTART:20070222T173000 DTEND:20070222T183000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR