MedSuds CEO Roundtable

Membership  Only CEOs of tech and medtech companies are allowed to join the MedSuds CEO Roundtable.  If you are a VP, CxO or President, you are not welcome unless you also hold the CEO title.  If you are interested in becoming a member, contact matt@medsuds.com.  Membership is not automatic.  There must be an available spot open in the roundtable.  You must have employees.  Your company must be incorporated.  Your company must be a tech (communications, IT, Internet) or medtech (medtech, biotech, life sciences) company.  You must pay a yearly fee in advance.  You may not send substitutes to the Roundtable.

Roles  Unlike the days of knights, kings and Camelot, there is no king of the MedSuds CEO Roundtable; only a facilitator; Matt Noah, CEO of NetSuds.com, Inc.  Knights are replaced by CEOs and the table won't be quite round.

Schedule  The Roundtables meet 10 times per calendar year.  Exact dates for 2004 are the last Tuesday of each of 10 months.  Each meeting will last 2 hours starting at 7 am.

Purpose  CEOs need resources to assist them in executing their duties and leading their companies.  Boards of Directors and upper management are not always the best or most independent resources upon which to draw.  The CEO Roundtable exists to provide CEOs with an independent resource of wisdom and shared experience.  Your key 'take-aways' from the Roundtable will be accelerated learning - so as to avoid common and uncommon pitfalls -, an expanded network of advisors and colleagues and tools to enhance the productivity and value of your enterprise.

Content  First, networking among the CEO members of a Roundtable is the best and richest content.  Second, the Roundtable facilitator will schedule subject matter experts of interest to the CEOs.  Examples include intellectual property, branding, sales, engineering, marketing, finance, compensation, human resources, M&A, etc.  Any CEO can bring a pressing problem to the meeting.  One CEO will be chosen to give a 5-minute overview of his company at each meeting.

Format  Meetings will consist primarily of 2 elements.  First, "content" will be presented and discussed.  Second, "discussion" of common problems and solutions will take place.  The facilitator will lead both elements or assign elements to certain CEOs.

Confidentiality  Roundtable meetings are completely confidential.  Nothing said in a roundtable discussion, short of illegal activity, leaves the meeting.  This allows each CEO to feel comfortable discussing issues and subjects he may not feel comfortable speaking about with others.  NDAs are not executed.