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Time to Hit The Road

4:03 pm By Dave Anderson

img_0762-cropped-threeWho are the leaders that are moving American business forward?

It’s Business Drive Time®, and we are looking for some of the greatest business drivers regionally and nationally to feature in our 2022-2023 Alpha Board Leadership and Innovation Tour.   

Who are the innovators?  Who are the leaders?  What (and where) are the opportunities?  Which companies, technologies, products, people will be propelling growth over the next few years?

The National Alpha Board Tour includes a market study, leader profile interviews, business news coverage and series of leadership exchanges among standout business leaders across the country and throughout the most promising industries.

We have already begun to engage business leaders and leading businesses in multiple cities, as well as rural America.  We’re working with those that will be most responsible for the leadership, innovation, products, companies and programs that will be driving business forward.   If that includes you, we’d love for your organization to participate.

Discussion topics:

  • Where are the high growth cities and high-potential regions of the country for new growth, and more importantly what are the key trends, issue and activities within those geographies that will help drive growth moving forward?innovation concept on touch screen
  • What industries show the most promise for growth in jobs, revenue and profits over the next few years?
  • What companies are driving those industries?
  • Who are the people, products, and services that are most responsible for new business growth?
  • What key market trends and technology platforms are most responsible?
  • How can we help the best business drivers gain more recognition, visibility and market connections?
  • Which leaders should be involved in the tour, and what companies, in your opinion, are the most deserving of recognition?

To learn more about the Alpha Board Tour and to share with us who you believe are the best business drivers, give us a call. You may call Dave Anderson at (cell/text) 612 810-4000, (office) at 913 685-4850 or by email at dave@neuvision.com.

It’s Business Drive Time® in Kansas City

2:26 am By Dave Anderson

Kansas City is jumping. We’ve been through alot in this past year, but things are on the mend. Companies are expanding. New organizations are finding their beginnings in the city. Employers hiring. They are looking for great people, and they are finding them in Kansas City! With all the changes in the market, and turmoil on the coasts, people and companies are looking from better markets. Better places to live.  Better places to locate companies and employees. And, there are opportunities, especially in tech, for remote positions.  As a result of this, and Kansas City’s overall reputation, KC is developing a notable spot on the national map.

The Spirit (and vibrancy) of Kansas City.

A recent study by the Hoover Institute ranked Johnson County, Kan., the key suburban county of the Kansas City metro, as one of the most prosperous counties in the nation. https://bit.ly/2EmCBmq Kansas City is feeding off that vibrancy, and the city’s future is as bright.

Kansas City is on the Move!Fresh Octane

What is Kansas City’s secret sauce? What makes Kansas City a great place to live and work? Why is it an attractive metro to own and run a company? Kansas City has become a hotbed for innovative new companies, new technologies and new business growth. We will discuss why!

Alpha Board Leaders: We are addressing these topics and more in the Kansas City segment of our Alpha Board National Business Leadership Tour. We are featuring a select group of area professionals as a part of the national tour. Join us as we showcase Kansas City leaders and newfound Kansas City growth! www.AlphaBoardTour.com

The national Alpha Board Tour is featuring some of the hottest markets across the nation. We’re reviewing the cities where business leaders, families and companies truly want to live. Fresh Octane® cities like, Kansas City, Denver, Minneapolis, Phoenix-Scottsdale, Nashville, Dallas, Austin and Raleigh-Durham all have a number of things in common. They are vibrant and growing. They are great places to locate businesses. Technology companies are thriving, plentiful and welcome in each city. And their livability indices far exceed the livability and affordability ratings of their coastal peer cities.

Alpha Driven GrowthAlpha® Driven Growth: As a part of our tour, we’re looking for the finest drivers to help us tell the best business stories! If you are distinguished business owner, CEO advisor, a noted business development professional or a recognized leader in the Kansas City region (or another Fresh Octane City,) we’d love to include your story in our national tour!  To learn more, call Dave Anderson at 612 810-4000; email Dave@AlphaBoard.com.

 

About Alpha® Board

Word Cloud Banner for Alpha Board TourAlpha Board is CEO power hub and National Business Leadership Exchange™ for leaders of high growth companies.

Alpha Board is designed to enhance the reputation, learning and market reach of CEO’s, Alpha Grade™ executives and the companies they lead. The Alpha Board Tour includes a series of regional industry visits throughout the U.S. This will involve news interviews, company visits and a market study on the topics of leadership, tech development, business growth and new product innovation. Other Alpha Board programs feature national speakers, executive exchanges, corporate profiles, leader roundtable discussions and open-house events at leading companies. Alpha Board works in collaboration with NeuVision Group, a 20-year-old new business development firm, as well as local,regional and national participants throughout the U.S.Past efforts have benefited owners across the U.S., Alpha Boardand gained the attention of noted business media outlets throughout two continents. More information about Alpha® Board, NeuVision® Group and the Fresh Octane® Tour can be found at www.AlphaBoard.com.

Seeking the Finest Business Drivers in America

4:20 pm By Dave Anderson

 

Alpha® Board 2021-2022 Fresh Octane® Tour

National Business Leadership Exchange™

Executive Overview

Join the conversation!  Are you a great business driver?  We’ve working with some of the finest Alpha® Grade leaders in American business, and we’re looking for additional standout leaders to be involved.  Which business leaders in your market do you believe are creating the greatest regional, national and global market impacts?  What industries, companies, people and products are moving business forward?  Got Drive?  Let’s talk!

MarketFacing-featAlpha® Board Fresh Octane® National Business Leadership Tour:

  • Fresh Octane® Tour: Showcasing innovative new products, Alpha® Driven companies, Alpha® Grade CEOs, and outstanding business leaders throughout major growth markets across America.
  • It’s about creating excitement, gaining visibility and driving inbound leads.
  • Helping to grow the reach, reputation and revenue of the region and nation’s finest business leaders.
  • A chance to place the great business drivers’ stories on the national stage.
  • Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour is a field tested system with well-designed, unique and powerful approach.
    • Proprietary, centralized system to drive marketplace attention
    • Innovative design based on rock-solid product launch/market acceptance techniques
    • Proven exponentially more efficient and powerful than comparable single company initiatives
    • We have market partners committed and participating from across the U.S. and globally.
    • CEOs, CEO advisors, business developers, celebrity guests.

Alpha Board Fresh Octane Executive Programs

  • Centralized visibility system for leaders:  executives, companies, products and services
  • Leverages two decades of experience creating visibility and market adoption for new products
  • Alpha Board Portraits of Leadership Executive and corporate showcase interviews and profiles
  • Alpha Board News Reel: Video shorts and comprehensive news film (local, regional and national video)
  • Alpha Board Fresh Octane CEO/Business Leader Roundtable discussions
  • Alpha Board Exchanges: Newsworthy leader exchanges among other cities and high profile venues
  • Alpha Board Ambassadors: Serving as a host for CEOs, business advisors, and/or celebrity guests
  • Alpha Buzz: Corporate and individual news content, social media, SEM, SEO

For more information, you can reach us via telephone or email.  In Denver, call Dan Vasey at 303 809-9058 or via email at dan@neuvision.com.   In the Twin Cities or Kansas City, call Dave Anderson at 612 810-4000/913 685-4850, or by email at dave@neuvision.com.

 

Alpha® Board’s 2020 Fresh Octane® Tour

Alpha Driven Winners

Alpha BoardWho are the best business drivers in America?  Which of these business leaders are making national and global impacts?  What industries, companies, people and products are moving business forward?  We are seeking some of the finest drivers of business success, to include in the Alpha® Board Fresh Octane® National Business Leadership Tour. Read articles about What’s Holding Back the New Ford Transit Custom Lease Industry? to have a better strategy idea or your business.

The Fresh Octane® tour is a national effort to showcase Alpha® Driven companies and Alpha® Grade leaders across the United States and ultimately beyond.  We’re starting the tour in three U.S. cities, all known for their ingenuity, new technologies, and a business climate that embraces innovation and fosters business growth.

We are working with innovative businesses and business leaders in these three regions as we assemble a targeted group of organizations and professionals that we would like to recognize during the first leg of the tour.  We would like you to consider being involved.  Why, you ask?  It’s about creating excitement, gaining visibility and growing the reach and reputation of the regions’ finest leaders. It’s quite literally a chance to place the great business drivers’ stories on the national stage.

A great business, just like a high-performance racing team, is a well-oiled machine.  Both are designed and built by professionals, with the finest components, proper assembly, an experienced maintenance and repair crew, a talented crew chief, and a great race driver.  Even with everything designed and prepared perfectly, you still have to face the competition and race.  Track conditions, other drivers, when to pit, wrecks to avoid, and when to really push to pass.  There is a huge amount that goes into a winning the race.  Not just on the track of motorsports, but also on the track of business.

Alpha BoardAnd, just like great sports teams, businesses, business leaders, and business teams must be recognized, respected and learned from.  We are involved in a major program to do exactly that.  Alpha® Board is working with NeuVision® Group (Kansas City, Minneapolis, Denver), Jeff Andretti Motorsports, and Mesa Research Group (Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai) to identify and provide recognition to some of the greatest business leaders throughout the Midwest and across America.  We’ve devised a formal program to accomplish the task.  We are identifying targeted leaders and participants throughout the U.S.

The Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour has been field tested and it works.  CEOs, business owners and senior executives that have participated in past effort have been excited about the visibility and camaraderie associated with the programs. We have and will continue to develop new features and fine tune the program based on ongoing market feedback.  Finally, we’ve shown that through this effort, we can efficiently gain much needed market attention among key opinion leaders, the business press, and also among participants’ major targeted customers.

We are working with leaders across the region to gather people, products and companies that we should include in our tour.  We would love to have you participate, and we also welcome ideas and suggestions regarding companies and leaders that we might feature in our National Business Leadership Tour.

About Alpha® Board and the Fresh Octane® Team

Alpha® Board

Alpha BoardAlpha Board is a National Business Leadership Exchange™, designed to provide added market reach and further the cause of great business leaders and the companies they represent.  The 2020 flagship program is a national leadership press tour and market study on leadership and innovation.  Other Alpha Board programs include keynote speakers, executive interviews, corporate profiles, leader roundtable discussions, news stories, and live open-house events for businesses.  Alpha® Board is a collaborative venture between NeuVision® Group, Mesa Research Group, and local, regional and national participants throughout business.  Alpha Board provides the opportunity for enhanced market reach and visibility for the companies involved in the program, locally, regionally, and nationally. More information on Alpha Board and the Fresh Octane® Tour can be found on the web at www.AlphaBoard.com.

NeuVision® Group

NeuVision Group helps leaders, companies and new product teams manage the risk and maximize the opportunities associated with new products, new companies, and major new growth initiatives.  NeuVision Group is the initial founder of Alpha Board and is working with other partnering organizations throughout the U.S. to join the effort.  Clients have ranged from the most innovative new ventures to many of the world’s most respected companies and brands. NeuVision Group, its president and founder Dave E. Anderson, and NeuVision Group’s sister company, Alpha Scouts®, have worked across North America and beyond with organizations like Pfizer, 3M, IBM, Dell, Microsoft, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, Seagate, Iomega, Caterpillar, Monsanto, Deere, DuPont, CNH, MarketWatch, USDA and many more.   Our previous Business Drive Time® efforts, which served as a market test for Alpha Board and Fresh Octane, received national and Alpha Boardinternational attention, and were recognized by major media outlets such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, CNBC, MSNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, EuroInvestor and more. For more information on NeuVision® Group visit us on the web at www.NeuVision.com.

MESA Research Group

MESA Research Group is a privately held global consulting and leadership development company created through the collaboration of Cam Danielson, Bill Davidson, and Francois Dupuy. Through their partnership, MESA maintains offices in Los Angeles, Paris, and Shanghai. MESA operates with a global and diverse team of world-class thought leaders, practitioners, and academics. They work with CEOs and rising star executives around the world on leadership, innovation, business development and executive coaching. Partner clients have included companies such as 3M, Aditya Birla Group, Alcatel-Lucent, Anthem (Wellpoint), AT&T, BAE, BP, Boston Scientific, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Duke Energy, Credit Agricole, Dow Chemical, EDS, Eli Lilly & Co., ExxonMobil, FedEx, GDF Suez, Indus Towers, Ingersoll-Rand, Mahindra & Mahindra, Manitowoc, Monsanto, NASA, Philips Electronics, Polaris Software, Prudential (London), Rolls-Royce, Shell International (London), Sara Lee, Schneider Electric Industries, UTI, Whirlpool, Xerox and more.  Learn about Mesa at www.mesaresearchgroup.com

 

Jeff Andretti Motorsports and JAM Marketing Partners

Alpha BoardWith Alpha Board, we want to have fun.  And we want you to have fun.  And fun drives excitement and buzz. That requires blending some unique, distinctive, Alpha® Grade activities with the tour.  In December 2013 we began working with JAM Marketing Partners and Jeff Andretti Motorsports to become marketing and promotional partners with NeuVision Group and Alpha Board.  We’re providing access to marketing and promotional programs for clients and companies that would like more sizzle in their marketing efforts.

Jeff Andretti Motorsports and JAM Marketing Partners are providing us with access to cool venues that would only be available through celebrity connections.  While some of the promotional activities are directly related to racing, they also include access to specialty luxury cars for filming and fun, resorts locations for meetings, executive lifestyle promotions and celebrity related endorsements.  This not only drives pleasure for Alpha Board members, but also visibility. Our joint efforts will drive excitement, create buzz, and help boost attendance for Alpha Board member events.  This program will also provide access to newsworthy meeting venues, as well as other CEOs and business celebrities across the country.  In addition, our work with Jeff Andretti Motorsports, JAM Marketing Partners, their clients and our joint marketing efforts will provide exponential boosts in web presence for participating Alpha Board clients. The extent of our working relationship will be client, company and circumstance dependent, but in the name of leadership, family business, sports and branding dynasties, there are few names out there as timeless and recognizable as the Andretti racing family.  In addition, the relationship is expected to kick open a few doors for all interested parties.  We believe this is an example of the caliber of reach and market access we can provide for Alpha Board participating companies and executives.

The Finest Business Drivers

9:46 am By Dave Anderson

Who are the finest drivers in business? 

Who are the innovators?  Who are the leaders?  What are the opportunities?  Which companies, people and products will be driving growth over the next few years?

We’re shining the spotlight on business leaders and leading businesses.  We’re looking for a few great ones!

Are you a leader in your marketplace?  A person or company who is moving business forward in innovative new ways?   If so, let’s talk.

It’s 2018 and it is Business Drive Time®.

Alpha Board

We are one of the hosts of Alpha® Board’s 2021-2022 Fresh Octane® Business Leadership Tour, and we’re looking for stand out businesses in your area that will benefit from this distinctive national program.

Alpha Board and NeuVision Group are launching the Fresh Octane National Leadership Press Tour and Market Study designed to recognize some of the most distinctive leaders in American business; locally, regionally and nationally.   We are in search of winners in the marketplace, and will develop news features about the leaders who will be driving new business growth over the next few years.

Our last tour of this kind was picked up by the likes of BusinessWeek, Forbes, CNBC, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Reuters and dozens more.

Alpha BoardIf you believe that you, or someone you know should be featured, or you would like more information on the Fresh Octane Tour, let’s talk.

For more information, call Dave Anderson at 612 810-4000/913 685-4850; email is dave@neuvision.com.

Fresh Octane® – Energy to Grow™

9:31 am By Dave Anderson

2021-2022 National Leadership and Innovation Tour

Fresh Octane® – National Leadership and Innovation Tour™

Executive Summary

We’re working on a National Business Leadership Tour and Executive Exchange and we’d love to have you involved.    National Leadership Tour!

  • Highlighting the accomplishments, the market and customer value created by leaders across the business community.
  • Market leadership deserves recognition, and it turns out third-party visibility and recognition are among a leader’s most valuable assets, but very difficult to accomplish and manage alone.
  • We are hosting a tour to create impact, excitement, visibility and ultimately enhanced market power for those involved.

Who will benefit? Winners 

  • We’re seeking the participation of the best businesses, the hottest products, and the most respected leaders across a number of markets throughout the U.S. and ultimately beyond.
  • Seeking the best of the best, but really more important, just the highly motivated leaders in each of a number of markets.
  • We’re targeting key growth industries, but we also have some targeted regions of the country that are slotted for the first round of the tour.
  • We also have a built in set of key industry leaders that are already committed to Alpha® Board and our Fresh Octane® Tour.

Alpha BoardWhy are we doing this?  Energy to Grow

  • Creating and providing new-found energy, visibility, connections, marketplace recognition… for those who are committed to building great businesses…
  • Part of a unique national platform to create and transmit market enthusiasm, support and advocacy for the most inspirational companies, leaders, and products in industry.
  • Engaging with the companies and leaders who are really making a difference in the marketplace.

Please contact us with questions or for more information.  You may call Dave Anderson at (cell/text) 612 810-4000, (office) at 913 685-4850 or by email at dave@neuvision.com.

Alpha® Board 2021-2022 Fresh Octane® Tour

Energy to Grow™

Who are the finest drivers in American business? 

It’s Business Drive Time®.  And we’re looking for some of the greatest drivers in business to feature in our Fresh Octane National Leadership and Innovation Tour.

Alpha BoardWho are the innovators?  Who are the leaders?  What (and where) are the opportunities?  Which companies, products, people will be driving growth over the next few years?

We’re involved in a national press tour and market study that are aimed at answering some of those questions, as well as providing some fun, publicity and buzz along the way for the people and companies involved.  We’re seeking the business leaders and leading businesses that will be responsible for the leadership, innovation and ideas that will be driving business forward.

We are NeuVision® Group.  We’re in the growth and innovation business. We’ve worked with and for companies around the world who have been leading the marketplace and driving new business growth for more than 25 years.  We are now working in conjunction withAlpha® Board, the National Business Leadership Exchange™ on the 2017 Fresh Octane Tour.  Alpha Board and our program are designed for the benefit of highest performance companies and the leaders.  Our first three initiatives:  a board of premier business builders and business advisors, a national market study on business growth opportunities, and press and publicity tour featuring the business in class companies and leaders – Alpha Board’s – Fresh Octane® Cities of Innovation Tour™.

Alpha Board

We’re looking for the drivers.  The best business drivers.  If you have been contacted, or you are reading this for the first time, that is why.

If you believe that you or someone you know fits this description, or you would like more information on our project, we’d love to speak with you.  

About Alpha® Board and the Fresh Octane® Team 

Alpha® Board

Alpha Board is a National Business Leadership Exchange™, designed to provide added market reach and further the cause of great business leaders and the companies they represent.  The current flagship program is a national leadership press tour and market study on leadership and innovation.  Other Alpha Board programs include keynote speakers, executive interviews, corporate profiles, leader roundtable discussions, news stories, and live open-house events for businesses.  Alpha BoardAlpha® Board is a collaborative venture between NeuVision® Group, Mesa Research Group, and local, regional and national participants throughout business.  Alpha Board provides the opportunity for enhanced market reach and visibility for the companies involved in the program, locally, regionally, and nationally. More information on Alpha Board and the Fresh Octane® Tour can be found on the web at www.AlphaBoard.com.

NeuVision® Group

NeuVision Group helps leaders, companies and new product teams manage the risk and maximize the opportunities associated with new products, new companies, and major new growth initiatives.  NeuVision Group is the initial founder of Alpha Board and is working with other partnering organizations throughout the U.S. to join the effort.  Clients have ranged from the most innovative new ventures to many of the world’s most respected companies and brands. NeuVision Group, its president and founder Dave E. Anderson, and NeuVision Group’s sister company, Alpha Scouts®, have worked across North America and beyond with organizations like Pfizer, 3M, IBM, Dell, Microsoft, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, Seagate, Iomega, Caterpillar, Monsanto, Deere, DuPont, CNH, MarketWatch, Alpha BoardUSDA and many more. Our previous Business Drive Time® efforts, which served as a market test for Alpha Board and Fresh Octane, received national and international attention, and were recognized by major media outlets such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, CNBC, MSNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, EuroInvestor and more. For more information on NeuVision® Group visit us on the web at www.NeuVision.com.

MESA Research Group

MESA Research Group is a privately held global consulting and leadership development company created through the collaboration of Cam Danielson, Bill Davidson, and Francois Dupuy. Through their partnership, MESA maintains offices in Los Angeles, Paris, and Shanghai. MESA operates with a global and diverse team of world-class thought leaders, practitioners, and academics. They work with CEOs and rising star executives around the world on leadership, innovation, business development and executive coaching. Partner clients have included companies such as 3M, Aditya Birla Group, Alcatel-Lucent, Anthem (Wellpoint), AT&T, BAE, BP, Boston Scientific, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Duke Energy, Credit Agricole, Dow Chemical, EDS, Eli Lilly & Co., ExxonMobil, FedEx, GDF Suez, Indus Towers, Ingersoll-Rand, Mahindra & Mahindra, Manitowoc, Monsanto, NASA, Philips Electronics, Polaris Software, Prudential (London), Rolls-Royce, Shell International (London), Sara Lee, Schneider Electric Industries, UTI, Whirlpool, Xerox and more.  Learn about Mesa at www.mesaresearchgroup.com

 Jeff Andretti Motorsports and JAM Marketing Partners

With Alpha Board, we want to have fun.  And we want you to have fun.  And fun drives excitement and buzz. That requires blending some unique, distinctive, Alpha® Grade activities with the tour.  In December we began working with JAM Marketing Partners and Jeff Andretti Motorsports to become marketing and promotional partners with NeuVision Group and Alpha Board.  We’re providing access to marketing and promotional programs for clients and companies that would like more sizzle in their marketing efforts.  Jeff Andretti Motorsports and JAM Marketing Partners are providing us with access to cool venues that would only be available through celebrity connections.  While some of the promotional activities are directly related to racing, they also include access to specialty luxury cars for filming and fun, resorts locations for meetings, executive lifestyle promotions and celebrity related endorsements.  This not only drives Alpha Boardpleasure for Alpha Board members, but also visibility. Our joint efforts will help attendance for Alpha Board member events, and will provide access to other CEOs and business celebrities across the country.  In addition, our work with Jeff Andretti Motorsports, JAM Marketing Partners, their clients and our joint marketing efforts will provide exponential boosts in web presence for participating Alpha Board clients. The extent of our working relationship will be client, company and circumstance dependent, but in the name of leadership, family business, sports and branding dynasties, there are few names out there as timeless and recognizable as the Andretti racing family.  In addition, the relationship is expected to kick open a few doors for all interested parties.  We believe this is an example of the caliber of reach and market access we can provide for Alpha Board participating companies and executives.

More information on Alpha® Board and the 2021-2022 Fresh Octane® Tour is available by calling Dave E. Anderson at (cell/text) 612 810-4000, (office) 913 685-4850, or by email at dave@neuvision.com.

© Copyright 2014-2021 by Alpha Board.  All rights reserved. Alpha Scouts®, Alpha, NeuVision®, Fresh Octane® and Business Drive Time are all registered trademarks of Dave E. Anderson.  All other brands are trademarks of their respective companies. 

Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour

5:51 pm By Dave Anderson

Who are the leaders that are moving American business forward?

It’s Business Drive Time®, and we are looking for some of the greatest business drivers regionally and nationally to feature in our 2021 Alpha® Board Fresh Octane Tour.

Who are the innovators? Who are the leaders? What (and where) are the opportunities? Which companies, technologies, products, people will be propelling growth over the next few years?

The National Alpha Board Tour includes a market study, leader profile interviews, business news coverage and series of leadership exchanges among standout business leaders across the country and throughout the most promising industries.
We have already begun to engage business leaders and leading businesses in multiple cities. We’re working with those that will be most responsible for the leadership, innovation, products, companies and programs that will be driving business forward. If that includes you, we’d love for your organization to participate.

Discussion topics:

  • What regions of the country and more importantly what are the key trends, issue and activities within those geographies that will help companies succeed moving forward?
  • What industries show the most promise for growth in jobs, revenue and profits over the next few years?
  • What companies are driving those industries?
  • Who are the people, products and services that are most responsible for new business growth?Alpha Board
  • What key market trends and technology platforms are most responsible?
  • How can we help the best business drivers gain more recognition, visibility and market connections?
  • Which leaders should be involved in the tour, and what companies, in your opinion, are the most deserving of recognition?

 

To learn more about the Alpha Board Tour and to share with us who you believe are the best business drivers, give us a call. You may call Dave Anderson at 612 810-4000 or by email at dave@neuvision.com.

The Mojo Moment

11:05 am By Dave Anderson

Mojo Moment4:53 a.m. August 18, 2009

Have You Ever Been Struck By Lightning?   Have you ever experienced that “Mojo Moment” in your business?   Can you name the time and place?  Can you name the result, how it was handled, and whether you actually achieved anything based on that instant?

Most people describe this as the “aha,” but it’s much bigger than that.  It is a level of inspiration that is of biblical proportions, although others might describe it in more easily referenced sexual terms.  The “o” in mojo is a great description because once you’ve achieved it, you know it and there is no question.  And, there are those who can fake it, often fairly convincingly.  Unfortunately, I don’t think very many business leaders or even very many businesses have ever experienced that moment or the feeling and opportunity it can create.

I will tell you too, it’s like a lightning strike.  It is typically unexpected.  You often can’t plan for it.  Most people spend their lives trying to avoid it. You don’t know when or where it will strike.  And, it’s over even before you know it.  However, the “mojo” instant of power can provide a positive jolt with cosmic effects, if you are able to harness the energy.  The most fun and funny part is that some people have the knack, and the “mojo moment” exponentially more often than others.  In addition, you can easily see the smile and the confidence it creates.
Can you survive as a business without one?  Sure.  Most do.  Can you thrive?  Likely not nearly as well as you would if you had that spark of creativity, the spark of vision, the one lightning strike where everything comes together in a magical way.

Sparks-150x150I recently read an SBA report on the fastest growing businesses in the U.S.  There were a number of key takeaways.  One of the most important is the entrepreneurial culture of the cities containing the most “fast” growing businesses.  The report was NOT about culture, yet if you know some of the higher ranking cities, you’ll see that a cultural open-mindedness is a key element in growth.  It’s also a requirement in achieving the spark that could change the life of your business.

The other interesting element is that there is no particular industry where high growth companies alone reside.  This means that everyone can achieve the “Mojo Moment” if they only would.

GrabLightening-150x150Clearly, having the spark and harnessing the energy created are two very different things.  Research would also bear out the fact that in many cases, there is little practical correlation between the skills required to achieve both.  That should not discourage you.

Stay tuned over the next few weeks and months as we highlight the companies, the leaders, and the business results of those who really have the juice.  They are not only taking delight in its energy, but also taking it to the bank.  This is about honoring those who are doing well, giving those who are trying visibility and a “chance,” and also sharing the journey with others so everyone can learn.  It’s a moment that should be celebrated, shared, and repeated early and often.

For more about great business, great vision, great leadership, profits, and the “Mojo Moment,” stay tuned, and let us know if you or someone you know has a story to tell.

 

National Business Leadership Exchange™

4:32 pm By Dave Anderson

Alpha® Board Fresh Octane®

National Business Leadership Exchange™

 

Alpha BoardJoin the conversation!  Are you a great business driver?  We’ve working with some of the finest Alpha® Grade leaders in American business, and we’re looking for additional standout leaders to be involved.  Which business leaders in your market do you believe are creating the greatest regional, national and global market impacts?  What industries, companies, people and products are moving business forward?  Got Drive?  Let’s talk!

 

Alpha® Board Fresh Octane® Tour Brief:

  • Fresh Octane® Tour: Showcasing innovative new products, Alpha® Driven companies, Alpha® Grade CEOs, and outstanding business leaders throughout major growth markets across America
  • Who are the greatest business drivers?
  • Featuring some of the greatest leaders in your region
  • It’s about creating excitement, gaining visibility and driving inbound leadsAlpha Board
  • Helping to grow the reach, reputation and revenue of the region and nation’s finest business leaders
  • A chance to place the great business drivers’ stories on the national stage

Opportunities to participate:

  • Alpha Board Business Leadership Roundtable Hosts
  • Executive/Company Profiles
  • Alpha Board Portraits of Leadership™ Program
  • Alpha Board Fresh Octane® News Reel
  • Corporate, Industry, City and Regional Ambassadors
  • Alpha® Board Executive, Celebrity, Tours and Event Hosts
  • Corporate or Executive Sponsors

Fresh Octane® Tour Celebrates American Business Leadership and Innovation

11:14 am By Dave Anderson

Alpha Board’s 2022-2023 Fresh Octane Business Leadership Tour Gives Voice to American Businesses

Fresh Octane® Energy to Grow™: It’s time to plant the seeds of renewed prosperity on behalf of American Business. NeuVision Group and Alpha Board are proud to announce the Fresh Octane Tour to showcase great businesses that are truly committed to leadership, innovation and progress. The tour will highlight business leaders and leading businesses across America who will be driving business growth in the months and years to come.

We’re searching for some of America’s best and brightest to feature in our Fresh Octane Business Leadership Tour. We are seeking leaders, products, services and companies that will be driving business forward, despite the conditions around them.  We’re also looking for leaders who are seeking new energy and a nice boost in the marketplace. If you fit any of these criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

The Fresh Octane mandate is to drive bold, repeatable marketplace visibility. This visibility is designed to translate into new business leads. We’re using a powerful new platform to help leaders consistently light up the market using proven, unique and highly effective systems. Our programs are designed to help innovators reach the most active market influencers with their business stories. As a result, companies will have the opportunity to expand their reach, reputations and revenue in the marketplace as their individual stories capture the attention of market influencers, new prospects and customers.

“We believe those who do achieve success must be celebrated. One of the greatest gifts we can provide to business-focused cities, companies, leaders and innovators is visibility. Staples often refers to their ‘easy’ button, providing convenience for office supply shoppers.  We have established the Alpha Board and Fresh Octane platforms as a ‘start’ button for leaders to push if they need marketplace attention to jump-start new sources of growth,” says Dave E. Anderson, President and Founder of NeuVision Group.

The Fresh Octane® process follows unique, proven market practices we’ve deployed and refined for over two decades to grow marketplace support and enhance customer adoption rates.  We’ve used this approach to launch and grow more than a billion dollars in new product sales.  We now have the added enhancements of state of the art viral market tools that were not available even five years ago.  We’re now making this system available to CEOs, business owners, and executive business advisers through Alpha® Board.

“The momentum created by Alpha Board and Fresh Octane is designed to provide a readily available source of market horsepower for participants to tap into when they need a powerful marketplace voice to jumpstart growth. Have you ever sat at your desk wondering how to quickly and easily light up the marketplace with your business story? I have.  The program is designed to “give leaders that power,” says Mark Makovec, VP of Business Development with Borns Group, a NeuVision Group market partner.

Among leading CEOs, 95 percent say that closer communication with customers and the marketplace is their number one goal over the next five years. A majority also know your methods need to be innovative to break through the market clutter with your story. Fresh Octane will drastically improve your odds of getting noticed by the people who matter.

Where are the targeted regions?  We can’t share all the good news up front.  However, this won’t be all business as usual. We will include many of the traditional coastal “hot” markets in our tour, but that is not all! Business growth dynamics are shifting. While U.S. coastal cities have historically held an advantage with respect to business growth and innovation, mid-continent cities, towns, and rural areas are catching up.  Financial, tax, political, and budgetary issues are starting to outdistance historical innovation factors. Also, quality of life, family friendliness, a pro-business climate, lack of congestion, ties to the nation’s food supply and “room to grow” are all advantages for non-coastal regions as key growth drivers in the “now world order™.”

We are currently starting tour plans across the Midwest.  If you are reading this, there is a chance you may be on our radar.  For more information, you may call Dan Vasey at our Denver office at 303 255-1742 or email him at Dan@NeuVision.com.  Or you can also reach me, Dave Anderson, in Kansas City at 913 685-4850, in Minneapolis at 612 810-4000 or via email at Dave@NeuVision.com.

About NeuVision® Group

NeuVision Group helps leaders, companies and new product teams manage the risk and maximize the opportunities associated with new products, new companies, and major new growth initiatives. Clients have ranged from the most innovative new ventures to many of the world’s most respected companies and brands. NeuVision Group, its president and founder Dave E. Anderson, and NeuVision Group’s sister company, Alpha Scouts®, have worked with companies like Pfizer, 3M, IBM, Dell, Microsoft, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, Seagate, Iomega, Caterpillar, Monsanto, Deere, CNH, MarketWatch, and many more.   Our previous Business Drive Time® efforts, which served as a market test for Alpha Board and Fresh Octane, received national and international attention, and were recognized by major media outlets such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, CNBC, MSNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, EuroInvestor and more. For more information NeuVision® Group visit us on the web at www.NeuVision.com.

About Alpha® Board

Alpha Board is an executive initiative designed to further the cause of great business leaders and the companies they represent.  As a “National Business Leadership Roundtable™,” Alpha Board is designed for the benefit of growing companies, their senior executives, their new product programs, their trusted advisors, and marketplace partners.  Alpha Board is available to “Alpha Grade” business leaders throughout industry. Alpha Board programs include keynote speakers, executive interviews, corporate profiles, leader roundtable discussions, news stories, and live open-house events for businesses. While relatively new, Alpha Board has team leaders in each of three initial high-growth regions working on an ongoing series of tours that will reach leading companies throughout the business community. Alpha Board provides the opportunity for enhanced reach, reputation, and revenue for the companies involved in the program, locally, regionally, and nationally. More information on Alpha Board and the Fresh Octane® Tour can be found on the web at www.AlphaBoard.com.

PostScript

Alpha® Board leverages unique, proven techniques to help leaders consistently achieve enhanced visibility and broader marketplace support. One of the most critical success factors is not just how many people you reach, but who you connect with. Prospects can be finicky. But, if you consistently impress key respected influencers, you ultimately convince the others.

Alpha Board and Fresh Octane are designed to make it easy to be seen in the right places. We provide an innovative market platform, distinctive stories, influencer access, and an organizational commitment to consistently gain visibility. The late David Thomson, former author, speaker and McKinsey & Co. consultant, devoted an entire chapter of his book Blueprint to a Billion to the concept of inside/outside leadership.  His point is that for the best and brightest to win in the marketplace, you must devote extensive, focused leadership internally, but also have a healthy dose of power and energy devoted to external market visibility. Alpha Board and Fresh Octane are the how, but why?

The best indication of why you need to devote resources to outside leadership and visibility is this. More than 80 percent of significant purchase decisions, business transactions, and marketplace reputations are influenced by outside references and internet research. You need a team with the expertise to influence the marketplace on your behalf. Our job is to help you gain the maximum level of market exposure while respecting your need to go about your daily responsibilities.

Through our team, our firms, and our career experience, we’ve worked with dozens of companies and senior leaders ranging from the venture company around the corner to highly respected, Fortune 50 level global leaders. Our team members have achieved coverage and/or been quoted in many of the most prestigious business and general news media outlets in the U.S., as well as receiving extensive coverage around the world. Just like investing in stocks, past performance is not an official indication of future performance. However we understand how to efficiently and effectively deliver profitable, measurable market results. Welcome to Alpha® Board and the Fresh Octane® Tour.

NeuVision, Alpha, Alpha Scouts, Fresh Octane and Business Drive Time are all registered trademarks of Dave E. Anderson.

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