ROI
and Proven Results
Today,
three High-Growth CEO Forums® (1998, 2002, 2005) in New England
led by Catlin & Cookman Group partners Katherine Catlin and
Bouzha Cookman have 30 members.
Ten
Years of Proven Value - Snapshot of the CEO Forums Operating
in New England:
- Member
companies have generated over $2.6B in market value: 10 successful
M&A transactions and 3 IPOs over a 10-year period
- 45%
of member companies have had successful liquidity events
- 3
successful exits in 2007/2008 (CEOs were in their CEO Forum for at
least five years)
- Gail
Goodman, Constant Contact (October 2007 IPO)
- Janet
Kraus, Circles (November 2007 M&A to Sodhexo for 12x EBITDA --
Janet is already CEO of her next funded venture)
- John
Rizzi, eDialog (February 2008 M&A to GSI Commerce for 24x trailing
EBITDA)
- Member
companies currently average a 75% CAGR after at least one year in
the CEO Forum
- Approximately
$445M in funding
- Over
$580M in revenue
- 98%
annual retention rate after one year in a High-Growth CEO Forum
High-Growth CEO Forums
drive insights and action beyond
peer exchange. CEO
Forum leaders use the depth and relevance
of their intellectual property — including
cutting-edge tools, growth frameworks,
strategic planning models, performance
evaluators and Katherine Catlin's
co-authored books Leading
at the Speed of Growth and Building
the Awesome Organization — to
frame discussion and drive solutions.
Member ROI Quotes
Paul DiGiammarino,
CEO, Anaqua
“I am a strong
advocate for the CEO Forum. I grew
and sold my last company
for 5X more than it was worth when
I started as CEO. There is no way
I could
have done that without the Forum.”
Gail
Goodman, CEO,
Constant Contact®
“Catlin & Cookman's
CEO Forum helps me keep my eye on
the big picture at a time when it's
easy to miss the forest for the trees.
As a member since 2002, my participation
in the High-Growth CEO Forum has
made a measurable impact on Constant
Contact's success. Combine Catlin & Cookman's
insightful probing and leadership
thinking with the feedback of some
really smart CEOs and you've got
a winning formula for success.”
Company Ranked
#6, Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast
50 Program for New England
and #166 on the 2006 Inc. 500
Jeffrey
Beir, General Partner, North Bridge
Venture Partners,
Former CEO, eRoom Technology
“I can point
to specific actions that I've taken
as a result of participating in
the High-Growth CEO Forum that had
a dramatic impact on the growth of
my company.”
Dan
Schimmel, CEO, Pyramid Research,
Former CEO, OneSource Information
Services
“The Catlin & Cookman
Group High-Growth CEO Forum was
a major contributor to giving me
the ideas and inspiration as an entrepreneurial
CEO that led to winning the Entrepreneur
of the Year award.” 2001
Entrepreneur of the Year for
Business Services in New England
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