21st Century Sales

I'm teaching two MBA classes at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business this fall. One class is in International Marketing, the other in Internet Marketing.

I will be requiring students in each course to complete a comprehensive study and list of recommendations for a real business or not-for-profit. I believe there will be approximately 8 plans created in each class. I'm expecting a high level of quality from the plans. I would estimate that if I were creating one of these plans professionally, it would cost the recipient between $10,000 - $15,000.

The students can pick whatever company they want, but I suspect that not every one has a parent, a relative or a friend who will benefit. I'd like to offer those who can't come up with a company a few choices. That means a few businesses will benefit from free plans. Maybe your business is one of the lucky ones?

Here are a few details:

• I would need the name of your company, a fairly senior level contact, their telephone and email on or before 7 September. It would help if any applicants would also send a brief outline of their company, their specific needs and how they would measure success as this will guide the students
• I will provide each class with a list of all companies who contact me. I will ask the class teams (1-4 MBA students per team) to pick a company and contact the company representative directly
• I have required that the students pick a company on or before 11 September
• final classes are in mid-October, so there is a fairly quick turnaround on this for the lucky businesses
• the students (either in person, on the phone or via Skype) would likely need an hour or 2 to gather information
• I would invite the beneficiary of a plan to attend the class presentation at UBC. Most likely the morning of 11 Oct 07
• there is no cost to the company. However, I hope that if a company benefits from the free plan, a reasonably-senior person would invite the students for lunch or otherwise show their appreciation
• No promises. No guarantees. Assume you get what you paid for and you will be likely be pleasantly surprised

Interested? Please contact me.

Not interested, but know of someone who might be? You are most welcome to forward this link to anyone you feel would benefit.

PS I like to spice up my classes with guest speakers from industry. I'm looking for a couple of people who live in the Vancouver, Canada area and who might be available for an hour to tell a few International Marketing war stories. The instructor (me) will gladly buy you lunch or a beer after class and write you a thoughtful testimonial