Occasionally, in lieu of the monthly case study, the Forum presents a special program on topics such as raising capital, critical issues for startups, and company turnarounds. These special programs feature some of San Diego's brightest business luminaries. The CEO of a privately held company with a technology-based service or product, graphically summarizes the company's business plan for the audience and panel of entrepreneurial experts. These panelists, acting as a mock board of directors, individually assess the strengths and areas for improvement of the company. They then suggest serious strategies and tactics, somtimes even recommending a totally new direction.
All counsel is impartial, straightforward and solid.
The audience also participates by posing challenging questions and offering options. Attendees include entrepreneurs, managers, technologists, investors, service providers and college students. They benefit bu meeting company principals and panelists, while learning from a live case study. San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum holds monthly meetings that explore the business issues of high tech companies, teaching entrepreneurship by example using case presentations. All meetings are open to the public.