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TBK Consult is offering a complimentary readiness review that will assess software companies’ fundamentals for international expansion.

The Executive Software Product Management (ESPM) workshop will be inaugurated on 6 September 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Will product owners replace software product managers? If not, what would be a good division of responsibilities between the roles? How can synergy be achieved? How can the model scale up in larger organizations?

The very popular training course for Software Product Managers (SPM) will now be offered again 2-4 September 2013 in Copenhagen in collaboration with The International Software Product Management Association and TBK Consult.

TBK Consult to offer executive workshops on “Channel Development and Management in the Software Industry.”

Osterwalder’s Business Model Generation framework has achieved an impressive acceptance in the market place in a very short period of time.

Leon Rubinstein, a member of the Board and the Executive Office and of the Investment Selection Committee at the Lyon Angels, has joined TBK Consult France as an Associate partner.

To help software companies combat the waste of executive capacity originating from simple management misalignment, TBK Consult have released a free online self-test tool.

TBK Consult has been certified to use the new ValuePartner strategy development and assessment tool improving the performance of software channel partners.

Software-driven companies struggle when deciding on the next market. Where to target, how to access the markets. The new Ideal Market Profile from TBK Consult, software-driven companies can set the priorities based on a set of objective criteria.

Alain Van Hove, previously International Business Development Director with CorPeuM in Luxembourg, has joined TBK Consult in Belgium as Executive Partner

The popular and successful SPM course will now be offered again 14-16 January 2013 in Copenhagen. The course is the brainchild of The International Software Product Management Assoc., provided by ITB and produced by TBK Consult.

Jakub Polkowski previously CEE Sales Director & Managing Director of Xstream Poland has joined TBK Consult as an Associate Partner.

Nicola Angelina (46), formerly CEO of the SAP management consultant business unit of Reply, has joined TBK Consult as an Associate Partner.

Rob Timmer (47), who joined TBK Consult as an associate partner in September 2011, will now also become co-owner of TBK Consult Holding ApS.

Marion Weidenhausen (46), formerly Director of Plasma & Software Solutions Europe at Haemonetics GmbH, has joined TBK Consult as an Affiliate Partner.

A strong line up of speakers has been announced. Mobility, the Cloud and Business Analytics are among the key issues to ISVs to be addressed.

IT Europa and TBK Consult have agreed to join forces in bringing together the European ISV industry to encourage cooperation, partnerships and growth.

Rob Timmer (previously Sr. Director Net TV at Philips) is heading the new TBK Competency Center named High Volume (HVCC). The HVCC will be supporting High Volume software companies with management consulting services accelerating global growth.

TBK Consult publishes a whitepaper on the challenges associated with managing customers with global operations.

TBK Consult is offering a complimentary readiness review that will assess software companies’ fundamentals for international expansion.

The Executive Software Product Management (ESPM) workshop will be inaugurated on 6 September 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Will product owners replace software product managers? If not, what would be a good division of responsibilities between the roles? How can synergy be achieved? How can the model scale up in larger organizations?

The very popular training course for Software Product Managers (SPM) will now be offered again 2-4 September 2013 in Copenhagen in collaboration with The International Software Product Management Association and TBK Consult.

Steen Helmer, Executive Partner and Advisory Board member of TBK Consult Holding ApS, has again been awarded 'Top Performing Partner' for his revenue contributions to the network.

TBK Consult to offer executive workshops on “Channel Development and Management in the Software Industry.”

TBK Consult has released the “BECH Index” for 2012 showing the share of demand for IT related products and services...

Osterwalder’s Business Model Generation framework has achieved an impressive acceptance in the market place in a very short period of time.

Leon Rubinstein, a member of the Board and the Executive Office and of the Investment Selection Committee at the Lyon Angels, has joined TBK Consult France as an Associate partner.

To help software companies combat the waste of executive capacity originating from simple management misalignment, TBK Consult have released a free online self-test tool.

Carl Savage, a senior software industry management consultant based in Oxfordshire, UK has joined TBK Consult as an Associate Partner.

Wagner Moll, a senior business consultant with extensive experience from the Microsoft Dynamics eco-system, has joined TBK Consult to service Spain and Portugal as Associate Partner.

The whitepaper discusses the role of the (partner) channel in the 3 main phases of market growth in the software industry. The whitepaper discusses the bootstrapping phase, the formats for setting up local bridgeheads & achieving market dominance.

TBK Consult has been certified to use the new ValuePartner strategy development and assessment tool improving the performance of software channel partners.

Software-driven companies struggle when deciding on the next market. Where to target, how to access the markets. The new Ideal Market Profile from TBK Consult, software-driven companies can set the priorities based on a set of objective criteria.

Alain Van Hove, previously International Business Development Director with CorPeuM in Luxembourg, has joined TBK Consult in Belgium as Executive Partner

The popular and successful SPM course will now be offered again 14-16 January 2013 in Copenhagen. The course is the brainchild of The International Software Product Management Assoc., provided by ITB and produced by TBK Consult.

Firket Idil - previously ESSN Channel and SMB Sales Manager with Hewlett-Packard Turkey - has joined TBK Consult as an Associate Partner.

Jakub Polkowski previously CEE Sales Director & Managing Director of Xstream Poland has joined TBK Consult as an Associate Partner.

TBK Consult is offering a free X-ray, which can help identify the hidden potential in any management team in the software industry.

Organizational misalignment is the most readily available source for productivity improvement in any organization

The 3rd ISPMA* -based training course in Denmark this year was completed earlier this month in Copenhagen.

Nicola Angelina (46), formerly CEO of the SAP management consultant business unit of Reply, has joined TBK Consult as an Associate Partner.

Rob Timmer (47), who joined TBK Consult as an associate partner in September 2011, will now also become co-owner of TBK Consult Holding ApS.

Eva Sachse (46), who joined TBK Consult as an associate partner in December 2010, will now become a co-owner of TBK Consult Holding ApS.

Richard Roness (38), previously Xstream & Vizrt, joins TBK Consult as partner.

As of today TBK Consult will be supporting the Business Model Generation canvas developed by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur.

Marion Weidenhausen (46), formerly Director of Plasma & Software Solutions Europe at Haemonetics GmbH, has joined TBK Consult as an Affiliate Partner.

Steen Helmer (50), who joined TBK Consult as an associate partner in December 2010, will also become co-owner of TBK Consult Holding ApS. The company owns the right to and drives the TBK Consulting activities worldwide.

TBK Consult introduces Software Product Management Audit (SPM Audit) service for software driven companies. The service will enable software driven companies to ensure that their product management processes are optimized for growth & profitability.

Jan de Blanck (57) joins TBK Consult to assist Independent Software Vendors (ISV) with global bootstrapping and channel building.

A strong line up of speakers has been announced. Mobility, the Cloud and Business Analytics are among the key issues to ISVs to be addressed.

Howard Tonge, senior management consultant, joins TBK Consult to assist Independent Software Vendors (ISV) with bootstrapping and channel building in the UK

IT Europa and TBK Consult have agreed to join forces in bringing together the European ISV industry to encourage cooperation, partnerships and growth.

Rob Timmer (previously Sr. Director Net TV at Philips) is heading the new TBK Competency Center named High Volume (HVCC). The HVCC will be supporting High Volume software companies with management consulting services accelerating global growth.

TBK Consult publishes a whitepaper on the challenges associated with managing customers with global operations.

Rob Timmer (47), previously Sr. Director Net TV at Philips Consumer Lifestyle, joins TBK Consult as partner.

Peter Ditlev (48), previously Nordic Director, Ecosystem & Channels with SAP joins TBK Consult as partner.

Massimiliano Mazzer joins TBK Consult as partner with the objective of helping the Italian software industry catch up with the rest of the world.

Christoph Volkmer (48), previously sales director at Intersoft AG joins TBK Consult as partner.

IT Analyzer Ltd. selects TBK Consult to assist its business development in West Europe

Erich Glanz (59) joins TBK Consult Austria and strengthens the support for international business development in Austria, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Reino Malm joins TBK Consult Finland and strengthens the support for international business development in the Finnish software industry.

James Dudek (50), previously country manager for Citrix in Norway, joins TBK Consult as partner.

Getting solutions to international markets is the #1 priority of any CEO in the software industry. TBK Consult has developed a toolbox of extremely pragmatic approaches designed to help mid-sized software companies become internationally successful.

Ralf Meyer, TBK Walldorf, Germany, publishes the book “Profit from Software Ecosystems: Business Models, Ecosystems and Partnerships in the Software Industry”, which helps software companies develop and implement successful growth strategies.