"What is clear is that the structure of what we think of today as the 'tech sector' will change dramatically in the next few years."

Straight Talk- May 2002: The Conference Board

Technology vendors are among the largest investors in technology, as they develop new products and maintain and evolve existing products. Today's marketplace has become very challenging for both established and new vendors. The needs of the enterprise customer continue to evolve. Buyers are more discerning, demanding greater and more explicit business value for their technology purchases.

Thus, both established companies and start-ups with desirable business models and profit potential need help in defining and fine-tuning their targeted market, their value proposition, and their product and service offerings. TPG helps address these issues and build revenue-generating relationships with customers and business partners.

A large part of the success of technology ventures in the post dot-com economy comes from opportunistic alliances and cross-investment among synergistic enterprises. TPG is uniquely positioned to recognize and arrange for the implementation and funding of these opportunities, thus providing key services to technology companies seeking to make M&A deals or to create alliances.

The TechPar Group (TPG) offers these high-quality services to companies who need to stay "lean and mean" yet need to get their products properly aligned with the market in order to survive and to flourish. Your potential benefits are to:

• Gain key competitive advantages in a technology market undergoing great change.
• Reduce the risk of failing to find and select the best product opportunities in current and new market segments.
• Improve the potential of finding great combinations of technologies and vendors that create genuine business solutions.
• Reduce the risk of failure of start-ups with great potential but flawed management or execution.

The senior executives of technology companies are demanding the following services:

1. Strategic product management.
2. Operational and marketing assistance and oversight.
3. Identification and realization of M&A and alliance opportunities, including the execution of due diligence examinations of potential investment opportunities.

TPG offers these services via flexible retainer and project-based arrangements, depending upon your specific needs.