About Us

Martin Presentations

Why do I give presentations?

One of my passions is studying other companies — including their leaders, management practices, and strategies. Throughout my own development as an entrepreneur, I've constantly investigated the reasons why some companies fail and other succeed. I've used these lessons to help guide TriNet through its many stages of development. And the lessons have been plentiful: in the past two decades, we've serviced thousands of companies, met countless investors, and our own good times and bad.

Obviously, speaking engagements help me establish new relationships and result in useful exposure for TriNet. But more fundamentally, they're an opportunity to both share and learn. It's a path that continues to make business more of an ongoing journey for me than one with a pre-determined conclusion.

Topics and engagements by audience:

Entrepreneurs/CEOs/Senior Managers

Topics

  • Flat World Trends Impacting Your Career Path
  • Survival Strategies: Quest for Cash in an Economic Desert
  • Delivering Self-Service HR Through Outsourcing
  • HR Issues for Corporate Spin-offs
  • Lessons Learned from Leading Venture-Backed Companies
  • Building a High Performance Management Team
  • Creating an Empowering Culture
  • Structuring Incentives to Motivate Peak Performance (AKA The Great Game of Business)
  • Technology Opportunities for the Technical Consulting Industry
  • Executive Compensation in Companies with Significant Employee Ownership
  • Finding Angel and Venture Capital Investors
  • Path to High Growth: The Business Model
  • Inside the IPO Process
  • Personal Growth in the Entrepreneurial Journey

Engagements

  • SUNY Institute of Technology Unica-Rome, New York
  • MIT Enterprise Forum, Washington, D.C.
  • ACEC Senior Executive Institute, Toronto
  • Xerox Technology Ventures Executive Forum, Carlsbad
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business (TriNet Case Study and Presentation)
  • Startup Base Camp, Denver
  • Inc. 500 National Conference, Memphis
  • Gathering of Games National Conference, St. Louis
  • Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur Development Program "Birthing of Giants", MIT University
  • NCEO/Beyster Institute National Conference, San Francisco
  • YEO International Conference, Tokyo
  • Young Entrepreneurs Organization, San Francisco Chapter

 

Outsourcing Industry: Providers and Buyers

Topics

  • HR Outsourcing: Options & ROI
  • Online Self-Service for the Distributed Workforce: An Outsourced Solution
  • Operational Excellence: CEO Vision for the Outsourced HR Industry
  • Options for Enabling HR Self-Service
  • How to Calculate ROI in an HRIS
  • Calculating ROI for HRIS and Self-Service
  • Challenges of Integrating Platforms from Multiple Vendors
  • Multiple Vendors Versus Consolidated Outsourcing
  • Staffing Services at the Technology Frontier
  • Technology's Impact on Outsourcing
  • Creating New Revenue Streams from Existing Customers
  • Power of Focus: Serving a Narrow Target Market
  • Evaluating Outsourcing Your HRIS
  • Integrating HR Transaction Processing + Self-Service

Engagements

  • American Council Engineering Companies, Boston
  • HR Technology in Government National Conference
  • National Association of Professional Employer Organization (Multiple Conference Presentations)
  • Staffing Industry Executive Forum (Multiple Presentations)
  • American Staffing Association National Conference (Multiple Conference Presentations)

 

Venture Capitalists

Topics

  • HR Lessons Learned from High Growth, Equity Financed Companies
  • Innovative Strategies to Minimize Employment Related Exposure
  • Executive Compensation Strategies for VC Backed Companies

Engagements

  • Venture Capital Roundtable, New York
  • Kauffman Fellows — Associates from Leading Venture Capital Firms, Carlsbad
  • Venture Talent Career Fair, Seattle

 

International Business and Public Officials

Topics

  • Cross Border Transactions: Essential HR on a Remote Basis
  • Coming to America: How to "Startup" as a U.S. Employer
  • Highlights of Silicon Valley Management Practices
  • What Makes Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley? Public Policy and Resources that Stimulate an Entrepreneurial Climate

Engagements

  • Select/Vedior International Conference (Multiple Presentations)
  • International Association for the Economics of Participation, Prague
  • YEO Asia-Pacific International Conference, Tokyo

 

Public Officials and Small Business

Topics

  • Harnessing Network Computing for Business Success
  • Stimulating New Technology Companies in Rural Areas
  • The Future of the Internet and Small Business

Engagements

  • Herkimer County Community College Executive Roundtable
  • San Leandro Chamber of Commerce

 

College Students

Topics

  • Paths to Equity Financing Your Startup
  • From Dorm Room to Office, Taking the Next Step
  • Creating Your Success in an eBusiness World
  • Pursuing Entrepreneurial Versus Corporate Opportunities

Engagements

  • Shippensburg University
  • Collegian Entrepreneurial Organization Conference, Chicago
  • NY State Leadership Conference, Future Business Leaders of America
  • San Leandro CS Academy