Category: News

  • Ted Dacko Named Global Blue Ocean Leadership Award Winner for 2022

    Published On: June 7th, 2022Categories: News

    Five years ago, in 2017, the idea for the Global Blue Ocean Leadership Awards was born. The aim was to create an award given [...]

  • Arbor Dakota Conducts CEO Master Class Series For Entrepreneurs For Ann Arbor SPARK and Desai

    Published On: March 1st, 2023Categories: News

    Arbor Dakota has been contracted by Ann Arbor SPARK and Desai Accelerator to conduct an eight-session CEO Master Class for entrepreneurs.  This is the fifth [...]

  • Arbor Dakota Introduces Video CEO Master Class Series For Entrepreneurs

    Published On: January 22nd, 2023Categories: News

      Arbor Dakota is pleased and proud to introduce a video series entitled "CEO Master Class For Entrepreneurs"  This series is designed to help start-up [...]

  • Arbor Dakota Conducts Sales Presentation Training for Ann Arbor SPARK

    Published On: January 20th, 2023Categories: News

      On Wednesday, January 11 2022, Ted Dacko of Arbor Dakota conducted a sales training webinar for and sponsored by Ann Arbor SPARK, entitled “Sales [...]

  • Arbor Dakota Conducts Challenger Sales Training for Ann Arbor SPARK

    Published On: April 24th, 2020Categories: News

    On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Ted Dacko of Arbor Dakota conducted a sales training webinar for and sponsored by Ann Arbor SPARK, entitled "Challenger Sales [...]

  • Ted Dacko Interviewed By Blue Ocean Strategy on The Blue Ocean High School Pitch Competition

    Published On: May 30th, 2019Categories: News

    Read the interview on the Blue Ocean Competitiion website.  

  • Arbor Dakota Conducts 2 Webinars for Entrepreneurs

    Published On: April 24th, 2020Categories: News

    Arbor Dakota conducted 2 webinars, one for The Desai Institute on March 30, 2020 and another for Ann Arbor SPARK on April 15, 2020 entitled [...]

  • Ted Dacko Named to Sightline Advisory Board

    Published On: April 27th, 2019Categories: News

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  • Arbor Dakota Helps Shopwindow Achieve 300% Growth

    Published On: March 13th, 2019Categories: News

    Working through an Ann Arbor SPARK EIR grant, Arbor Dakota helped shopwindow, a SaaS retail company blow out its revenues. https://annarborusa.org/news/executive-in-residence-program-helps-ann-arbor-startups-excel/  

  • Groundspeed Analytics Receives $30M in Series B Funding

    Published On: July 27th, 2018Categories: News

    Arbor Dakota customer, Groundspeed Analytics receives series B funding and an outstanding valuation. Learn more

  • Blue Ocean High School Pitch Competition Announces Appointment of Ted Dacko as Executive Director

    Published On: June 19th, 2018Categories: News

    Dacko to lead expansion of national program empowering high school entrepreneurs ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 19, 2018 –Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneurs Corp (BOSE), the organizer [...]

  • Ted Dacko to Conduct Training on Financial Reporting in Early Stage Companies June 27 at SPARK

    Published On: June 10th, 2018Categories: News

    Early-stage companies struggle with the concepts of financial reporting.  Financial reporting is not accounting.  It is  the art and science of marrying together sales, marketing [...]

  • Arbor Dakota to Host Blue Ocean Author Renée Maugborne in Ann Arbor

    Published On: March 12th, 2018Categories: News

    Arbor Dakota is proud to host world-renown author of Blue Ocean Strategy and Blue Ocean Shift, Renée Maugborne for two fireside chats in Ann Arbor [...]

  • Ted Dacko to Conduct CEO Master Class for Desia/Ann Arbor SPARK

    Published On: February 24th, 2018Categories: News

    Ted Dacko will conduct an invitation-only 6-session master class for entrepreneurial CEOs in Ann Arbor.  The master class is sponsored by Desai and Ann Arbor [...]

  • Ted Dacko to Conduct Training Course (20 Reasons Your Startup Isn’t Getting Customers ) at Ann Arbor SPARK.ed January 17

    Published On: January 11th, 2018Categories: News

    Most startups (well, all startups) spend time in the Trough of Sorrow… trying to gain customer traction. Getting out of this requires acquiring customers and [...]

  • Ted Dacko Named One of Governor Snyder’s Great Michiganders

    Published On: November 27th, 2017Categories: News

    Ted Dacko was honored by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for his work with entrepreneurs and his work with Blue Ocean Shift concepts. Click Here to [...]

  • Ted Dacko to Conduct Training Course (Building Killer Teams) at Ann Arbor SPARK.ed December 13

    Published On: November 14th, 2017Categories: News

    If you are an early stage company, you should understand that, as with any company, success is more about the team than just the [...]

  • Ted Dacko – Blue Ocean Shift Featured in Concentrate Ann Arbor

    Published On: October 4th, 2017Categories: News

    Ted Dacko, of Arbor Dakota, was featured in Concentrate Ann Arbor for the write-up in the book "Blue Ocean Shift". Click Here

  • Ted Dacko Contributes Blog Post to Techstak

    Published On: June 29th, 2017Categories: News

    Ted Dacko contributes blog post to Techstak entitled Small Business Technology Dilemma. Click here to view the post on Techstak

  • Ted Dacko to Speak at SPARK.ed August 23rd

    Published On: August 14th, 2016Categories: News

    Using Value Innovation to Build Your Company Everyone talks about innovation, but few actually effectively execute.  Innovation for innovation sake is not useful.  To [...]

  • Ted Dacko interviewed on Blue Ocean Strategy – Health Hero Episode 5

    Published On: June 10th, 2016Categories: News

    Ted Dacko was interviewed on Blue Ocean Strategy by Health Hero. Hear Episode 5 of this podcast series using the following link. Go to [...]