Ever wonder what successful companies like Apple, Starbucks, Facebook and Amazon have in common? Technological growth can only sustain a company`s growth and evolution so far in this global market. Even a start up or early stage company must consider Change Transformation in order to reach the break points and/or next levels of growth. The level of consciousness an organization has about change will impact the viability of the company. There are two choices: • The world will make a company change at a point of crisis.  • The company can make a conscious choice for change that it wants to make happen. Successful companies define and initiate change before the change happens to them. This includes questioning and testing all assumptions/premises that are fundamental to the business, which helped them get to this point in their evolution. MITEF-NYC has organized a panel to discuss what successful companies have in common, and how they`ve utilized change transformation to continually reinvent themselves. Our moderator will ask the panelists how change transformation may be implemented from a variety of angles, including Technology, Business Development, and Venture Capitalist/Investor perspectives; as well as how `leadership` and `management` can play a role in building the right teams at various stages of development to assure successful outcomes.