New Pathways for Your Business
Consulting for startups and early enterprise stage businesses
New Pathways for Your Business
Consulting for startups and early enterprise stage businesses
WHAT DO WE DO?
We support people blazing their own path in business.
We offer a diverse range of services for entrepreneurs from startup/founding to early enterprise operations based on our unique approach from a wide range of industries.
Industry Cross-Fertilization
Industry Cross-Fertilization
Industry Cross-Fertilization
Our extensive, horizontal range of knowledge is our unique strength, allowing us to inject innovative ideas and successful approaches into your business from sectors that typically do not interact or learn from each other.
Competitive Edge
Industry Cross-Fertilization
Industry Cross-Fertilization
Infusing unorthodox ideas creates new pathways to success, offering a competitive edge that a specialized consultancy cannot provide.
Pathfinders
Industry Cross-Fertilization
Pathfinders
As pathfinders, we bring solutions from various industries to help our clients dominate their markets. Our horizontal approach empowers you to leverage hidden opportunities and make your goals a reality.
For Business Startups & Early Enterprise Stage
We can:
Assess your business idea and potential path forward, proposing recommended actions and next steps.
Develop fundraising strategies, including identifying potential investors, preparing pitch decks, and assisting in preparing and submitting grant applications.
Give guidance through the fundraising process, including negotiations and due diligence.
Set up crowdfunding campaigns and help run them successfully.
Guide the development of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to test the market.
Rollout and run product/service launches and public relations campaigns.
Clarify the unique value proposition of your business and create marketing that cuts through the noise of competitors
Write/rewrite your business plan to best appeal to investors or grant committees.
Provide advice on financial structure.
For Operations & Project Management
We can:
Establish short-term and long-term milestones for your business’s growth and development, monitor performance against established goals, and provide measures to improve performance.
Develop a plan for scaling the business once initial goals are achieved.
Perform business-case and cost-benefit analyses to guide expansion decisions such as facility purchase vs retrofit vs build-to-suit.
Outline potential exit strategies, such as acquisition, merger, or IPO, and prepare the business for these opportunities.
Help articulate and pursue a long-term strategy for sustained growth and impact.
Offer ongoing mentorship and coaching to founders and key team members.
Provide potential project managers with the skills, tools, and techniques necessary to plan, execute, monitor, and complete projects effectively.
Assist in setting up operational processes and systems, such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) for key business functions.
Advise on financial structuring, monitoring and reporting.
For Risk Management & Compliance
We can:
Assist in the legal incorporation of the startup, including selecting the appropriate business structure (e.g., LLC, S Corporation, C Corporation, Partnerships).
Provide guidance on protecting intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
Provide guidance on regulatory compliance and legal requirements and assist with preparing and submitting required regulatory filings and documentation.
Conduct assessments to identify potential risks to your business, including financial, operational and compliance risks.
Prioritize risks based on their potential impact on your business and create action plans to mitigate the most relevant risks.
Establish protocols for reporting and managing risk incidents and develop and implement crisis management plans to address serious incidents.
Develop and implement compliance policies and procedures tailored to your industry and regulatory environment and establish a compliance framework to guide your business’s compliance efforts.
For Market & Competitor Analysis
We can:
Identify your business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and develop implementation plans to help leverage opportunities and address threats.
Provide reports summarizing findings from market research, industry analysis, and customer analysis and offer recommendations.
Analyze different segments within your market and track market trends, including emerging technologies, consumer behavior changes, and industry developments.
Identify customers’ needs, preferences, and pain points.
Map the customer journey to identify key touchpoints and areas for improvement.
Deliver reports on competitor profiling, benchmarking, and strategic analysis.
Identify competitors and provide profiling and analysis of product or service lines, features, pricing, value propositions and how competitors position themselves in the market.
Provide competitive benchmarking and identify gaps in your offerings vs competitors' offerings.