EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION
OUR FOUNDATIONAL SERVICES HELP YOUR STAFF GUIDE ENTREPRENEURS FROM CONCEPT TO A VALIDATED MARKET
You will get more clients past the exploration stage and ready for funding by helping them dig deeper into the basics early on.
Our 3-part Foundation services suite sets the stage for your staff to guide would-be entrepreneurs through the steps of making sure they know what they are getting into, before they make financial and time commitments they won't be able to keep. As your staff encourages clients and keeps them on track, our content/curriculum will provide the reality checks all entrepreneurs need early on. We walk clients though steps and exercises that have been tested and proven in accelerators around the world to increase founder awareness, reduce team conflict, and drive early sales.
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We address the core issues of 1. Life/Work Balance, and how to plan for both profits & peace up front. 2. Defining & refining a business model that works for the teams specific situation. 3. Validating that there is a viable & accessible market for their product or service. After that, the nuts & bolts of launching the business are easy.
GETTING CLIENTS READY FOR RAPID GROWTH
YOU CANT MAKE ENTREPRENEURS DO WHAT YOU SAY, BUT HELPING THEM FIND ANSWERS THEY NEED KEEPS THE CONVERSATION GOING
Keeping excited entrepreneurs focused on the steps that will prepare them for rapid growth in a specific direction instead of chasing every potential opportunity that come by takes patience and perseverance. It also takes a lot of the time & energy you need to help them get ready for financing.
Instead of exhausting yourself being their chief encouragement source, voice of reason, confidant, and a technical expert; let us share the load with technical assistance while you focus on trust and relationships. You will still lead the discussion, but pointing them to our resources will save your sanity while letting them learn important lessons on their own.
They will create a complete operational plan and can dig into their financials as deep as you want them to, all with help resources and interactive tools 1 click away. When done they will be both confident and capable.
BUSINESS IS HARD, STARTING OVER IS OK
WHETHER THEY JUST GOT OFF TRACK, OR IF SOMETHING BEYOND THEIR CONTROL HAPPENED, WE CAN HELP YOU HELP THEM.
Sometimes it's timing, sometimes its illness, sometimes its a team conflict, sometimes it's a tornado, it could be anything that causes a business to fall short of its potential. No matter what the problems was, the solution is the same; and we can help you help your clients through it.
Our recovery planning resources guide your clients through multiple layers of analysis to help them see what went wrong, deal with the root causes, identify opportunities to do things differently, and then revisit the foundations of the business to see if anything about the foundation has changed. If so we walk them through that so they can restart with a new solid foundation.
The feelings that come along with business failure are real and they can be a significant barrier to seeing the path forward, this is one of the reasons it that recovery work is best done with one part of the team providing TA, and the other supporting the entrepreneur as a person. We look forward to being on your team as you help local businesses relaunch.