Comprehensive Business Assistance

Vision Engineering

Idea & Concept Feasibility Analysis

Business Planning

Enterprise Level Business Planning

Enterprise Strategic Market Planning

Revenue Generation & Market Planning

Financial Planning & Plan Development

Management Team Planning

Operations & Growth Planning

Market Assessment

Market Analysis

Market Research

New Product/Innovation Assessment

New Product Development – Project Management Assistance

Comprehensive Business Assistance ( Business Coaching )

Facilitated / Coached approach to address the varied needs and risks facing today’s technology entrepreneurs.

Objective: To assist the entrepreneur(s) in development of an idea and growth of an existing business. To create an environment of virtual incubation providing access to Venture Works services and resources.

Need Served: Enterprise opportunity development and acceleration Technology development assistance Accelerate the entrepreneurs movement along the “Entrepreneurs Vision Continuum” from vision to launch Identification and mitigation of risks associated with business development. Personal & Leadership development

Vision Engineering

Objective: To create a Three-year vision; to gain understanding of the business life cycle and transitions; entrepreneurial competencies and transition tactics for creating the business the entrepreneur envisions.

Need Served: Creation of a high level transition plan for existing and new businesses Articulation of entrepreneurial /organizational vision, mission goals and objectives.

Idea or Concept Feasibility Analysis

Facilitated / Coached feasibility plan development for entrepreneurial team.

Objective: To understand the process for analyzing the feasibility of business concepts, demonstrated by a written feasibility plan for a specific business concept. To identify the critical steps and gather information for future decisions on the business concept.

Need Served: Structured approach to determination of whether an idea for product or service is viable.

Business Planning

Facilitated / Coached Business Planning process and plan development for entrepreneurial team.

Objective: To understand the planning process for successful businesses and to apply the process to the entrepreneurs vision; and to learn and grow as entrepreneurs during self evaluations process.

Need Served: Structured approach to the development of planning as a core competency in the entrepreneur.

Enterprise Level - Business Planning

Facilitated / Coached Business Planning process and plan development for businesses in Growth or Leadership stages of their development.

Objective: To develop a sound business plan for growth stage. Development of planning as a core competency within the organization. Create the ability to recreate the process in the next planning cycle.

Need Served: Structured approach to the development of a business plan for businesses without in-house resources to deliver this result.

Enterprise Level – Strategic Market Planning

Facilitated / Coached Market Planning process and plan development.

Objective: To develop a sound marketing plan for growth stage. Development of planning as a core competency within the organization. Create the ability to recreate the process in the next planning cycle.

Need Served: Structured approach to the development of a marketing plan for businesses without in-house resources to deliver this result. Including market research, analysis and penetration tactics.

Revenue Generation & Market Planning

Facilitated / Coached Market Planning process and plan development.

Objective: To develop a sound marketing plan for early stage entrepreneurial venture. Development of planning as a core competency within the organization, creating the ability to recreate the process in the next planning cycle.

Need Served: Structured approach to the development of a marketing plan for businesses without in-house resources to deliver this result. Including market research, analysis and penetration tactics.

Financial Planning & Plan Development

Facilitated / Coached Financial Planning process and plan development.

Objective: To develop a sound financial plan. Development of financial planning as a competency within the organization. Create the ability to recreate the process in the next planning cycle.

Need Served: Structured approach to the budgeting process and development of a 1 – 3 year financial plan. External review of financial plans and functional level budgets.

Management Team Planning

Facilitated / Coached Management Team Planning process and plan development.

Objective: To develop a sound leadership team, growth and development plan. Development of resource planning as a competency within the organization. Create the ability to recreate the process in the next planning cycle.

Need Served: Structured approach to creation of a management team plan to transition the company from vision to reality.  

Operations and Growth Planning

Facilitated / Coached Operations and Organizational Growth Planning process and plan development.

Objective: To develop a sound growth and development plan. Development of planning as a competency within the organization. Create the ability to recreate the process in the next planning cycle.

Need Served: Structured approach to creation of a plan to control operations, critical path management and development of contingency planning.

Market Assessment ( Basic Service )

Objective: To understand dynamics and trends in the marketplace and provide data to the entrepreneur for further decision making.

Need Served: Primary data collection on identified industry and market.  

Market Analysis

Objective: To assist the entrepreneur(s) in their search for opportunities and possible threats to the success of the venture. To help the entrepreneur profitably serve and satisfy specific needs of the chosen markets.

Need Served: Identification of the actors and forces that will affect the ventures ability to effectively and profitably interact with its target market.

Market Research

Objective: To collect and understand all information that is relevant to a specific marketing problem or opportunity facing the entrepreneur.

Need Served: A structured approach to defining the marketing issue/problem facing the entrepreneur, their marketing objectives, collecting and analyzing the information and presenting the findings and recommendations.

New Product / Innovation Assessment

Facilitated / Coached assessment process.

Objective: To assess the market potential of a new product or innovation.

Need Served: Assist the inventor / innovator in assessing the status and potential of a new product idea prior to a huge investment in new product development.

Facilitated / Coached new product development process.

Objective: To increase the likely hood of a new product / innovations success in the marketplace. To accelerate the speed at which it takes new products and concepts to get to market.

Need Served: To help the inventor / innovator through the stages of the new product development process and understand the impact of the process on new product success.