Because of the wide range of disciplines practiced by Jim Twerdahl
and his associate consultants, the firm can assist with almost any
management assignments. Following, however, are their areas of concentration.
General Management
- Continuing service as members of the board of directors or advisors.
- Turnaround and crisis management.
- Interim senior management.
- Project management.
- Executive coaching and counsel to management.
- Strategic planning.
- Facilitate annual management and corporate planning retreats.
- Development and writing of business plans for bank, SBA, venture
and angel financing.
- Development of business mission, vision
- Development of annual and long range plans
- Development of boards of advisors, directors
- Mergers and Acquisitions. (See
our affiliate site VMGCapital.com)
- Formulation of acquisition/divesture strategies
- Research and targeting potential acquisitions or buyers.
- Initiating contact and prescreening.
- Preparation of letters of intent with legal counsel, initial
negotiations
- In depth due diligence.
- Final negotiations and closing.
- Ingegration of merged businesses.
Marketing
• Market strategy
and planning
• Marketing research
• Product pricing,
promotion, terms of sales
• Trademark and
copyright filings
• Public relations
(releases, press contact, event planning)
• Advertising (trade,
consumer)
• Collateral and
promotional material development
Product Planning
and Development
• Product development
process consulting.
- Improving time to market.
- Product launch strategies.
- Product and brand extensions.
- Branding and Product Naming.
- Product obsolence strategies.
• Trade and consumer
product research
• Product specification
and detailing
• Product design,
industrial design
• International
sourcing (See our section on International
Sourcing)
- Affiliate offices in Hong Kong, Japan and China.
• U.S. and foreign
patent applications
• Product labeling
• Packaging development
and design
• Instruction manual
writing and design
• Warranty administration
Sales and Distribution
• Sales force management
• Recruitment and
selection of representatives
• Knowledge and
contacts in many areas of distribution:
• Mass Merchants
(Wal-Mart, Target, Sears)
• Electronics
Chains (Best Buy, Circuit City )
• Department Stores
(Macy’s, Nordstrom’s)
• Specialty Stores
(Toys-R-Us, CompUSA)
• Warehouse Clubs
(Costco, Sam’s)
• Catalog merchants
(Sharper Image, TechnoScout)
• Internet resellers
(Amazon, Buy.com)
• Two-step distributors
• Premium, incentive
distributors
• International
distribution
• Warehousing and
physical distribution
• Warranty repair,
administration, refurbishing
Finance
• Corporate Finance
- Raising equity capital
- Debt financing
- Bridge or mezzanine financing
- Bank financing
- Private placements
- Receivables factoring
- Purchase order financing
• Credit and Collection
• Payment terms
and dating programs
• Design of management
reports
Special Projects
• Assignments to assist
management based on defined goals and objectives.
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