Areas of Practice
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
- Recruiting and development of boards of advisors, directors
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
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
- 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
- Integration of merged businesses
MARKETING
- Market strategy and planning
- Branding and Positioning
- 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 obsolesce 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
SERVICES FOR EARLY STAGE COMPANIES
- Writing of business plans and investor presentations
- Development of financial projections and pro forma statements
- Develop viable business models and go-to-market strategies
- Train and coach owners and key managers to present to angel and venture investors
- Mentor the entire business development process.
- Serve as interim CEO or COO as needed.
SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
- Sales Force Mangement
- Recruitment and selection of representatives
- Knowledge and contacts in many areas of distribution:
- Mass Merchants
- Electronics Chains
- Department Stores
- Specialty Stores
- Warehouse Clubs
- Catalog merchants
- Internet resellers
- Two-step distributors
- Premium, incentive distributors
- International distribution
- Warehousing and physical distribution
- Warranty repair, administration, refurbishing
international business
- Sourcing of products in China and elsewhere in Asia for U.S. manufacturers and distributors
- Quality Assurance Services in Hong Kong and China
- Vetting potential source factories
- Pre-production quality audits
- Establishing quality systems in supplier factories.
- Training staff in conducting quality inspections.
- Process control audits, evaluations and suggestions.
- Pre-shipment inspections.
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- Identification, recruitment and training of international distributors and agents.