Program
RAVEN’S NEST
If you are starting your business, it is critical to start on the right path. Whether you are in the planning phase, ready to launch or have bought a new business, this package is for you.
First, we need to set the stage for success.
To get started we:
• Review demographics to determine the demand for your product or service
• Define target customers
• Evaluate financial resources and sources of funds to get your business off the ground
• Create a start-up cost worksheet to alleviate costly surprises
• Determine the best market location aligned to your ideal demographics
• Conduct thorough research to size up your competition
• Partner with respected business referral experts to create a well-rounded business plan
Once we have your foundation, we’ll help you leave the nest with confidence!
• Establish the business and legal entities required by local, state, and federal law
• Recommend accounting and bookkeeping tools and services to support your business model
• Create a comprehensive business plan and timeline for future growth
• Recommend financial and insurance best practices, including corporate and individual
• Establish financial, invoicing, and inventory systems to align with your business offerings
Next?
We are continuing to guide you as your business grows, whether you have us manage your action plan and implementation or be on point as needed to guide you. As your business takes flight, we’ll fly with you. We’re happy to continue working together.
Get efficient. Get confident. Get Raven.
Program
RAVEN’S FLIGHT
Ready to spread your wings and take flight. This package is perfect for a newly established company or business older than one-year-old. It provides an aerial snapshot to understand your business’s current, past, and future mapping workflow. Level set expectations give that reality check to make lucrative changes. Raven’s Flight focuses on four key phases.
Phase 1: The Foundation
During our first week together, Raven takes the time to understand your business. Your company culture is essential to you and is vital to us. Our engagement’s success depends on your confidence level, and we know we need to earn it. During Foundations we:
• Collaborate with you to understand your business goals and aspirations
• Define current state and future state
• Establish credibility, trust and rules of engagement
• Define deliverables to ensure successful outcomes
• Develop a customized approach to meet your needs
Phase 2: The Tools & Process
After creating a foundation, the second phase focuses on understanding your tools and processes. Having the right tools at the right time to direct your business is beneficial. Ensuring systems support your current business and position you for growth. During Phase 2, Raven Consulting will:
• Analyze your technology platforms to ensure alignment with current business needs
• Compare technology platforms to growth goals, ensuring scalability
• Perform cost/benefit ratio to determine ROI on systems
• Review system functionality to leverage all capabilities as appropriate
• Document and review process flows to identify non-value-added tasks and process gaps
Phase 3: The Financials
Now that we understand how your business works, we review your financials to diagnose the health of your business. During this phase of the project, we:
• Review P&L statements and financial documents
• Estimate and value inventory
• Determine your profitability and financial forecast
• Evaluate cash flow
Phase 4: The Future
During Phase 4 of our project, Raven Consulting helps you create your future. We compile details based on an analysis of your business in a specific easy-to-understand format. As the capstone to our engagement Raven Consulting will:
• Provide a customized report of findings highlighting opportunities and wins
• Share a comprehensive overview of your current financial status and future risk
• Recommend how to better manage your financial levers, with a concise focus on maximizing ROI and minimizing loss
• Process improvement recommendations are documented to improve efficiency
• Maximize your systems to help you work smarter, not harder
• Create an action plan and timeline to implement recommendations
From there?
Don’t worry. At Raven Consulting, we won’t leave you hanging. We are here to support you. Whether you’d like us to manage your action plan and implementation or just be on retainer as a thought partner to guide you, we’re happy to continue working together.
Get efficient. Get confident. Get Raven.
Program
RAVEN’S PATH
As your business grows and thrives, we are here to help. We want you to work on your business instead of in it. We can focus on the details while you focus on your strategy. Growing your business is important to you. So, it is important to us.
We’ll partner with you to:
• Perform an ongoing SWOT analysis to leverage opportunities and minimize risk
• Maintain your business projection to stay on target and achieve both short and long-term goals
• Prepare industry and competitive force analysis
• Develop and monitor a risk management matrix
• Analyze your marketing strategies to determine ROI
• Provide an ongoing assessment of technology and tools
• Perform research projects directly related to your business and target consumer
Raven Consulting is an extension of your business. We facilitate and position you to focus on growth while we manage the process. Let us help your business soar to new heights.