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WHAT IS A CONSULTING SERVICE DOING ON A CONTEMPORARY PRODUCT SITE?
We offer our experience in a variety of businesses, products, and product development to aid your business success. Our consulting services range from idea generation to startup formation to issue resolution at fortune 100 companies. These services will benefit those “Astute” individuals realizing the unrecoverable cost of doing business by “trial and error”. The costs of wandering are taxing monetarily and emotionally. Remember, most small to medium sized businesses are funded by relatives, 401Ks, and piggy banks. These funds are not replenishable by a board of director vote. Using experts in the planning and execution phases will reduce the gambling aspect of a business and improve the chances of success. We can help.

You must be honest with yourself to be successful in business. What are you good at? What do you need help with? Reality and introspection will come into play at some point in the process. Hopefully you can survive the reality. If this sounds harsh, imagine putting your life savings on an enthusiastic idea that, unbeknownst to you, has little chance to succeed because of improper timing or insufficient resources. Enthusiasm is important but not the end all. Wouldn’t it be nice to know your competition, the cost to enter this business (financial and other resources), the scale that you can afford, expected growth, industry history, and more. We assist this personal and business assessment.

In many cases, the lack of confidence in an idea and daily distractions keep us from ever attempting or achieving our business dreams. Astute uses a systematic approach to assess the viability of an idea and to determine specific business requirements. We provide consulting packages to address your individual needs. The most comprehensive package will return a "turn key" business operation. Astute Consulting is an interactive and needs based service.

We have five primary services. All take advantage of our broad industry and product expertise and our experience in forming and running businesses.
  • BUSINESS ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION
    I want to start a business but I don’t know what? When it comes to selecting a business there are two general personality extremes. The person that has 1000 ideas but can’t decide which to do first or the person that wants to get into business but doesn’t have an idea. We assist either individual by defining interests, skills, and goals and matching them with business options. This is an extremely important and timely service as increased layoffs have forced many to change careers. Many out placement services offer entrepreneurial opportunities, such as franchises, to laid off employees. Please be cautioned, however, about making drastic lifestyle changes at such a stressed and seemingly desperate time before making a serious self and resource assessment. It can be costly. We are not selling you a specific business. We discuss many business options with you includng commercializing your own creative ideas. Business options presented range from stuffing envelopes to starting an automobile company. You will get an honest compatibility assessment based on skills, interests, risk level, and resources. You will be counseled on the realities of business. Enthusiasm will be mated with logic and planning. We will provide historical and true expected time to success, obstacles, and steps that need to be taken to succeed

  • IDEA RESEARCH AND VALIDATION
    We validate rough or specific business ideas to our checklist. The client will first provide information to flush out the business building details such as; relevant expertise, finances, timing, etc. We then proceed to an abbreviated research of the industry, competitors, profitability, etc., of the target business. We then present the entrepreneur with a list of findings to allow them to make an informed decision to proceed. As simple as this sounds, it is quite involved and can save a person tens of thousands in experimenting with an invalid idea just to escape their 9 to 5. Many idea revelations, although new to the entrepreneur, have been tried or are being done. Why reinvent the wheel? It is more practical to springboard from research and moneys already spent.

  • "Turn Key" BUSINESS and STARTUP
    This service is used by someone starting a business with a validated or high confidence idea. For this client, we develop a company logo, kick off the website, print business cards, incorporate, identify industry specific suppliers and marketing companies, and a list of other tasks. This is an “a la carte” service. It takes an “Astute” person to realize the need for this service. The average person will never initiate a business due to daily distractions, such as raising a family and the 9 to 5. The hardest part of anything is getting started. We launch the mechanics of the business and hand it off to the entrepreneur to run and make it successful.

  • EXISTING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH STRATEGIES
    We thoroughly assess existing businesses against industry models and direct competition to make recommendations for growth and profit improvement. Areas covered include image, marketing, personnel, structure, process, sourcing, and management consulting. As an outside group, we can provide a surprisingly new and different perspective to company woes and future prospects. Intervention from an outside organization often stimulates positive company change and results more than muted internal direction.

  • PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION
    Should you manufacture your invention or license the idea? We develop product strategies for new product launch and commercialization. This service addresses ground breaking ideas or new twists on familiar themes. We combine strategies of similar ventures with our cross industry experience into a unique launch plan. This approach reduces roadblocks, re-invention costs, and improves the chances for success. Without a great plan to succeed in the marketplace, great ideas are destined to fail. There is an abundance of unsuccessful but great ideas sitting on the shelves at the patent office.
We are unique in that, in addition to larger companies, we address the needs of the very small business or individual looking to start a business. We are knowledgeable, cheerful, and eager to help you succeed. The decision to overextend yourself could be the difference between success and failure. It will definitely slow the journey. Consultation costs will be more than offset by savings and avoidances. No one, of course, can guarantee the success of any idea or business.

Please contact us via e-mail with your specific consulting needs. Include your e-mail address and phone number as incorrect information will take away our ability to reply. We can only accept consulting phone inquires on 734-332-9228.

Our pricing is based on customer needs and is reasonable. We will sign nondisclosure agreements on confidential ideas as required.


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