Special Projects

Although most of my work for clients is ongoing and long-term, I also take on special projects that have a definite goal.  Sometimes it looks like industrial espionage, but I prefer to think of it as getting something done that my clients can't do by themselves.

Want to know why a particular division isn't profitable or what a competitor is up to?

            Contact me.

Planning on selling your company? 

I can help you get top dollar -- and negotiate with buyers and even locate financing sources for them.  As one of my clients said, "Mike gave my company curb appeal."  (In his case I  showed him how to take his company from a stagnant $1.3 mm in sales at 9% gross profit to over $4 mm in sales at 40% gross profit in ten months.)

NOTE:  I am not a business broker.  We work strictly for you, not ourselves.  My business valuation experience helps you determine the optimum timing and sales strategy.  I don't take a percentage cut of what you get.

If you don't have a financial planner to help guide you after you sell your business, I can provide one.  The tax consequences of not planning can be disastrous.

Need a Business Plan or Borrowing Package?

I produce attention-getting presentations that substantially improve your results.  Statistically a business plan for raising venture capital only has about a 1:600 chance of getting the money.  I know from experience that the ones I prepare can cut those odds down to 1:4.  

For an idea of what the typical growth firm faces in raising venture capital, read the excerpt on Venture Capital from my book, "Removing Barriers to Business Growth":