Consulting Planning Business Plan


Consulting Planning Business Plan


Introduction

Business Solutions Consulting (BSC), a start-up consultancy firm, focuses on the complete needs of businesses across all stages of the business cycle. BSC offers a balanced and high-quality service, thanks to its core team made up of highly skilled professionals.

The Company

Business Solutions Consulting is a group of six business consultants. Each consultant is a specialist in one discipline: finance, marketing, sales, technology, operations, human resources, and management.

BSC offers many services to business owners, each tailored to their business needs. These include business and marketing plans preparation, financial search, procurement, IT consulting services and management development.

BSC will have a focus on start-up businesses, preferably in the earlier stages of operation. It is small and mid-sized businesses that make up the majority of U.S., and international markets. BSC prefers to establish a relationship with a younger operation and continue to nurture that relationship over the long term.

BSC will be a Oregon-based LLC. It will have two principal partners who each own a 50% share of the company. Andrew B. Christiansen, a CFO at DEF International and ABC Conglomerate, has extensive experience in financial planning and finance. Mr. David E. Fields brings in experience in the area of marketing, advertising, and communications.

The Market

The business consulting industry is very fragmented. There are many large multinational companies that dominate the business consulting industry. However, there are also smaller firms (often more specialized) who occupy their niches. By providing services to leading companies across a variety of industries, major management consulting companies such as McKinsey or Bain have made their position very strong. The Big Five accounting firms are known for their consulting practices (a.k.a. the Big Five) have established worldwide presence and sell their packaged services to companies of different sizes and industries. Numerous businesses and individuals are also able make a profit in niche markets that bigger players might not consider profitable.

This firm is looking for start-up companies. BSC is committed to staying on top of the latest business activity in the region. Additionally, business contacts, referrals from among the group, and Internet marketing efforts will be made in pursuit of new clients. Start-up companies are attractive because owners often lack the broad range of knowledge and expertise required to launch a new business. These types of consulting services are in high demand and a real need on the market.

BSC is not the only company offering many of the services offered by competitors. Information-based consulting, management and integration are just a few of the services offered by BSC. Services can be used to increase the effectiveness of clients’ operations through improved cost and customer service, increased quality of current product lines, and faster introductions of products and/or services. Competitors offer industry-specific experience to help you objectively evaluate, select and develop information systems, networks, or applications.

Consulting firms BSC is competing with include regional and specialty consulting firms, as well as the consulting groups of international accounting forms such as KPMG LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and Andersen Consulting. BSC competes among information system vendors, including Integrated Systems Solution Corporation, Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Perot Systems Corporation, SAIC, CAP Gemini America, Inc., Computer Sciences Corporation, as well the management and IT consulting services. BSC competes in e-commerce with both traditional and newer competitors such as Scient, TriZetto and Razorfish.

Financial

BSC’s co-owners, Andrew B. Christiansen and David E. Fields, will each provide $50,000 that will cover the bulk of the start-up expenses. The $100,000 Small Business Administration (SBA), 10-year loan, will cover the remainder. These funds combined will be sufficient for the company to cover its expenses for the first one year of operation. This is the most crucial cash flow aspect.

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The Break-even Analysis takes into account the average of the first year’s total sales, excluding salaries, bonuses, and other operating expenses. This analysis shows that BSC will reach break-even in the tenth month.

1.1 Mission

Business Solutions Consulting provides comprehensive consulting services. BSC will provide specialized and personal services that meet the needs of each client.

1.2 Keys to Success

BSC’s keys to success include:

  1. A group of professionals that have complementary specialties.
  2. A high level of experience in these specialty areas.
  3. For most consulting projects, a team approach is required.
  4. Many business contacts among the consultant group.

Computer Consulting Business Plan


Computer Consulting Business Plan


Calico Computer Consulting is in the process of being formed as a sole proprietorship owned and operated by Doug Burham. This plan is designed to guide you in starting and running your new business. Following is a summary of the main points of this plan.

  • The objectives of CCC are to generate a profit, grow at a challenging and manageable rate, and to be a good citizen.
  • CCC has the mission to provide small office computer users with reliable technical assistance.
  • CCC’s key to success is marketing, networking, responsiveness, quality, and generating repeat clients.
  • Although the initial service will only be technical assistance per hour, retainer contracts and projects may be offered in the future.
  • While the local market for this business is not new, it’s still open for new and growing consulting firms.
  • The viability of this venture was evaluated initially using financial data. It showed great promise and excellent results. Many sources claim that the computer consulting industry is very easy to set up, requires very little upfront capital and can be very profitable in today’s highly tech world.

As you can see, the plan is projected to grow rapidly and generate high net profits over three years. Calico Computer Consulting can quickly become a profitable business by implementing this plan along with a detailed marketing strategy.

1.1 Objectives

These are the objectives of the business plan:

  1. Provide a written guideline for the management and start-up of this computer consulting firm; a strategy framework for developing a comprehensive marketing plan.
  2. The intended audience of this business is the only one; the plan is , not for obtaining financing from other sources.
  3. This plan will provide monthly projections for the current year as well as summaries each year for the two following years.

Calico Computer Consulting aims to:

  1. Profit To make enough profit to finance future expansion and provide the resources needed for the company’s other objectives. (A net profit of at minimum 45% from sales during the first year.
  2. Growth To grow the company at a pace that is both challenging yet manageable. Leading the market with innovation, adaptability and flexibility. Grow from 24 to 35 billable hours/week by the end of Year 1, to 35 hours/week by Year 3.
  3. Citizenship Contribute 5 Hours per Week as a Volunteer, and give 5% of the pretax profits back to charity

1.2 Mission

Calico Computer Consulting’s mission has been simple and straight-forward:

  • CCC’s primary purpose is to provide rapid, reliable technical assistance for local businesses/small offices/home-office computer users. CCC provides solutions and results.
  • Vision – By providing fast response, informed expertise, and consistently high quality solutions, CCC generates enough satisfied repeat customers to provide a stable retainer base. This allows the owner to make a comfortable living.
  • Mission – The short term objective is to start this company quickly and inexpensively, with a minimum of debt. The long term objective is to grow the company into a stable and profitable entity that the owner can easily and comfortably manage.
  • Marketing Slogan: #8211 &#8220Calico Computer Consulting can be your computer paramedic &#8230&#8221.

1.3 Keys to Success

Calico Computer Consulting is a success story because of these keys:

  • Marketing and Networking: Getting your name out there. -TOMA
  • Respondentness (being a computer paramedic available 24/7 with quick response time).
  • Quality (getting the job done right the first time, offering 100% guarantee).
  • Establishing relationships (regarding repeat customers and retaining them).


Advertising Consulting Business Plan


Advertising Consulting Business Plan


Introduction

It is the mission of Marrowstone Advertising Consultants to provide comprehensive marketing consultation and creation of advertising campaigns for the nonprofit industry. It is our long-term goal to become THE preferred advertising agency for nonprofit institutions nationwide. Our firm is not focused on producing a service to our clients. We are committed to building long-term relationships with clients so that the delivery and interpretation of their messages becomes an effortless, thought-provoking experience that leads to action.

The Company

Marrowstone Advertising Consultants is a limited liability partnership that will be registered in Delaware for tax purposes. Its founder is Mr. Curtiss Cole, a former marketing executive with the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Cole gathered a respected group of graphic arts, marketing, and development specialists, who together have 35 years of combined experience with non-profit organisations.

The company does not plan to become public and has only limited private investors. The company has its main office in Reston. The facilities include a design lab, conference rooms and office spaces. The company will start offering its services from January.

The Services

The firm provides a comprehensive, customized advertising campaign that covers both audio-visual media and printed media. This includes radio and TV ads, billboards as well building advertisements, brochures, direct mail, business cards, and billboards. A proven seven-step process has been developed by management to build a winning campaign.

The company’s main clients will be small and start-up nonprofit institutions and local governments. We believe this will help us better serve our clients, and create a superior service that is greater than any other advertising firm.

The Market

Marrowstone Advertising Consultants will focus on three types of non-profits that operate in the areas of youth development, environmental awareness, and youth development. These are the types of organizations that have the greatest need and/or are best capitalized in nonprofit industry.

The growth and profitability of this untapped market are expected to be strong. This is evident in the fact that the U.S. has witnessed an explosion in non-profits working in new areas, such as environmental awareness, over the past 15 year. We also see a wider gap between these agencies’ needs and what traditional advertising companies can provide due to their greater capitalization.

Financial considerations

You will need to have $122,300 in start-up assets. This includes the cash you’ll need to sustain operations until revenue reaches an acceptable level. Starting expenses are $31,700. Most of the company’s liabilities will come from outside private investors and management investment, however, we have obtained $16,000 in current borrowing from Bank of America Commercial Investments, the principal to be paid off in two years. Charter Bank of Richmond has a $45,000 long-term loan that will be paid back in ten year.

The company expects profitability by year 2, and does not anticipate any major cash flow problems. The company believes that in the first three-years, approximately three projects per monthly will ensure a breakeven point.

1.1 Objectives

The three year goals for Marrowstone Advertising are the following:

  • Achieve break-even by Year 2.
  • The Nature Conservancy is looking for long-term contracts.
  • Establish a minimum of 95% customer satisfaction rate to establish long-term relationships with our clients and create word-of-mouth marketing.

Success keys 1.2

These are the keys to profitability and long-term survival of Marrowstone Advertising.

  • Differentiate our services to nonprofits so that our clients realize that we are able to better serve their needs than a more generic competitor.
  • Establishing long-lasting relationships with clients, and keeping in touch with them is key to building repeat business.
  • We provide a full service experience to our clients, including consultation and analysis of the nonprofit’s goals and target market. Create streamlined, custom advertising campaigns based upon your needs. Complete design of all audio-visual advertising tool, implementation and follow up analysis.

1.3 Mission

Marrowstone Advertising Consultants exists to offer comprehensive marketing consultations and create advertising campaigns that benefit the nonprofit sector. We are not just interested in producing a service to our clients. We value a long-term partnership with them in order to ensure that the delivery and interpretation of their messages is a thought-provoking, effortless experience that encourages action. Marrowstone understands that nonprofit groups and institutions have special needs in delivering their information and messages to the public and creating inspiration to act on these messages.

Management Consulting Business Plan


Management Consulting Business Plan


Coaching Company will offer high-quality, professional coaching and development services. The principal officer of Coaching Company believes that most small businesses and entrepreneurs suffer two major problems. They lack the resources or training to develop their businesses and the knowledge necessary to view their businesses as owners. These factors can lead to lower expectations, a lack of personal and business growth, and owner burnout. Coaching Company believes that it can improve upon and exploit these weaknesses to gain local market share.

The following are the objectives of Coaching Company for the next 3 years:

  • Revenues of about $81,000 in sales by the end year one
  • Achieve sales revenues of approximately $150,000 by year three.
  • Achieve a client mix between 60% small business and 30% entrepreneurial/10% individual per annum.
  • By the end if the first year, you will be able to move into small offices.

The company will provide professional services in the most efficient way and maintain an ongoing quality-control program to ensure 100% client satisfaction. The company’s principal officer views each contract as an agreement, not between a company and its clients. It is between partners who desire to form a long-term and mutually-beneficial relationship. This will lead to greater long-term profitability through referrals, repeat business, and other activities.

Coaching Company will implement the following key steps to achieve its goals:

  • Coaching Company is able to create a unique, innovative, and upscale environment that differentiates it from other professional development and coaching companies.
  • Educating business leaders about the benefits of strategic and business coaching.
  • A learning environment that will unite people from diverse backgrounds in order to share their experiences and overcome personal and professional challenges.
  • Access to resources for business coaching and consulting services is affordable

Coaching Company is a start-up limited liability company (LLC) consisting of one principal officer with 15 years of industry experience. Frank Smith (principal), is going to invest substantial amounts of his personal capital into the company in order to cover its start-up expenses and ensure future growth. Coaching Company(r) will be a partner of the national franchise, Coaching Company(r), in order to provide services. Coaching Company will operate from a single location in Anytown (MI). Workshop facilities will also be available at various professional venues.

The company intends to make use of its existing contacts and customer database to obtain both short-term and longer-term coaching contracts. Its long-term profitability will rely on professional contracts obtained through strategic alliances, a comprehensive marketing program and a successful referral program.

In its initial phase, the company will provide professional development, strategic workshops and one-on-1 coaching. It will also be involved in special projects relationships. Coaching Company will begin offering a separate and comprehensive service for career counseling. This will include resume help, interview skills, job-seeking strategies, networking opportunities, and assistance with your resume. The company has carefully reviewed its financial projections. They have concluded that they are both conservative and generous in their expenditures. This was done to prepare for unexpected events. The company’s principal believes that cash flow projections are realistic.

1.1 Objectives

Coaching Company’s initial three years of operation have the following objectives:

  • Coaching Company is a distinctive coaching and professional development company that creates an innovative and unique environment.
  • Educating the business community on what business and strategic coaching has to offer.
  • The creation of a learning community that brings together people from diverse backgrounds in a common platform to overcome obstacles professionally and personally.
  • Access to resources for business coaching and development services is affordable

Over the next three-years, Coaching Company’s financial goals are:

  • End of the first year, achieve sales revenues of around $81,000
  • By the third year, your sales revenues are approximately $150,000
  • Reach a client mix of 60% business, 10% entrepreneurial and 10% individual each year.

  • By the end of the first year, you can move into a small office space.
  • Hire one salesperson/coach by the end if your second year.

    • 1.2 Mission

    Coaching Company offers small business owners, managers and entrepreneurs a reliable, high-quality resource for business coaching, and professional and management development on both a local and national scale. Its mission helps clients create the strategy, motivation, and accountability they need to succeed in business and life. Each contract is a partnership between two partners, who seek to establish a close, mutually-beneficial long-term relationship. This will help to provide greater long-term profits through referrals and repeat business. Coaching Company should also be able keep its finances in check by offering high quality services and charging high fees.

    Success: 1.3 Keys

    1. Excellence in fulfilling the Promise.
    2. Developing visibility to generate new business leads
    3. You can leverage your expertise from one source into multiple revenue-generating opportunities: retainer coaching and project consulting, workshop facilitation, individual coaching, and workshop facilitation.
    4. To maintain client success and growth, we create productive and thought-provoking learning experiences.
    5. We make use of the latest technology
    6. Easy access to services
    7. Setting up a team of experienced advisors

    Marketing Consulting Business Plan


    Marketing Consulting Business Plan


    MarketCamp is a Mexico City based start-up business that provides local businesses with world-class qualified traffic generation and lead closures for Internet businesses. MarketCamp provides a range of services such as detailed research and internet targeting, mini site development, search engine submissions, statistical reporting, and search engine submissions.


    The Market

    Our primary market will be Mexico City’s business community. We can service small businesses because our monthly cost is only $1,000. However, we can scale up services to accommodate large clients thanks to the expertise and focus of the company. Mexico has a lower level of internet connectivity than the U.S. but there is a growing interest. Although Mexico is far behind the industrialized countries, it has one of fastest growth rates for the Internet. It boasts thousands of users and thousands upon thousands of WWW sites. Mexican WWW sites have been growing at the rate of 200-300 per month this year. CompuServe Mexico, the largest commercial Internet service provider in Mexico has 30,000 subscribers, while Spin Internet has 28,000 Mexican members.


    Competitive Edge

    MarketCamp has the competitive edge of experience and market expertise in a complicated field. This is an advantage, as Paul Berry, the founder of MarketCamp and principal, has spent the past five years honing his ecommerce skills. Paul obtained his MBA at the University of Oregon in 1992. After a short time, he worked as a software engineer for a small company. Wanting to see the East Coast, Paul moved to Boston and worked at Forrester Research, the premier Internet marketing research company. Paul’s time at Forrester Research provided him with the knowledge and insight that MarketCamp will benefit from.

    MarketCamp has forecasted sales at an optimistic level for year one. In year three, sales will increase by more than doubling. Year one will see profitability. From year one to three, MarketCamp’s profit margin will increase steadily.

    1.1 Objectives

    These are the goals for the company.

    • To become self-sufficient within three months.
    • In Year 1, sales were strong and steadily increased in Year 2, and Year 3.

    1.2 Mission

    MarketCamp offers full-service Internet marketing campaigns. It focuses on keyword combinations search results, targeted ads, and mini-sites that offer an offer in a clean, statistically controlled environment.

    1.3 Keys to Success

    1. Keeping existing clients to develop repeat business.
    2. Clients have to be able to make money and understand it.
    3. Start with easily-demonstratable simple module, and build up from there.


    UK High Tech Consulting Business Plan


    UK High Tech Consulting Business Plan


    Acme Consulting, a marketing company specializing in high-tech products for international markets, will be created. Its founders have been marketers in consulting services, market research and personal computers. Acme was created by them to formalize the services they offer.

    1.1 Objectives

    1. Sales of PS550,000 in Year 1 and PS1 million by Year 3.
    2. Gross margin greater than 70%
    3. Through Year 3, net income has remained above 5% of sales.

    1.2 Mission

    Acme Consulting offers high tech manufacturers a reliable, high quality alternative to in house resources for international business development, market development and channel development. Acme Consulting, a true alternative for in-house resource, offers a high degree of practical experience, expertise, contacts, privacy, and confidentiality. Acme is more professional and safer than working in-house. Acme must be able to keep its financial balance. It must charge a high amount for its services and deliver an even greater value to clients. The United Kingdom market will have the first focus, with the European and Latin American markets being the main focus.

    1.3 Keys of Success

    1. Excellence in fulfilling the promises.
    2. Create visibility to increase business leads.
    3. Retainer consulting, project consultancy, market research and published market research reports are all ways to leverage a single pool’s expertise into multiple revenue-generating opportunities.