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Strategic Guidance for Launching Your Business

You are ready to turn your business dream into reality, but where do you start? The number of details can easily overwhelm even the most experienced businesspeople.

Planning & Feasibility Financial Readiness Expert Launch Guidance

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Regardless of your specific situation, every entrepreneur needs to answer the same three fundamental questions:

  • Is it possible? 
  • Can we fund it?
  • How do we get there?

Opus Consulting has successfully helped dozens of companies come to market by providing strategic planning, financial modeling and operational support. Our deep expertise and boots-on-the-ground experience make us the perfect partner for your journey.

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Is it possible?

Planning & Feasibility

You have spent a long time thinking about launching your business and have conducted many informal discussions with friends and family. Now you are ready to kick the launch process off with the detailed research and planning required to build a bullet-proof business plan. Tap into Opus’ extensive experience providing founders strategic guidance and benefit from their hard-earned operational wisdom as you craft your case to potential investors, partners, customers and employees.

Feasibility Studies

Opus assesses the financial and operational viability of your business idea and uncovers potential risks before they derail your efforts. We analyze market trends, competitors, regulatory requirements, and financial projections to confirm that the way forward is both feasible and sustainable.

Business Planning

Opus helps you disentangle the dozens of ideas and hundreds of facts rumbling around your brain and turn them into a clear, direct, and actionable story that will resonate with key stakeholders.

Capital Planning

Opus works closely with you to identify, prioritize and budget for your long-term needs. Capital investments in land, infrastructure, buildings, and equipment require thoughtful planning and ongoing monitoring so that as your business scales up and markets fluctuate, your capital strategy does too.

Growth Planning

Building off your business plan, Opus highlights key milestones and potential bottlenecks, tracks critical KPIs, and prepares you for the organizational stresses brought on by growth. Opus provides operational strategies for hiring effectively, designing the appropriate organizational structure, and embedding meaningful metrics and accountability throughout your organization so you stay aligned.

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Expert Guides for Your Business Journey

With decades of on-the-ground business consulting experience, specifically in Strategy, Finance and Operations, Opus consultants assess your needs, plan the optimal route and then actively guide you and your organization past pitfalls to your goals

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CAN We Fund It?

Financial Readiness

Over 20% of new start-ups fail in the first year1. One of the key reasons why is limited access to capital and cash flow problems2. Forewarned is forearmed, however, and Opus works closely with you to identify, apply for and access capital from a variety of potential funding sources.

Financial Modeling

Unit margins, overhead expenses, SG&A, debt planning, CAPEX, EBITDA and a host of other assumptions need considering. Tap into Opus Consulting’s deep experience to ensure no detail is left behind.

Investor Fundraising & Pitching Support

Take advantage of Opus’ deep experience successfully turning business plans, financial models and founders’ dreams into investor-friendly pitch decks. Secure more meetings and raise funds with Opus at your side.

Grant Writing

Opus writes grants with for-profit and not-for-profit businesses as well as government entities like municipalities, state agencies and tribal organizations. Our grant writing experience allows us to craft compelling narratives and budget scenarios custom-tailored for each specific grant opportunity. This also frees up your team to focus on other important operational activities.

Economic Impact

Opus Consulting knows what concerns and impresses municipalities and can provide compelling arguments about the positive economic impact you expect to deliver to them.

1 LendingTree analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.lendingtree.com/business/small/failure-rate/
2 Zippia – https://www.zippia.com/advice/what-percentage-of-small-businesses-fail/#Top_Reasons_Why_Small_Businesses_Fail

How Do We Get There?

Expert Launch Guidance

Details matter – especially when starting out. The choices you make today will impact your organization for months and years to come. Even seasoned entrepreneurs turn to Opus for our objective startup business consulting because they know that we know how to keep them on task. Our subject matter experts set clear and attainable objectives, create realistic timelines, and ensure everybody is moving in the same direction.

New Venture Advisory

You need a partner who has been down this road before and who can ensure each decision aligns with your strategic, financial and operational strategies. From working with architects to hiring suppliers to selecting and implementing key systems and processes, Opus brings over 15 years’ experience to the conversation.

Startup Management

Opus provides support in two fundamental ways. First, we can show you the path forward through market analyses, strategic business plans and coaching founders through the commercialization process. Second, you can tap Opus to fill any short-term executive needs you may have as you grow. Our team has walked a mile in your shoes and can step in as a temporary / fractional CEO, CFO. COO, Controller, Owner’s Rep, Project Manager and more.

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