Small business consulting

Diverse Strategies offers a unique blend of small business consulting services to entrepreneurs get started and be successful. 

Business Plans

Planning is always an important issue for any business. A business plan should be well conceived, thorough, and set realistic goals and objectives that can be constantly monitored.  Our business planning consultants can assist you with:

• Writing business plan

• Market research

• Competitive analysis

Marketing

Small businesses often fail to recognize the importance of marketing, seeing it as a costly expense rather than a valuable revenue generator. Cost effective targeted marketing is the key. We can help you:

• Market to Fortune 500 companies

• Sell your product or service to the government

• Generate creative public relations campaigns

Finance

There are many options available to finance a startup company or business expansion. Identifying and pursuing them is the key. We can help you: 

• Develop a financial plan

• Find startup equity or debt financing

• Look for suitable partners

• Set up and run accounting and bookkeeping systems

Operations

Optimizing and streamlining the operation can often lead to significant cost savings. We apply total quality management (TQM) and business process re-engineering (BPR) techniques to examine: 

• Expense reduction

• Optimization of computers and technology

• Organizational structure

• Customer service

Human Resources

People are always a company's most valuable asset. Critical human resources issues include:

• Benefits/Pension plans

• Employee performance and compensation plans

• Attracting and retaining quality people

• Diversity programs

Legal

You probably don't need to be an expert in business law or the tax codes, but you will need to make important decisions on a variety of complex legal issues. We can help you: 

• Meet legal requirements of starting a business

• Incorporate the company

• Negotiate favorable lease terms

• Interpret buy/sell agreements

• Ensure compliance under labor, environmental, and business laws

Intellectual Property

How do you properly protect your new invention or idea? We can help with:

• Patent searches/filing

• Designing/prototyping the invention

• Product marketing strategy

• Finding a manufacturer

Business success depends on these critical elements.  Most business owners are not experts in each of these areas and can't afford to hire dedicated resources.  We have the experts who can help you deal with these critical issues and let you go back to business.