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Your Mission, Value, and Differentiators
Gary Romano
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Overview
Introduction Why create your own firm? Define Your Value
Size Up the Competition
Establish a Minimum Viable Company (MVC)
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If nothing else, know…
• Design or re-design a firm that works for you.• Define the value you have in the market.• Can create a big office feel and service on a
solopreneur budget.
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Introduction Why create your own firm? Define Your Value
Size Up the Competition
Establish a Minimum Viable Company
(MVC)
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POLL: Why are you here?
• I am a solopreneur consultant (it’s just you and at most some part time help).
• I am a consultant.• I plan to start a consultancy in the next year.• I am curious about starting a consultancy, but am not yet committed.
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Why am I here?
•On a mission.
•Four successful ventures
•Failed countless times!
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Consultants for Nonprofits
•Constrained Business model.
•Driven by opportunity & mission.
Nonprofits For-Profits
You are here
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Small But Mighty
•7 Years in the Making.
•Step-by-step guide
•Smallbutmightybook.com
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A Little Help Please!
You
Intermediaries
Critical friends
Data
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Introduction Why create your own firm? Define Your Value
Size Up the Competition
Establish a Minimum Viable Company
(MVC)
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POLL: According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2008-18, management consulting will grow by:• 13%• 53%• 83%• 103%
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Not A Four-Letter Word
Revenue – costs = profit
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Lifestyle Design
Family
Yourself
Work
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Must Haves/Have Nots
5+5+At Risk
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Introduction Why create your own firm? Define Your Value
Size Up the Competition
Establish a Minimum Viable Company
(MVC)
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What is Value? Increasing impact.
Finding funding.
Increasing efficiency.
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Uncovering Your Value
Ask
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What do I ask?Aspiring Consultants Established Consultants
• What keeps you up at night?
• Who are my competitors?
• How can I differentiate myself?
x How have I provided value in the past?
x How can I increase my value?
x Why would you choose my services over others?
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Distilling your Value
5-7 Points
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What’s a Niche?
•Chances are you need to focus.
•But on who? Where?
•You find a niche.
•Exercise in handouts.
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Who’s in the Room?• How big is your room?
• Customers have Reason, Responsibility, and Resources.
• Start by looking at those who see your value already.
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Who’s in the Room?
• What kind of organization are they in? Is it large or small?
• What services do they provide and to whom?
• How long have they been in the field?
• Are they primarily in one geography?
• What are their pressing needs?
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What will you Offer?
• Services vs. Products.
• How have you generated value?
• Limit your list to 1-4 items, especially at startup.
• Seek perspective!
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On Purpose
• Why did we wait so long?
• Think bigger than the bottom line.
• What do you want to do to improve the world?
• How can you make this one sentence?
• Forget about formats and rules.
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Introduction Why create your own firm? Define Your Value
Size Up the Competition
Establish a Minimum Viable Company
(MVC)
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POLL: The Competition
• Have you systematically analyzed your competitors or potential competitors?
• No, I’m not sure who they are.• No, not yet.• Yes, but not formally.• Yes, I’ve done a formal competitor analysis.
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You
Organizations
Substitutes
Inaction
Options
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Competitor Analysis
Value Data CompetitorData Assess
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Competitor Analysis: Date Night in Cambridge
Services Competitor Offerings Substitutions Inaction
Harvest Restaurant (local fusion)
Rialto (Italian)
Oleana(Mediterranean)
Craigie on Main (French)
Get the boys out of the house and make an upscale meal myself
Go outside the city
Stressed out parents!
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Your Unfair Advantage
Environment Strengths
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Finding your Unfair Advantage
• Tangible and intangible assets
Define
• Solve a problem for customers
Describe• Anticipate
competitors• Develop
products/services
Strengthen
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Introduction Why create your own firm? Define Your Value
Size Up the Competition
Establish a Minimum Viable Company
(MVC)
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POLL: What is the low-end average cost for starting a consultancy?• $100• $1,000• $10,000• $100,000
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What is the MVC?
Infrastructure Robot Office MVC
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MVC Foundation
Task Mgt. Name Structure
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Structures
C Corp. S Corp.
LLC Nonprofit
Sole Proprietorship
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The Robot Office
MVC
Space
Counting BeansCloud
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Robot Office
MVC
Space
Counting BeansCloud
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Robot Office
MVC
Space
Counting BeansCloud
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Robot Office
MVC
Space
Counting BeansCloud
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You’re Ready
•You know what you want to do & how to do it•Resources - http://bit.ly/29omR29•Get some clients – register now!
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Help and Questions?
December 2016.
www.smallbutmightybook.com
www.civstrat.com
[email protected]⎮617-858-0006