Overview of some coaching and advisory assignments
for confidentiality reasons names are not made public
> 3D software & scanning technology company
- After 10 years of fundamental research, helped to define the go-to market strategy and world roll-out model of a new breakthrough technology.
- Structured VC approach.
- Defined organization growth model and steps.
> Restructuring a company into 2 fast paced separate companies
- Encouraged the split of the parent company into two separate legal entities, both focusing on new challenges.
- One entity is focusing on the delivery of a new product idea, and a second company provides quality guidance to third parties.
- Preparation of multi-generation ownership model involving current management.
- Both separate companies achieve double digit growth.
> World thought-leader market research company
- Guided organizational growth model from founders to a partnership model.
- Sounding board during different scale up steps over 7 years from a Belgium market focused company to a global player with offices in different continents.
- Providing a second opinion on strategic or client issues.
> Fast paced growing Belgium e-commerce company
- Convinced owner to convert a proven marketing tool into separate new global e-platform.
- Guiding seed capital acquisition, including. presentations, valuation & term sheet negotiations.
- Providing contacts to added value capital providers.
> Acquisition guidance
- Enabling the dream of 2 young corporate talents, facilitating the acquisition of their first own company with 3-manufacturing sites and global sales.
- Analyzing market opportunities & selecting the right target.
> Belgium Health care service company
- Set-up of operational planning processes and defining critical growth dashboards.
- Defining portfolio extensions and pace in roll-out towards a specific target group of health providers.
- Helped with top team second management layer recruitment and the establishment of an advisory board.
- Guided the development of a stand alone IT-platform in support of this target group.
> Belgium Manufacturing company
- Helped to define 10-year growth and internationalization strategy and the definition of key milestones.
- Growth strategy centered on a Quick Response
- Manufacturing supply chain solution, enabling to compensate for a significant labor costs handicap in Belgium.
- Coached founders to bring on board a new CEO.
> Conversion of Belgium’s most popular weekly
- Set-up of a separate company providing a “many to many” content creation as an alternative new cash flow revenue for a fundamentally declining existing business model.
- Defining legal and ownership structure, MPV, growth steps, B2B and B2C marketing and communication solutions.
- Cash flow positive within 12 months after incubation.
> Video Channel builder
- Guide young talent in building a successful service business in establishing You Tube video channels and improving SEA.
- Step-up coaching to move beyond 10 people and acquiring first Silicon Valley based clients.
> Globalizing leading design brand
- Established a growth strategy and organizational model for building a premium design brand, including defining seeding strategy, distribution build-up and product range pricing models.
> Implementing Insurance broker acquisition strategy
- Set up of an acquisition model to allow fast absorption of smaller brokers.
- Second opinion on acquisition targets and guidance during implementation of the acquisition.