Education | Relationships | Growth
The people who learn the ruleswin the game.
Venture Management supports executives, investors and entrepreneurs who are creating value across the United States' most important innovation domains.We empower the Venture Manager.
The Venture Manager's common frustrations:
The Missing Pieces
You frequently end up missing the right internal and external teammates.
The Closed Door
Buyers are extraordinarily hard to get. Investors are even harder.
The Commodity Trap
Prime contractors and enterprise OEMs treat you like you sell a valueless commodity.
The Valley of Death
You've been through the “great idea” valley of death until you run out of resources.
Most of this isn't your fault.The rulebook you were shown was to the wrong game.
The Venture Manager can enjoy success.
The Complete Picture
The right internal and external teammates are around your table.
The Open Door
Buyers welcome you in because you bring what they need next.
The Equal Partner
Prime contractors and enterprise OEMs team with you as a valued, differentiated partner.
The Summit
You've crossed the valley — with the resources, team and plan to keep climbing.
But it requires you to learn the rules to the right game.
The Curriculum
The Five Rules You Need To Win.
SBA Rules & Proposed Changes
The rules were written to create socio-economic jobs, not shareholder value. Understand the current framework and the proposed changes that determine what your opportunity really is.
- How the 2007 rule set made it hard to sell the business you were encouraged to build
- What the proposed rule changes mean for roughly 115,000 qualifying small businesses
- Share value strategies available to owners under each scenario
- Why you have been taught to play Chutes and Ladders when the real game is Monopoly
Forecasting Mid-Range Demand
The government tells you what it needs today. Today is always too late. Learn to read the demand signals that point to tomorrow's requirements.
- Reading government demand signaling across 60 federal agencies and 50 states
- Why responding to today's programs of record puts you in line with everyone else
- Building a mid-range forecast for advanced technology offerings
- Turning forecast into a capture and investment calendar
Operational Maturity & Scale
Sudden growth breaks immature companies. Build the infrastructure, systems and teams that can absorb a step change and withstand disruption.
- Infrastructure that scales with a sudden award, not after it
- Back office, compliance and security posture for regulated work
- Getting the right internal and external teammates around the table
- Continuity and resilience when operations are disrupted
Syndicating Resources
Most owners who invest in advanced capability run out of resources before their customers adopt the solution. Syndicate the resources instead of carrying them alone.
- Why the venture and private equity models are not built for your business
- Structuring investment in new capabilities and offerings
- Partners, lenders and strategic capital that understand regulated markets
- Improving competitive position in emerging technology markets
The Active Investors' Strategies
Understand how private equity investors and strategic acquirers actually think, so you can meet them with a plan rather than a hope.
- How investors and acquirers evaluate, structure and price a business like yours
- Partnerships and joint ventures as value-creating instruments
- Exit strategies and the sequencing that protects value
- Diligence requirements for telling pretenders apart from the people who can genuinely advance your mission
Who We Work With
Established executives, active investors, or first-time founders.
What we teach eliminates the friction points that keep your success limited, so you can attack the future with confidence.
Partner With Us
We Collaborate with Other Trusted Advisors
We work alongside the trusted advisors already serving these companies — bringing the subject matter expertise that turns a good relationship into a stronger, growing client.
