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Why most SME strategies fail at execution — and the three fixes that work
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Three-statement models, unit economics, pricing scenarios and investment cases for expansions, new products and fund-raising.
What this service includes
- 01
Driver-based financial model
- 02
Unit economics and pricing scenarios
- 03
Investment / expansion business case
- 04
Sensitivity and break-even analysis
- 05
Investor or bank pack
- 06
Monthly model update handover
Challenges we specialize in
Pricing by instinct
Prices set by competitor lists instead of cost and value.
Expansion decisions
A new branch, line or country with no shared model of the risk.
Fund-raising
A deck with numbers that do not reconcile to the accounts.
Cash visibility
13-week cash forecast that nobody maintains.
How a project runs
01
Discovery
Interviews, data pull and a one-page problem statement agreed with the sponsor.
02
Diagnosis
Where the margin, the time or the customers are actually leaking — with evidence.
03
Plan
Options with cost, effort and risk; one recommended path and a 90-day roadmap.
04
Delivery support
Weekly cadence with the owners of each workstream until the first milestones land.
Who this is for
- Founders raising capital
- CFOs and finance leads
- Boards evaluating an investment
Deliverables
- Problem statement and baseline metrics
- Diagnostic report with evidence
- Roadmap with owners, budget and acceptance criteria
- Governance cadence and dashboards for the first 90 days
A sample of our work
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Industries we work with
Real Estate
Distribution platforms, launch events and sales enablement for developers and agencies.
Government & Agriculture
Admin dashboards, programme reporting and planning data for public bodies and agri-trade.
Technology & Startups
MVPs, internal tools, market research and go-to-market for tech teams.
Manufacturing, Energy & IoT
Industrial IoT, monitoring and forecasting — capability profiles and pilots.
FAQ
Which tools do you use?
Excel or Google Sheets by default, so your team can maintain the model; Power BI or web dashboards when the model feeds operations.
Do you audit the numbers?
We reconcile the model to your accounts, but we are not auditors and do not issue assurance.
How long?
2–4 weeks for a model, 4–6 weeks for a full investment case.
Will you present to investors with us?
Yes, as the modelling partner — the story remains yours.
Start with the hard part
Bring us the problem nobody on your team has time to own. We will scope it, price it and start with a pilot you can measure.
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