Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs share same ambition than P.E. funds and face similar challenges during the development of their own company.

Even if the culture may be different in a privately owned company, and we fully respect that culture, we have learned that the P.E. philosophy of doing business is extremely useful and there are lessons to be learned that can help privately owned businesses.

Once more we will help an extremely experienced and skilled management team who knows his business inside out. Who better that the owner and his most senior team know their products, their technology, their market – both customers and competitors – and their processes?

However, sometimes the team has reached a competence level where they need to raise their game further. Or they have lost the helicopter view they once had or they are held by emotional considerations for ensuring the best decision.

So what do we bring to the table for those successful entrepreneurs and their team?

Because of the many and diverse assignments we have led, we believe we have developed and honed interesting skills that can help them make a difference in some areas.

In fact we bring:

  • The same DNA of Entrepreneurship and the same holistic approach of the business as they have themselves.
  • The same deep and seasoned business acumen because we both had to do well a lot of different things by ourselves.
  • A fresh and candid look to the business to help them to unlock some hidden potential.
  • A global network (suppliers and potential customers) that can be complementary to their own network.
  • A global culture helping them to expand the reach of their markets and activities.
  • We have developed a good ‘plasticity’ because of the many industries we have been working for. Working 20 years in 8 different industries doesn’t bring the same experience than working 20 years in only 1 company. This has helped us to see many different things, that would work, or not work, according to the environment, the culture, the markets served, the organisation capability … We can help them to develop a Blue Print for change.
  • We are able to provide a support for the highest level work when they might be struggling with some issues or when the time is limited or when resources are already fully used to progress at fast pace.
  • We have hired, developed, trained, mentored and promoted talents. We can help them to recruit and harness talent in their own company to enhance a result-oriented mindset that will challenge the status-quo.
  • We have been able to grow faster because we could make equity sweat instead of letting cash sleeping in AR, inventories or having a better Capex policy.
  • A sounding board to make better decisions.
  • And more…