Know What Your Business Should Do Next
We study the market, check the numbers, and hand you a plan you can act on.
- Projects
- 150+Projects
- Industries
- 30+Industries
- Revenue Traced to Strategy
- AED 1.7MRevenue Traced to Strategy
What is business consultancy?
Business consultancy answers one question: what should this company do next, and why. We start with research, not opinion. We read your market, your numbers and your competitors, then we write the plan and the order of the steps. Some clients come to us before the licence is issued. Some come after ten years of trading. If the company still needs to be set up, our sister firm Entityz does that part.
What Changes for You
You know the order of the steps
One written plan that says what happens first, what waits, and what we would not do at all.
You can defend every number
The forecast shows where each figure came from, so a board or an investor can follow it.
You stop paying for the wrong market
If a market or a product does not hold up in the research, you find out before the spend, not after.
What You Get
Will This Work Here, and Is It Worth It
We size the demand, read the rules, and price the entry before you commit. This is our Four Phase Market Entry Method: research the market, check what the law allows, model the money, then write the order of the steps.
Cleaning Up How the Work Gets Done
We map how a job actually gets done today, then cut the steps that add nothing.
Helping Your Team Through the Change
A plan nobody follows is not a plan. We help you brief the team and make the new way stick.
The Numbers Behind the Plan
We build the forecast and the deck so you can answer the hard questions in the room.
A Plan for Moving the Business Online
We write the order in which your sales, service and reporting move onto digital tools, with a date and an owner against each step.
Results From Real Engagements
- Projects
- 150+Projects
- Industries
- 30+Industries
- Revenue Traced to Strategy
- AED 1.7MRevenue Traced to Strategy
How We Engage
- 01
Paid diagnostic
We read your market, your numbers and your competitors, then write what we would do and in what order. The document is yours whether or not we carry on.
- 02
Scoped engagement
We run the agreed study or the build against a written scope, with one senior lead on the account and a set date for each phase.
- 03
Retainer or handover
You keep us on monthly to run the plan with you, or we hand over the plan, the model and the documents to your own team.
Fixed scope, fixed fee, agreed before it starts
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a business consultancy engagement cost?
We do not publish a price, because the work is scoped to the question. Every engagement starts with a paid diagnostic: fixed scope, fixed fee, agreed before it starts. You see the number and what you get for it before you commit to anything larger.
How long does a market entry study take?
Four to six weeks for most markets, from the first call to the written plan. Regulated sectors such as healthcare and finance take longer, because the licensing rules have to be confirmed with the authority rather than read off a website. We give you the date in the scope.
Is this worth it for a small company?
It is worth it when the decision is expensive to reverse. A new market, a new product line, or a funding round all qualify. If the question is small and you already hold the data, we will tell you that on the first call and save you the fee.
What do you need from us to start?
Three things: your last twelve months of sales or spend, the names of the competitors you watch, and one hour with whoever makes the final call. If any of that is missing we can work around it, but the research takes longer and costs more.
What if the research says the plan will not work?
Then we write that, and we say why. A study that talks you out of a bad market has already paid for itself. We will also show you the version of the plan that does work, if one exists in the data. We do not shape findings to fit a hope.
What is the Four Phase Market Entry Method?
It is the order we run a market entry study in, and it never changes. Phase one reads the market and the buyers. Phase two checks what the law and the licence allow. Phase three models the money over three to five years. Phase four writes the plan, with a date and an owner on every step. We ran it for AMSi Inc. moving into Abu Dhabi.
Do you help with UAE business setup and licensing?
A free zone licence is cheaper and faster and limits who you can sell to inside the UAE. A mainland licence costs more and opens the local market. We tell you which one fits, and our sister firm Entityz handles the paperwork.
Can you help with investor documents?
Yes. We build the financial model, the forecast that shows what the money does over three to five years, and the deck that sits on top of it. We also prepare the answers for due diligence, the checks a buyer or investor runs before they commit.
Which industries have you worked in?
More than 30, across 150+ projects since 2015. E-commerce, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, education, and professional services are the ones we see most. The method does not change with the sector. The rules, the buyers and the numbers do, and that is what the research is for.
Written and reviewed by Mohammed Elshorafa
Chairman, Elshorafa Co.. Working with clients in the UAE since 2015.
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