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Our Services

Kris & Vasco’s services are built to grow your business!

Business growth can include all or any of the following:
  • Turnover growth
  • Number of customer pilots
  • Number of new customers
  • Development of internationalisation operations
  • Strengthening the partner network

INTERNATIONAL GROWTH PLAN - CREATION

Target: to create a concrete business plan for international growth.
 

Business plan includes e.g.

  • Vision & dreams (for international business)
  • Company values
  • Target customers and markets
  • Sales and marketing
  • Model of operations/business
  • Areas of development
  • Personnel (e.g. HR policies)
  • Partners (needed for growth)
  • Finance (how to finance the growth)
  • Daily operations / Action plan
  • Other?

INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - IN ACTION

Target: operative actions make your growth vision and plans a reality
 
The project includes e.g. 
 
  • Preparation of an internationalization strategy (if not done already)
  • Market analyses
  • Testing of demand for the product and service concept
  • Piloting of the product and service concept among customers
  • Market validation
  • Test marketing
  • Development of management, practices and the organization for internationalizational growth
  • Analysis of growth funding
 

QUICK MARKET CHECK AND ANALYSIS

Target: understanding of the market attractiveness for your business.
 
We will find and analyse
  • Competitors in the market
  • Examples of potential partners
  • Typical clients and client segments
  • Market trends in the industry
  • Potential opportunities and threats of market entry

MARKET DEMAND TESTING AND FEEDBACK

Target: understanding of the demand for the products and/or services concept.
 
We will do the following for you:
 
  • Test the business concept: e.g. current or new business models, product offering, sales channel plans and value proposition
  • Test marketing
  • Gather feedback from a chosen target market and companies
  • Evaluate the potential of your business success
  • Give recommendations for further actions

WHO IS THE IDEAL PARTNER FOR YOU?

Target: to define a solid and concrete ideal partner profile for you business.

Together we define what kind of partner would be best for you.

  • Profile definition concentrates on following topics:
  • Customer segments and customers
  • Products, competing products, complementary products and value add products
  • Services, competing services, complementary services, and value add services
  • Sales capacity, resources, geographic coverage and marketing channels
  • Financial resources for both parties
  • Target setting, co-operation model and yearly clock

PARTNER SEARCH AND AGREEMENT

Target: find and sign a best partner(s) for you

Following steps are needed to sign a best partner to grow your business:

  • Define your partner profile (if not done earlier)
  • Define the roles and responsibilities between you and partner
  • Prepare marketing material that is needed when approaching potential partners
  • Identify possible partners
  • Select the potential ones for further actions
  • Arrange f2f or telco meetings between 2 – 4 final candidates
  • Finalise contract with at least one partner

COACHING / MENTORING

Target: informal coaching and mentoring for persons in leadership roles.
 
Areas of coaching / mentoring include:
  • Development of leadership practices
  • Development of company practices
  • Development of the organisation for internationalisation growth

APPLYING FOR PUBLIC FUNDING

Target: to receive funding

We help you e.g. in 

  • Applying for Business Finland funding
    • Innovation voucher
    • Market Explorer
    • Tempo
    • Group Explorer
    • NIY
  • Applying for ELY funding for projects that are estimated to have a significant impact.
    • Business development for existing companies
    • SME commercialisation of ideas, products and services
    • Growth, productivity and/or internationalisation
    • Product development
    • Digitalisation and mobile/remote accessibility
    • The introduction of less environmentally damaging, resource-wise and more energy-efficient production technologies and innovations
  • Advising and helping on the application processes

EXAMPLE: PROJECT PLAN PER MARKET - "COUNTRY X".

READY TO START THE JOURNEY TOGETHER?

 

READY TO START THE JOURNEY TOGETHER?