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We help companies commercialize their technology. Most engagements start with market research which provides an assessment of the addressable market (clients and competitors) and identificaties the best segments to engage.
Follow on support can include:
► Sales and awareness plan
► Pricing strategy
► Market entry strategy
► Cash flow forecasts
► Business plan development for operations and financing
► Advisory Board support
► Prior to the workshop, there is a small amount of preparation needed by participants to help get them all oriented.
► We ask that your whole exec / management team attend and that while in the meeting, you arrange for your calendars to have the day completely free of interruptions or distractions (ie leave phones outside of the meeting (room).
calendars to have the day completely free of interruptions or distractions (ie leave phones outside of the meeting (room).
room).
► Refreshments and lunch should be arranged for the meeting room (this keeps attendees on message) and sometimes, what you'd like to be good at. This includes more than just your product or service.
and sometimes, what you'd like to be good at. This includes more than just your product or service.
► You will experience the ‘coming together’ of your executive management team as you align around your goals, values and overall purpose.
values and overall purpose.
► We will guide you through an exploration of your strategic intent. Many participants find this challenging work, we will come across many unknowns or conflicting views, we will highlight assumptions and gaps that individuals had about what should be a single shared vision – these are all very important to identify and often cannot be resolved there and then.
will come across many unknowns or conflicting views, we will highlight assumptions and gaps that individuals had
about what should be a single shared vision – these are all very important to identify and often cannot be resolved
there and then.
► By the end of the session, you will have a good shared understanding of where you are heading as a company, what is important to you, and what you need to achieve over what timescale as you prepare to create the future you want.
what is important to you, and what you need to achieve over what timescale as you prepare to create the future
you want.
► We will provide you with a record of the discussion. This will include recommendations and identification of gaps that will need further work. This document will provide the basis for your ongoing strategic and operations plans
- we can work further with you on those if you wish.
that will need further work. This document will provide the basis for your ongoing strategic and operations plans
- we can work further with you on those if you wish.
► Opportunity for short follow-on sessions to explore some areas further and provide clarification for the team as the implications of the overall vision are felt.
the implications of the overall vision are felt.
Jamie Hogue, COO,
Hilllcrest Energy
We engaged Kingsford to help us gain a deeper understanding of the utility-scale solar generation market for our Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) inverter product. They developed a detailed overview of the North American market along with a forecast showing the huge demand for our product. They were also able to provide important insights into the product features and capabilities that the market will require in the coming years.
Jamie Hogue, COO,
Hilllcrest Energy
Kingsford developed a detailed overview of the North American market along with a forecast showing the huge demand for our product. They were also able to provide important insights into the product features and capabilities that the market will require in the coming years.
"Andrew helped us to identify acquisition targets across Canada and assisted us with the negotiations. He conducted detailed market research to scope out new business areas such as power markets and mining engineering targets. If you are a midsized company that wants to grow, I strongly recommend talking with Kingsford. Andrew and his team will provide you with well researched, practical advice to accelerate your business."
Patrick Fantin, President,
Bestech
"Andrew helped us to identify acquisition targets across Canada and assisted us with the negotiations. If you are a midsized company that wants to grow, I strongly recommend talking with Kingsford.
Patrick Fantin, President,
Bestech
Terry Gray, President,
Carbon Lock Technologies
Kingsford Consulting recognized our market challenges immediately and offered great advice throughout the entire project. The Kingsford team presented us with good questions, suggestions and solutions to help navigate the many possible routes of the biochar marketplace. We are fortunate to have found Kingsford Consulting and look forward to a long relationship helping us with further marketing needs.
Terry Gray, President,
Carbon Lock Technologies
Kingsford Consulting recognized our market challenges immediately and offered great advice throughout the entire project.
I truly appreciate the creativity and desire to help our company. Empower2Transform Solutions, in so many facets. Your team did an amzing job analyzing the market und pinpointing locations that we could target for the establishment of our company. And you did a wonderful job of consolidating so much data and showing us the opportunities that lay ahead of us.I noticed the creativity as we brainstormed creative ideas of how we could implement our technology around the world. I also learned so much about how to creativly target areas. I appreciate you helping to put our concept into new words that better capture what we are creating.You truly served us and acted as a part of our team. You will never know how much this time has helped launch us into the next phrase of growth and influence for good in the world. You are helping us to accomplish our vision of «Empowering everyone for good
Russell Swaim, Co-founder
Empower2Transform Solution Inc.
You truly served us and acted as a part of our team. You will never know how much this time has helped launch us into the next phrase of growth and influence for good in the world. You are helping us to accomplish our vision of «Empowering everyone for good
Russell Swaim, Co-founder
Empower2Transform Solution Inc.
Martin Ordonez, Ph.D., P.Eng., Director,
Hexagon Power Technologies Inc.
Andrew from Kingsford is a trusted and reliable advisor in our journey to commercialization - highly recommended. Kingsford has helped us develop our go-to-market strategy for our radically new residential power management solution. They quantified market size and demand using primary and secondary research, crafted an effective position statement to focus our marketing efforts, created a pricing model for our licensing activity and developed a business plan to guide our growth.Kingsford has provided excellent support and advice on all aspects of our business strategy. They give you great feedback and don’t pull any punches!
Martin Ordonez, Ph.D., P.Eng., Director,
Hexagon Power Technologies Inc.
Kingsford has helped us develop our go-to-market strategy for our radically new residential power management solution. .Kingsford has provided excellent support and advice on all aspects of our business strategy. They give you great feedback and don’t pull any punches!
The team at Kingsford was a pleasure to work with. They approached our project with a genuine curiosity to learn about our business and were dedicated to delivering a valuable end-product that would allow our business to refine our commercialization strategy. Through collaborative conversation we worked with their team to iterate on how the industry expertise and market research they'd found would be applied to our business model. In the end, we were pleased with how they formulated the market research and look forward to applying it to our business strategy and planning moving forward.
Bram van den Berg, COO
Circular Rubber Technologies
The team at Kingsford was a pleasure to work with. They approached our project with a genuine curiosity to learn about our business and were dedicated to delivering a valuable end-product that would allow our business to refine our commercialization strategy.
Bram van den Berg, COO
Circular Rubber Technologies
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