Business Development Services

Overview

Area entrepreneurs & businesses can accelerate internal growth by engaging resources outside their areas of expertise to develop business, marketing, financial or other strategic plans. HTR can assist you with a variety of Business Development Services that complement the depth and scope of services we provide to business owners looking to grow their business in the Rochester area.

Services

In working with you and your company, HTR can provide hands-on assistance with your business plan, marketing plan, marketing research, competitive information and intelligence gathering, strategic evaluation and planning, or even your financial plan.

A sampling of the work HTR can do for you …

Business Plan Development

HTR will work with you at any stage of your Business Plan development process. We can facilitate your efforts with:

• Review of your existing plan
• Suggestions for improvement as an internal planning document
• Suggestions for enhancement as an instrument to raise capital
• Business plan creation
• Strategic planning and competitive analysis
• Guidance with industry analysis

Note that HTR's assistance ranges from feedback on your existing business plan, to direction and structure creation for your completion, to content creation based upon a mutually-agreeable approach.

Marketing Plan Development

Creating a powerful marketing plan is often a major challenge for technology entrepreneurs. You can leverage our expertise to help you craft this critical success component. HTR can assist you with:

• Conducting Secondary market research and market analysis
• Developing a methodology and instrument for Primary market research
• Identifying a framework for your marketing plan and efforts
• Creating the content of your marketing plan
• Pricing strategy
• Distribution strategy
• Definition of a target market and positioning statement
• Advertising and promotional strategy

Cost

HTR's fees for the formal Business Development Services described above are priced at $95 per hour. Billing typically occurs on a monthly basis, though arrangements may be made for billing to occur on a project basis with payments due upon milestone delivery.

Satisfaction Commitment

We are committed to your complete satisfaction with the services you request. HTR will assess both the work you request and the state of your plan and needs before presenting you with an estimate of the time and costs involved. No work will be done without your previous approval of the scope of the work involved and an understanding of the expected time required for completion. When finished, we ask that you complete a brief survey assessing the work performed for you.

How Do I Request Assistance?

Email Terry Gronwall, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, or call him at 585-214-0592