Business Plan Consultants in Washington, D.C.

Cayenne Consulting is an international business plan consulting firm. Our business plan consultant in Washington, DC serves entrepreneurs throughout the region, including Alexandria, VA, Annapolis, MD, Baltimore, MD, Dover, DE, Herndon, VA, Reston, VA, Arlington, VA, Silver Spring, MD, McLean, VA, Falls Church, VA, College Park, MD, Bethesda, MD, Tysons Corner, VA, Chantilly, VA, and Vienna, VA.

Our professional business plan consultants work with entrepreneurs in the following areas:

• Business turnaround consulting
• Strategy development
• Market research and analysis
• Competitor research and analysis
• Business plan development
• Financial analysis
• Financial forecast development
• Investor presentation (PowerPoint) preparation
• General coaching and advisory services
• Capital formation strategy

Cayenne's Washington DC Business Plan Team

Van Lanier - Principal Consultant

Washington DC

Van is an accomplished business practitioner who helps entrepreneurs start, grow, and harvest their ventures. Van has prepared over 300 business plans, financial forecasts, and funding memorandums in industries ranging from data mining to water disinfection. He also has deep knowledge of government contracting, environmental technology, and financial analysis.

Van is a Certified Management Consultant whose professional career includes 35 years of corporate turnaround consulting, plus creating seven entrepreneurial ventures of his own. He enjoyed success with most, but took it in the gut from one. This combination of technical knowledge and hands-on start up experience has given Van a unique set of skills and know-how.

Van earned his MBA with highest honors before personal computers made the math easy. He is a long-time member of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Superior Business Firm Roundtable.

Van is a director and adviser to businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. He writes and speaks on business issues for the International Finance Corporation, Small Business Development Centers, and other organizations.

Cayenne Consulting's Advantages

Most so-called "business plan consultants" simply take what you say and put it on paper. We go much deeper and help you develop the most viable strategy for success, which we then communicate in a compelling business plan. As a result, nearly all of our clients are able to secure meetings with investors, and over two-thirds have succeeded in raising capital or selling their companies. We challenge you to find another consulting firm that can make this claim. A business plan developed by Cayenne Consulting could make the difference between your success and failure.

• Save Time: Save literally hundreds of hours... valuable time you can devote to your products, customers, and company.
• Save Money: We are not cheap, but about half of our clients came to us after a business plan prepared by a less qualified consultant did not work out. Why not get it right the first time and save money?
• Work with Experts: Our business plan consultants are second to none. We are experienced entrepreneurs and understand what you are going through. We have deep and broad experience in creating and executing upon business models of all kinds. We have a keen sense of what works in the marketplace and what doesn't. Many of us have MBAs or PhDs from schools like Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Wharton, CalTech, Cornell, Columbia, and Chicago. We also have experts in market research, FDA/regulatory issues, financial modeling, and other fields.
• One Consultant: Some firms assign a team of consultants to your business. That means you're paying to get multiple individuals up to speed. This approach is costly, and makes it difficult to ensure that all materials have the same "voice" and consistency. Our approach avoids these problems.
• Get it Right the First Time: Learn about the pros and cons of various approaches to developing business plans.
• No Salespeople: We don't have a slick sales professional "sell" you and then hand you off to a junior consultant you know nothing about. From Day 1, you will deal directly with the senior consultant who will actually work with you. That way, you know exactly what you're getting.
• Ongoing Support: We don't stop when the business plan is done. We have a talented team ready to help you implement it as well, either on a retained basis as interim members of your founding team or on a project basis, as needed.

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