Cayenne Consulting expanded to Chicago in 2010, where we proudly serve startups and entrepreneurs throughout the Midwest and across the country.
Our business plan professionals have been active in various entrepreneur-oriented groups such as the MIT Enterprise Forum Chicago, BizStarts Milwaukee, and the Feeding Funding Frenzy (FFF) entrepreneurial workshops and pitch event. Tim O’Connor presented at FFF and won first place for a startup he ran as Interim CEO. Aaron Gillum, a technology specialist, was featured in Crain’s Tech 50 list in 2015.
Our Chicago business plan consulting team has experience in diverse fields such as mobile, software, and Internet; healthcare technology; mobile devices and hardware; consumer products; and packaged foods.
Our professional business plan consultants in Chicago provide the following services:
- Custom business plan consulting
- Business plan makeovers
- Financial forecast development
- Strategy and business model development
- Market & competitor research and analysis
- Pitch deck preparation
- Capital formation strategy
Our business plan consultants in Chicago have earned glowing praise from clients:
I can’t say enough about working with [the consultant]. He made me feel like I was top priority, knowing my situation, and delivered an incredible plan in an extraordinarily short period of time. I have received incredibly positive feedback from potential investors, based on the work he did. He is someone I hope to work with again in the future.
— Tracy Henning, CEO, Arctic Towel LLC
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Why Choose Cayenne? Nine Great Reasons!
Ongoing Support
We don’t stop when the business plan is complete. 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.
Fully Customized
Some business plan writers charge extremely low fees because they have a cookie-cutter, assembly-line approach. You get what you pay for. We work from scratch to represent your unique vision, not somebody else’s.
No Salespeople
Deal directly with a senior business plan consultant from Day One – not a commissioned salesperson who will hand you off to a junior writer. Personal relationships matter, and you need to know exactly who you’re dealing with.
Get Investors To Notice
Most entrepreneurs can’t get investors to
return their calls. A majority of our clients secure meetings with potential funders. Our team’s efforts have contributed to over $4.3 billion in financing!
Get it Right the First Time
Funding is a binary event: either you succeed or you fail. If you fail, most investors won’t give you a second chance. Learn about the pros and cons of various approaches to developing business plans.
Work With True Experts
We’ve walked in your shoes and we understand what you’re going through. Many of us have advanced degrees from institutions like Harvard, Wharton, Berkeley, Cornell, Columbia, Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth, and Chicago.
Save Money - Really!
We’re not cheap, but about half of our clients came to us after a business plan prepared by a less qualified business plan consultant did not work out. Why not get it right the first time and save money?
Avoid Costly Mistakes
We know what works, and, more importantly, what doesn’t. A single mistake can render your plan unfundable. We wrote the original and often-cited article on Why Business Plans Don’t Get Funded.
Develop a Winning Strategy
Most so-called “business plan consultants” take whatever you tell them and type it into software. We go much deeper and help develop a viable strategy for success, which we then express in a compelling business plan.
Cayenne’s Business Plan Consultants in Chicago
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This office is currently unstaffed. However, as we do most of our work by email, telephone, video conference, and screen sharing, we are happy to serve you from one of our other offices....
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Our business plan consultants in the Chicago area serve entrepreneurs throughout the region and are available for face-to-face meetings in locations such as Evanston, Milwaukee, Madison, Rockford, Gary, Davenport, Champaign, Springfield, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Bloomington, St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Dayton. We are very good at working remotely, and can easily serve clients anywhere in the Midwest or around the world.
In addition to our business plan writers and writers in Chicago, we have many other business plan consultants distributed worldwide. Depending on your specific circumstances, one of our other team members may be a better fit for your needs. We will do our best to ensure that the consultant responsible for managing your engagement is the person who is best qualified to serve you.
Contact a Business Plan Consultant in Chicago
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