How can Hexagon-Innovating assist you grow your bottom line?
Strategic Innovation is many things: critical to a company's growth prospects; difficult and time consuming work; high risk; and rewarding (personally and hopefully financially). It can generate significant new value for consumers, customers and the organization. Unfortunately, many projects are not successful and the reasons for their failure are widespread. Some are unavoidable as technologies are pushed to their limits (think - drug development), the cost-benefit remains unfavourable (think - aerospace), or the perceived value does not materialize (think - consumer electronics). Nevertheless, we at Hexagon-Innovating work with firms and entrepreneurial clients to identify the inherent risks, problems and opportunities in order to develop creative approaches to minimize their impact and maximize the probability of success. We want all entrepreneurs (and intrapreneurs) to be putting their best foot forward at all times.
Duncan Jones has experience in this space for many angles. He has seen and experienced the many ups and downs. He has been an early-stage venture capitalist; listening to pitches, doing due diligence, and negotiating investments. He brokered meetings and deals between angel investors and startups, reviewing business plans and pitch coaching. He has participated in and led early-stage companies executing on their plans , in-licensing technology and raising follow-on financing. He has worked with academic inventors and technology transfer offices patenting and out-licensing technologies. He has also worked and consulted for a number firms, performing market research, competitive intelligence, project management as well as grant writing, business plan preparation, and financial modelling. Duncan also lectures on business and innovation and remains a student of new practices and approaches.
Our approach is collaborative and customer-based, as well as thorough and value-based. We believe that strategy development and business planning cannot be bought. It is the process that is as important as the final product. Plans always change with conditions, however being deeply involved in the process helps internalize the assumptions and sensitivities upon which they are based. Consultants and other advisors can make valuable contributions but should work as part of the team not instead of it. Like the opportunity itself, value is the ultimate measure. Customers seek, pay, repurchase and refer products and services that they value. At Hexagon-Innovating we strive to deliver maximum value on each engagement by being thorough. This value is our product as well as reputation and source of repeat and new business. This is why we employ a fixed-fee, objective-based approach. Clients get what they want at a pre-negotiated price.
Duncan Jones has experience in this space for many angles. He has seen and experienced the many ups and downs. He has been an early-stage venture capitalist; listening to pitches, doing due diligence, and negotiating investments. He brokered meetings and deals between angel investors and startups, reviewing business plans and pitch coaching. He has participated in and led early-stage companies executing on their plans , in-licensing technology and raising follow-on financing. He has worked with academic inventors and technology transfer offices patenting and out-licensing technologies. He has also worked and consulted for a number firms, performing market research, competitive intelligence, project management as well as grant writing, business plan preparation, and financial modelling. Duncan also lectures on business and innovation and remains a student of new practices and approaches.
Our approach is collaborative and customer-based, as well as thorough and value-based. We believe that strategy development and business planning cannot be bought. It is the process that is as important as the final product. Plans always change with conditions, however being deeply involved in the process helps internalize the assumptions and sensitivities upon which they are based. Consultants and other advisors can make valuable contributions but should work as part of the team not instead of it. Like the opportunity itself, value is the ultimate measure. Customers seek, pay, repurchase and refer products and services that they value. At Hexagon-Innovating we strive to deliver maximum value on each engagement by being thorough. This value is our product as well as reputation and source of repeat and new business. This is why we employ a fixed-fee, objective-based approach. Clients get what they want at a pre-negotiated price.
General Philosophy:
- We believe open communication is critical. We attempt to respond to all calls within 2 hours.
- We like to work as collaboratively as possible with clients.
- We will share and transfer all methodologies used.
- We believe in thoroughness.
- We believe in honesty, openness and integrity.
- We strive to provide/ develop the most effective solutions.
- We encourage small, low cost experiments to test ideas.
- We hold all information and discussions in strict confidence, unless expressly or impliedly authorized by the client , or by law.