Sustainability Ventures provides coaching to businesses leaders that focus on sustainability as a key part of their mission. This coaching is conducted by David Van Seters and is based on his own experience launching and running a half dozen green businesses as well as his experience coaching more than 25 social mission businesses.
Here is a range of coaching services that David provides
Business model review and financial projections with performance goals
- Review of financial performance last 12 months
- Cash flow analysis
- Business model review
- Financial projections development
- Performance goals
Investment package development
- Review of financials and development of financial performance summary
- Capital table preparation/updating
- Investment brief preparation
- Financing term sheet preparation
- Investment slide deck preparation
Acquisition or divestment strategy support
- High level determination of value of company or division
- Review of comparable selling prices for similar companies or divisions
- Preparation of Letter of Intent outlining key terms of deal
- Negotiation of key deal terms in conjunction with business owner
- Preparation of draft Purchase and Sale Agreement (subject to lawyer review and approval)
Market research and strategy development
- Assessment of size of market for the business and addressable portion
- Analysis of key customers
- Development of market positioning for firm relative to competition
- Identification of unique selling propositions
- Review and recommendations on branding, tag lines and key messaging
- Review of social media and online marketing
- Development of key marketing strategies
Organizational structure and staff performance review
- Review of current organizational structure and identification of gaps
- Review of job descriptions and new job postings
- Review of compensation structure and recommendations for improvement
- Selection of stock options plans, performance bonus programs and/or profit sharing.
- Review of staff performance issues and recommendations on how to resolve them
- Support in establishing/updating board of directors, boards of advisors and so on.
Operational review and recommendations
- High level review of operations, including facilities, hours of operation, work flows
- Evaluation of current facilities, and assessment of potential new facilities/locations
- Evaluation of supply chain and major equipment purchases
- Evaluation of current work flows and recommendations for improvement
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) review
- Evaluation of current CSR performance
- Strategies to improve environmental performance
- Strategies to improve social performance
- Strategies to communicate CSR performance to internal and external audiences
Business plan review and updating
- Review of current business plan
- Strategy session(s) with leadership team to consider changes to business plan
- Update industry overview, operational plan, marketing strategy, staffing and management plan, CSR plan, and Financial Plan
- Business plan summary preparation