Online trading exchange challenges established players in "smoke stack" industry Situation: First online trading exchange to have significant first-mover advantage Approach: Parachuted in with cross-functional team to kick-start operations, systems development and venture fundingParachuted in with cross-functional team to kick-start operations, systems development and venture funding Solution: Collaborated with largest industry player to develop proprietary technology and "blitzed" the market in 6 months |
Ventures
While we develop decision-support products and support these
products through traditional fee-for-service consulting
relationships, we also seek out ventures where we provide human
capital to our clients in exchange for equity. We desire long-term
relationships with our clients and in many cases, this is better
achieved by the flexibility of a "gain-sharing" relationship.
We have started and helped start a number of ventures over
the past few years including the following:
FiberDealer - created the leading online textile trading exchange (jointly with Tsuzuki Spinning, one of the largest consumers of textile fibers in the world) using the most sophisticated trading mechanisms for fibers such as cotton [ general partner ]
Li'l Stitches -
provider of an elegant European-inspired line of children's
clothing using the finest Egyptian and Turkish natural fabrics
imported for consumption in the United States [ general partner
]
Biocode - created a complete sales and support
infrastructure introducing bio-immunoassay technology to new
markets [ general partner ]
Konjac Technologies - provided business concept
development, transition management and venture capital procurement
help for medical equipment startup owning patent-pending technology
for cosmetic alteration [ limited partner ]
Infinite Worlds - provided transition management
and financial analysis for a startup venture creating a live
entertainment concept combining science, technology, media and
communications [ limited partner ]
Although ventures are not a part of our core mission, we think that they provide a balance to our portfolio of projects and customer relationships and as such will pursue projects on an opportunistic basis.