ABOUT
The team is focused on bringing ideas to life. We evaluate, iterate and test them, once roughly formed, we take them on an enabled and sustainable growth path, and generating and accelerating revenue.
TEAM
Francis Steiner BA, MBA
Principal
The innovation is at the heart of the work. Francis has worked with innovative companies. ideas and technologies for over 20 years first as a consultant working with large and small companies examining the opportnities for growth and innovation within. Later, joining innovative start-ups/early stage companies to help turn innovative ideas into products, and build the infrastructure and the contacts/relationships to reinforce success.
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Corporates
Eight years of international strategy consulting experience evaluating innovative new products, spinouts, new markets and the growth prospects of existing and new companies while at Braxton Associates and PwC London - clients included: Arcadia, WAGN, Gefion(new products and markets), Ibstock, Fiat Lubricante, Leisure Link (new product, existing market) and BBC Worldwide. Clients as an independent included: 3M (new market, existing product), Gaming King (new product and market), First Mortgage Securities (new product) and Media Centrix
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Five years financial services experience - innovated and optimised workflows and delivered cost reductions; recognised by the CFO of Northern Trust Co for taking out 30% of costs while increasing team throughput by 80%
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Investors
Seven years of strategic and commercial due diligence for FTSE (listed), private equity, VCC and venture capital firms in London and Vancouver with Deloittes, Deloittes Corporate Finance and PwC London. Selected clients included: Hicks Muse, Permira, William Hill, Rank, Doughty Hanson and Mercury Asset Management. Subcontracted by Corven (new product), Edengene (new market) and OC&C consulting firms. Clients as an independent included evaluting new market and new product: Black Lion Capital and e-fund .
Start ups
Undertaken four starts -ups (see below) over 14 years wearing multiple "hats", mentored six, business plans for six:
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Product Management - leverages the Steve Blank innovation methodology to create a product development process centred around potential customers and quick learning/ product iterations to get the right product to a large market at a low cost
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Business Development - secured six transformatitve business development agreements
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Fund Raising - over $5 million
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Admin - legal, accounting, grants and human resources - multiple negotiations, accounts and filing, and staff development
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Blue WiIlow Systems - a wearable that provides automatic fall detection and location provision for seniors - VP Strategy, Marketing, Business Development and Finance
Letsgofordinner.com - a competitive forerunner to Groupon - COO
Steamsharp - predictive analytics for sports - COO
UBlackJack- the worlds first multi-player blackjackgame - CEO
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Mentoring - NVBC and E@UBC - mentored six companies helping advance their products using our innovation process
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Business Plans - retained by London Business School Business Planning Service to assist six start-ups in writing business plans and creating financial projections
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Industries
Healthcare - PHSA, Priory Hospitals, Upright Walker, DOCTO, Blue Willow Systems, TANVEC
Transport- Thompson Power, London Buses, WAGN Railways, Fiat Lubricante, Bicester, OMAN, Kidsgrove Industries
Software - Arcadia, Leisure Link, all four start ups, Anite, Miniweb, William Hill, DOCTO,
Leisure - BBC Worldwide, Rank, William Hill, Gala, UBlackJack, Leisure Link, ENIC Football, Criterion Games, 3M, Letsgofordinner, BB Winery, Serif, Mill House Pub Inns
Manufacturing - Rank Hovis, Leisure Link, Premier Foods, Polypipe, Qinetiq, Ivor Solutions, Ibstock, Enodis, Fiat Lubricante, Kidsgrove Industries, Serif
Financial Services - 3M, The Northern Trust, McKenzie Financial, Barclays Bank, EBRD, Gefion, First Mortgage Securities
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