SERVICES
BMG's methodologies, training and advisory services improve corporate performance through innovation, venturing and new business creation initiatives.
Our key service areas include:
Innovation, Corporate Venturing and New Business Creation:
Strategy and Organization Development
Our proven process and expert methodology helps you establish, manage and measure the performance of innovation and new business creation activities.
Our consultants employ the Bell Mason framework, tools and templates, working with executives from corporate venturing, development, research and strategy, among others, to:
- Define business processes
- Establish venture performance and portfolio value capture measures and investment roadmaps
- Build an efficient and transparent process workflow for ongoing management of innovation investments and evaluation of the portfolio pipeline
Diagnostic and Assessment Services
The BMG stage-gated framework is the foundation for assessing the progress of and risks associated with corporate innovation and new business creation organizations and investments.
For our Diagnostic and Assessment Services we employ two primary assessment tools:
- Bell Mason Diagnostic (BMD): Focused on an individual and independent venture
- Emerging Business Organization Diagnostic: Focused on the venturing, emerging business creation and innovation organization, and assessing preparedness for effective venturing and innovation management
These diagnostics are the result of our more than twenty years of experience, during which we've honed our methodology and tools across a broad spectrum of technologies and organization types. We leverage that operational experience and expertise while seamlessly applying our approach to newly created or existing independent ventures, venture capital programs, corporate ventures and corporate venturing programs.
Our process drives an efficient, in-depth status check on progress in key operational areas, through defined stages of development. Our BMG diagnostic toolkit includes practical templates such as 'red flags' for each stage, providing a quick status snapshot for evaluating and managing initiatives or organizations.
The results of BMG Diagnostics will:
- Drive alignment around goals and performance expectations using a common language and frame
- Reduce risk by identifying and prioritizing minor issues before they become significant, while funding to milestones
- Increase the probability of success by accelerating smart resource investment and ensuring you are doing the right things at the right time
Executive and Management Development Services
Our expert consultants provide interactive training for cross-functional executive teams involved in innovation and new business creation, including:
- Business development executives
- Technologists
- Venture management
- Corporate executives
We work with you to establish a common emerging business creation language and stage gate venture management approach. Our seminars and roundtables enable participants to understand how to:
- Recognize early warning signs and take corrective action
- Establish emerging business development and venturing as essential instruments for corporate growth
- Build a foundation for successful innovation management by putting internal awareness, communication, collaboration and reporting in place
Venture Segmentation and Emerging Business Strategy Services
Most ventures fail because of inappropriate or inadequate market vision and execution. BMG's "Voice of the Ecosystem" (VoE) methodology is the result of over 20 years of immersion in the pioneering best practices of venture market development in Silicon Valley.
By combining our consultants' expertise, VoE methodology and proven venture-specific templates and tools we assure actionable venture segmentation strategies and business plan elements. The results provide the basis for sound corporate decisions, venture development and investment.
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