The successful entrepreneur is the one on what climbers call the "sharp end"
of the rope, making the hard decisions, and living with the results. Altus
has the capability to deliver a broad perspective combined with getting our
hands dirty to drive the results necessary for success. Our senior business
executives provide the perspective, expertise and counsel from backgrounds
at successful businesses such as Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Raytheon, Intel,
Accenture, DDB Needham, Loudeye, and many startups.
Early stage businesses are being scrutinized intensely so management
needs to make the right decisions in a timely manner. Altus provides
vital assistance by helping to get it right the first time, dramatically
improving the odds of success. We focus on providing traction within the
3 initial stages of business growth:
Infrastructure Build
As a venture catalyst, Altus has helped seed companies with business plan development, capitalization,
formation strategy, and angel/venture funding.
Initial Sale or Sales Learning Curve
Altus offers assessment tools, strategic counsel and executional services
that help new businesses identify and exploit the optimal market targets or
sweet spots and identify and lever revenue and learning opportunities. Through
our Enterprise Sales Learning Curve Assessment process we assist promising early
stage businesses in identifying and prioritizing the major disciplines within marketing,
product and sales that can most effectively help the company reach revenue inflection.
Revenue Inflection Point
By helping you to identify and reach this critical stage of growth, Altus can help new
businesses achieve the necessary breakaway velocity. Altus engagements result in commercial
agreements that create new distribution channels and direct sales opportunities, provide for
technology acquisition or expanded product lines, offer equity financing, and potentially lead
to new exit options. Our outsourced business development services enable entrepreneurs to engage
successful senior executives at a retainer far below what it would take to bring on equivelant
full-time employees.
Leveraged Fee Structure
At Altus, we understand that preserving cash can mean the difference between success and
failure in early stage ventures. That is why we operate on a highly leveraged compensation
program that is success and results oriented. If our clients win so does Altus.