Welcome to VenturePlanning
Is your startup stuck? Are you spinning your wheels and not able to gain traction? Is you Pitch falling flat?
At VenturePlanning we help startups move from ideas to action, quickly! We evaluate your business, provide expertise to move your startup forward and navigate your entrepreneurial journey. We provide an independent, educated and experience based perspective on your business idea.
STARTUP & PLANNING SERVICES
Experience is the Best Teacher
Pitch Training
Our Pitch Training expertise has been developed through extensive work with hundreds of entrepreneurs at every stage of the journey. We have a full program designed for Pitch Development including Pitch Deck Design, Editing and Evaluation.
We conduct live pitch training where we work on your pitch presentation skills as well as content. Pitching is both an art and a science. Let our experience be your guide.
Startup 101
VenturePlanning offers both one on one and group coaching designed to help entrepreneurs navigate the startup journey. From ideation to validation, from product to product-market fit. From 'go to market' to market success. Live sessions will give you the foundational knowledge and the insights from years of business experience.
Business Planning, Editing & Review
Clear, concise business writing can be the key to moving your ideas forward. Muddled or confusing plans are often written off before your ideas can be communicated. Let our professional editors make your plan stand out. Writing and editing services will elevate your plan and deliver results.
Start Your Venture with Confidence
Coaching
Our coaching service provides an holistic approach for the entrepreneur. We discuss the plan and create a roadmap to achieve the overall goal. Coaching allows VenturePlanning to provide both a broad perspective and a narrow focus on key milestones for each entrepreneur. Coaching is available hourly or with monthly plans.
Functional Consulting
Functional consulting is specific to the 'Functional' area of the business.
Our expertize in sales, marketing, and planning allows us to work with entrepreneurs who are building their startup or scaling their existing business. Talk to us about the challenges and opportunities in front of you. Functional consulting is available on an hourly basis or with a project fee.
Business Model Design
New ventures often struggle to develop an effective 'go to market' strategy. We can help you to develop and communicate your business model and increase your traction. We assist you in moving from problem and solution to 'product-market fit'.
ABOUT US
Our Expertize Makes the Difference
At VenturePlanning, we're passionate about helping startups succeed. We know that 90% of startups fail. We know it does not have to be this way. Our mission is to see a world in which entrepreneurs succeed more than they fail. We know how to make this happen. Our team of experts have years of experience building businesses. We have a proven track record of success.
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Meet our founder, Raphael Shuchat
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Raphael is the lead in all of our projects. His passion for
helping entrepreneurs is at the core of everything we do.
With 35 years in business, coaching, consulting, teaching
and startup development, he has the scope of knowledge
to help you develop and scale your business.
As an Adjunct Professor in the School of Management
& Entrepreneurship at Seneca Polytechnic, Raphael
works with budding entrepreneurs every day. Coaching and mentoring
entrepreneurs, using the latest methods, is what he brings to every engagement.
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Our Team
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VenturePlanning works with a group of associates whom each possess expertise in their functional area of business. We marshall these resources only as needed for each client and at the appropriate time. We are dedicated to providing personalized service and tailored solutions that help our clients achieve their specific goals.
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Our Process
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We start our relationships by listening carefully to the ideas and plans of each entrepreneur. We then look at the business idea through the Design Thinking lens. Design thinking is a mindset and approach to problem-solving and innovation anchored around human-centered design. We use this framework to
help identify the strength of the business idea and as a tool to build a successful business model. We strive for a 'lean' methodology to help the entrepreneur reduce costs, avoid painful mistakes and accelerate 'time to market'.
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WIIFM - What's in it for me?
Why use a startup consultant? How can they help me?
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Approximately 90% of startups fail. This is an alarming statistic. Most fail because they lack the basic knowledge of business processes and financial management.
This is where coaching and startup consulting can help.
Startup coaches and consultants can help prevent your startup from being part of that grim statistic. We do this by teaching you about common errors that entrepreneurs or startup owners often make. We help you build the entrepreneurial mindset so that you can apply this understanding to your venture through its entire lifecycle.
​Common startup problems each account for a portion of failures:
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Lack of product market fit 35%
Target market inaccuracy 20%
Team building 20%
Financial instability 15%
Technical, operational & legal issues 10%
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What do we do?
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As startup consultants, we are essentially the ‘hired guns’ who have both the expertise and experience to advise you how to set the right foundation. We help get you into action, saving you time, money and aggravation.
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Areas of focus and value added benefits:
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Introduce you to business startup methodology.
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Develop goals and milestones to achieve them.
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Work with you to validate your business idea.
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Develop or refine your business model.
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Market research validation.
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Develop a 'go to market' strategy.
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Legal business formation.
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Access to industry knowledge.
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Access to critical skills to accomplish initial steps
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Risk mitigation to avoid costly mistakes
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Business Plan writing, reviews and editing
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How does this work?
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We offer hourly sessions, monthly plans and group training rates.
We tailor our offerings to each individual and business. In some cases we work with entrepreneurs who invite us to become part of the team. Sweat equity can be negotiated.
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CONTACT US
Get in Touch
If you have any questions about our services or you would like to schedule an introductory consultation, please don't hesitate to contact us. We would love to hear from you! startup@ventureplanning.ca
Raphael Shuchat
Tel: 416 712-4289
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