Prospective Clients
Launching or growing a new business is both an exhilarating and an exhausting endeavor. The founders and management team must survive several stages of a company’s life in a relatively short period of time. Company life stages include:
- Idea stage
- Pre-product or "proof of concept" stage
- Pre-revenue stage
- Post revenue, pre-profit stage
- Cash flow positive stage
While Monolith can add value across all life stages of a company, we typically work with companies in stages 2-4; what we refer to as “beta test, plus or minus one to two years.” We at Monolith are firm believers that the first million dollars of revenue for a company is the hardest to get – and the most valuable. Investors seek out companies that can survive from no revenue to one million dollars and they are willing to pay for them. For companies with solid execution plans for the first one million dollars in sales, raising capital (while still difficult) is far less daunting. For early stage companies, a dollar of revenue is worth more than a dollar of capital.
As a company works its way through the life cycle, it typically must work with several service providers: market research firms, strategic consultants, investment bankers, venture capitalists, executive search firms, etc. Each of these service providers can add significant value. However, that value comes at a cost in both cash fees to the company and valuable time and effort required to bring each service provider up to speed on the industry and the business.
Monolith works with its clients on each piece of the process as a business partner, removing the need to seek and educate multiple firms. We validate the concept(s), determine the business strategy, value the company and raise the amount of capital necessary to see the idea become a reality.