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Entrepreneurship is "the process of looking at things in such a way that possible solutions to problems and perceived needs may evolve in venturing.” It is also the willingness to take the risks involved in starting and managing a business.
Because it is always difficult to decide alone, Expert helps you to find the best solutions for your particular situation. He helped various entrepreneurs developing new business (CRM software; medical device, card games...). It is a 2 step process: (1) Environment analysis through expert analysis tools (2) innovation and creativity to find out the best solutions.

What is the value of a business or a project? Expert has different tools of valuation a business. As he worked in a venture capital fund specialized in innovation, Expert proposes 2 rare specialties: - a DCF derived method published By Stewart et Al in Nature Biotechnology in 2001 that permits to value correctly the project that include MILESTONES. - a computer software simulation that is useful for businesses that has at least 2 difficultly unpredictable outputs Of course, he also provides the classical methods: -Discount Cash Flow -stock exchange comparison method.

Business Development is the set of efforts for identifying, researching, analyzing and bringing to market new businesses and new products. Business development focuses on implementation of the strategic business plan through equity financing, acquisition/divestiture of technologies, products, and companies, plus the establishment of strategic partnerships where appropriate.
The responses to all these questions lie in a precise and detail analysis. This analysis is called Strategy. What is strategy? Strategy is the method that gives coherence to a company to create value in a competitive environment that forces it to make choices and select priorities.
Thanks to his recognized skills (he is professor in strategy in famous French "Grandes Ecoles" as Euromed, ESC Rennes, ESC La Rochelle, etc.) Expert is capable to help your company in its Business Development decisions.
On the contrary of several consultants that like to emphasize their sole experience ("I know what to do without analysis"), Expert uses a set of tools (developed mainly by McKinsey and BCG) to analyze information and transform it in decisions; and his challenge is to CONVINCE you by arguments. He can coach companies on Corporate Strategy and Business Strategy. Amongst the tools he uses, there are:
- Identity-mission definition (his MBA students experiment that through case studies)
- Strategic segmentation (with organization remodeling implications)
- Definition of industry
- Geographic dimension analysis
- Competitive system typology analysis
- Measure of attractiveness of the industry
- Maturity of the industry
- Strategic maps
- SWOT analysis
- Predictive scenarios

Further, he is capable of managing the project and COACH the managers to the success.

You have a problem with your business management? There is a lack of motivation? Things don't work as they should?
Get an outside point of view. Expert has to manage several people skills in Services & Solutions.
He can help you to answer a question concerning business management.

You have organization problems?
There are problems between different departments?
Are you sure the organization of your company fits with your objectives?
Expert can help you if you have questions about redesigning your organization.
One tool is particularly efficient because it is "client focusing”: strategic segmentation. This tool is well known, but very few are able to apply it in concrete situations.
Expert had to redesigned the organization of a 10 million Euros Publishing Company in France.

What is competitive analysis for? It is to understand the market to understand it and anticipate what to do, when and why. Competitive analysis has to be integrated in a strategic thinking.
There are several powerful tools to analyze competitive environment.
Expert can help you on any question concerning competitive analysis. He has perfectly mastered all these tools (as he teaches their use in MBAs in France). Here are some of these tools:
- Strategic segmentation of an industry
- Definition of industry
- Geographic dimension analysis
- Competitive system typology analysis
- Measure of attractiveness of the industry
- Maturity of the industry
- Strategic maps

What is corporate strategic planning? It is the ability to apply concretely and plan the wills and decisions made for the corporate strategy, i.e. the strategy of the whole company. Corporate strategic planning has to lie on Strategy skills. What is strategy? It is the method that gives coherence to a company to create value in a competitive environment that forces it to make choices and select priorities.
Expert always includes corporate strategic planning in his "strategy audit and propositions" for his French clients. That is why Expert is capable to answer your corporate strategic planning questions.
Expert is recognized in his skills: he is professor in strategy in famous French Business Schools "Grandes Ecoles" as Euromed, ESC Rennes, ESC La Rochelle, ESC Brest, etc.)

Innovation is often defined as the act of starting something for the first time or introducing something new. Because of that definition, a lot of people think it consists in pure creation and creativity. In fact, if creativity is important, innovation has to be supported by a clear view of strategic objectives.
Expert is working as a consultant and has worked in a venture capital fund specialized in innovation. He is an expert of judging the potential of innovation and an expert in proposing innovation axis. For example, he proposed to a GRC software company to develop a new concept of viral marketing to make the product be known very quickly in France. Indeed, the critical success factor was the speed of development and that is why he had to find an innovation to achieve this objective.
He can help you on any question concerning innovation.

Marketing consist in means to make a communication about a product or service a purpose of which is to encourage recipients of the communication to purchase or use the product or service.
Expert developed an expertise in marketing content: what are you telling ? What words are you using? What is the structure of the information you provide?
He is professor in "written professional communication applied to marketing" in several French famous business schools (Euromed, ESC Rennes, ESC Brest, ENSAI...) and he wrote a book to be published in France in January 2007.
He can help you to enhance the quality and efficiency of your marketing. Because he is daily prospecting new clients, he can answer your questions concerning the planning of your marketing actions.

What is strategic planning? It is the ability to apply concretely and plan the wills and decisions made for the CORPORATE strategy and BUSINESS strategy. Strategic planning has to lie on Strategy skills. What is strategy? It is the method that gives coherence to a company to create value in a competitive environment that forces it to make choices and select priorities. Expert always includes strategic planning in his "strategy audit and propositions" for his French clients. That is why Expert is capable to answer your strategic planning questions. Expert is recognized in his skills: he is professor in strategy in famous French Business Schools "Grandes Ecoles" as Euromed, ESC Rennes, ESC La Rochelle, ESC Brest, etc.)

Expert has a PhD in immunology. He worked 4 years as researcher at the famous French science institute CNRS. He perfectly knows the scientists and the way to conduct an R&D program. He published in "EMBO Journal" and "Current Biology".
Because he made an MBA, joined a venture capital fund, and works as a consultant, he has a larger view a company's objectives. He can help you answer Research and Development management questions.

His client couldn't find any solution to get out of a dead-end industry sector. He made a strategic audit using the classical tool of strategy (10 of them), and then, innovated to create new development strategies. THe client was then able to reach a new market, multiplying by 3 its sales' potential.And industry had a major problem in packaging soaps. The consultant found an innovative way to pack the soaps in 6-soaps-packs.A software company wanted to develop a CRM soft. But because of the competition, didn't know what strategy to follow. He analysed the market and found a new way of wommercializing the product and innovated in web-marketing the product through viral marketing methods.