Strategy & Finance 

Building operating value through intelligent, informed strategies and thesis-aligned transactions. 

Where we help in Strategy and Finance: 

  • Market opportunity Identification

  • Market partnerships

  • Strategic leadership

  • Business unit strategy

  • Revenue engine building

  • Corporate development 

  • Mergers & acquisitions

  • Investor pitch decks & roadshows

  • Corporate strategy

  • Corporate venture capital (CVC) strategy

  • International expansion strategy & rollout

How Grahampton’s strategy engagements are different:

Exceptional Market Research & Competitive Intelligence.

Truly world-class market research and intelligence gathering enables us to produce market insights and finely tuned strategies that we know will work. Our strategies and gameplans are not theoretical and backed by a few cases. Ours are statistically- and real world-valid ones based on what we discover over the course of our engagements and what we have learned (and lived through) from over 1.100 market research efforts our principals have led since 1991.

Knowing when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em.

Organizations are not all the same. The maniacal pursuit of big and bold strategies is not for everyone. Often a more subdued, cautious, or even back down approach is best. To be successful, companies must figure out when big bold bets - “hold’ems” - are appropriate to unlock new sources of growth, or when cautious, risk-avoiding “fold’ems” are better. Helping organizations see their options and choose wisely, through a reliable process that leverages empirical data, is what we are known for.

Picking the right team for the job. 

Great strategy needs to be connected to operations in order to produce business outcomes.  To be viable a strategy must move beyond fixed assumptions and rigid analysis to see into the future.  Only individuals with the right mindset, the right functional expertise and perspectives can build real strategies. Finding the right people is often a great challenge, but once we pick and assemble the right team, it is their drive, their enthusiasm, and their deep & nuanced understanding that delivers truly great strategies. 


Impact Stories: 

Strategy Case Study: Setting a new strategic direction and opening up new markets for an East European Fashion Apparel manufacturer.

How we helped a failing newly-privatized light manufacturer become the poster child for a country’s transformation to an open market economy.