Services
Capital
Management
We work
with
entrepreneurs,
business
owners,
executives
and boards
of
directors
to manage
financial
resources,
attract
capital,
and grow
shareholder
value. We
advise
boards and
company
leadership
on
corporate
growth,
cost
reduction,
corporate
finance,
mergers
and
acquisitions,
optimal
capital
structure.
Enterprise
Cost
Management
We work
with
executives
and
management
to reduce
costs and
improve
cash flows
without
drastic
budget
cut-backs
or sales
or
profitable
capital
assets. We
develop
enterprise-wide
cost
reductions
through
organizational
restructuring,
tax
minimization
planning,
leveraging
IT, and
implementation
of shared
services
strategies.
We work
with the
clients to
determine
which
current
products
and
service
lines are
profitable.
Armed with
this
information,
we tailor
a plan
that may
include
refocusing
streamlined
operations
on core
competencies,
reorganizing
inefficient
operations
to assure
greater
profits,
terminating
inefficient
service or
product
lines, or
selling
whole
divisions
to free up
capital
for core
operations.
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Strategy &
Leadership
Four
Eighths
Ventures
works with
entrepreneurs,
business
owners and
executives
to define,
articulate
and
support
their
agenda and
to
successfully
implement
various
strategic
initiatives.
Our focus
includes:
•
Organization
change and
renewal
• Capital
management
•
Strategic
communications
•
Effective
decision
making
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Information
Technology
We
integrate
information
technology
services
and
management
into our
holistic
business
solutions.
We
structure
IT to
support
and enable
business
growth in
keeping
with the
organization’s
global
business
strategy
to drive
improved
efficiency
and
effectiveness.
We have
the skills
and
experience
to help
businesses
and
organizations
maximize
the return
on their
IT
investment.
Our
capabilities
to support
this
agenda
span four
areas:
Mergers &
Restructuring
We
understand
that
mergers,
acquisitions,
recapitalizations
reorganizations,
divestitures
are key
events in
the life
of a
business.
We help
clients
formulate
strategies
for
corporate
growth
through
strategic
acquisitions
or
investment
by private
sources of
capital.
We work
with
clients at
the
beginning
of a deal
by
developing
a
rationale
for the
deal and
by
screening
potential
candidates.
During
negotiations,
we advise
clients
about the
financial
terms of
the deal.
Post-closing,
we work
with
clients to
integrate
an
acquired
business
into the
client’s
existing
company.
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Organization
& Change
It is not
enough to
have a
great
business
plan,
product
and
business
strategy.
Organizations
often
underperform
when the
demands of
daily
operations
keep
management
from
implementing
a
company’s
strategic
vision. We
design
customized
organizational
models to
efficiently
and
effectively
deliver on
shareholder
expectations
and
customer
needs.
We custom
tailor an
operating
model to:
• Minimize
overhead
and
administrative
costs
• Empower
leadership
by
competent
managers
and
executives
• Define a
chain of
command
and
decision
making
processes,
coupled
with
accountability
• Ensure
proper
communication
within
different
departments
of an
organization,
and by
managers
and
executives
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Emerging
Technologies
Four
eighths
Ventures
helps
emerging
technologies
emerge. We
have the
real-world
experience
to deliver
a
precision
tailored
solution
for
leveraging
your
intellectual
property
(“IP”) or
assisting
you to
develop
and
commercialize
your IP.
Four
Eighths
brings
years of
experience
in
leveraging
IP,
improving
corporate
image, and
web
marketing
that will
enhance
the appeal
of your
business
to
prospective
buyers,
and
ultimately
resulting
in a
higher
return on
your
investment.
We devise
and
implement
strategies
to
preserve
and
protect
your IP
assets and
innovations,
and all
ancillary
rights to
control
the use of
the IP.
Once your
IP is
developed
and
protected,
Four
Eighths
works with
you to
commercialize
the IP to
create
revenue
for you.
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Business
Ventures
Four
Eighths
Ventures
partner
with
entrepreneurs
and
startup
executives
as
consultants
and
co-developers
to build
innovative,
efficient
and
organized
companies.
In
addition,
Four
Eighths
Ventures
develops
and
operates
its own
private,
in-house
business
ventures.
Four
Eighths
Ventures
support
our own
in-house
business
ventures
with
financing,
management
oversight
and
strategic
planning.
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