Frequently Asked Questions
How long can I expect an engagement to take?
Engagements can vary based on scope of services desired. A complete package from market evaluation to kickoff has been accomplished in as little as 90 days. However, many times only certain aspects of our services are required. Typically, the array of TSG services are designed to run in approximately two week segments. However, the consulting process can be flexible in its timing based on the clients requirements.
What can I expect from your services?
In the case of a full program engagement, a TSG client can expect a fully vetted and well informed go-to-market strategy with clear goals and tactics to execute against.
What Should I know before deciding to establish a presence in Canada?
There are many issues to be considered from tax issues to legal entity creation to distribution and channel programs to be established and the hiring of personnel. All of which can be of substantial costs to for a start-up to absorb. In many cases TSG can provide optional considerations leading to optimal start up cost reductions. Employees can be contracted as opposed to being hired. A substantial cost difference as employees can be very expensive in terms of related additional costs beyond their income. In addition legal considerations within certain regions, to market and support your products can be costly as well. Establishing distribution and channel partner engagement is also a need to be addressed. TSG can assist in guiding decisions of this nature to minimize the impact of these kinds of costs to defray them from the start-up funding to allow for maximum business development investment to take affect.
Why should we engage TSG’s services?
As briefly outlined these services are integral to a successful launch and start-up. The Canadian landscape is littered with failed attempts and wasted investments from ill-prepared organizations entering the market without the specific kind of guidance TSG can offer.
TSG offers many years of experience and significant success in previous personal and corporate pursuits. Coupled with an intimate knowledge of each relevant market and the primary organizations and people that “make things happen” across the entire country, TSG is your best bet to insure a healthy well-planned start-up entry into Canada. With the realistic expectations based on the insights that are yielded from TSG services the subsequent business plan will lead to a very healthy business foundation to grow future pursuits upon.