"CEO in a Box" Services

Business Plan Assessment

Summer Research LLC can assess your business plan, identify strengths, and help you overcome weaknesses.

Investors read hundreds if not thousands of business plans. They approach them with questions in mind and expectations of how you should answer them...

Storyline Creation

Summer Research LLC can help you concisely articulate a compelling explanation of why partners should work with you, customers will buy from you, and investors must pay attention to you.

A solid storyline tells potential investors, partners, and customers what you do, why you’re different, how you benefit them, and assures them you'll be here in the future – all in a few sentences...

Competitive Assessment & Opportunity Identification

Summer Research LLC can help you concisely articulate a compelling explanation of why partners should work with you, customers will buy from you, and investors must pay attention to you.

Understanding your competitors is the first step to outperforming them and shows investors you can navigate their responses that might limit your growth...

Business Development: Opportunity Identification & Process Management

Summer Research LLC can help you build the partnerships and relationships that sell your products/services. We complement your sales force and foster channels they can sell through....

Business Development Collateral and Marketing Communications

Summer Research LLC can help you develop the core message delivered by your business development collateral and marketing communications.

Great business development collateral and marketing communications begins with a solid core message tailored to each of your target markets...

Guerilla Social Media

Summer Research LLC can help you design and implement a guerilla social media strategy.

Great marketing messages evolve through testing. And, social media is a great low-cost platform to experiment...

Financial Model Creation

Summer Research LLC can create a comprehensive financial model projecting your future balance sheet, income statement, and cash flows.

Rarely do financial models accurately predict what actually happens in the future...

Business Plan Creation

Summer Research LLC can create your business plan. A solid business plan encapsulates a well written storyline covering everything mentioned above...

Investor Outreach

Summer Research LLC can introduce your thorough and comprehensive business plan and financial projections to our network of investment professionals...

Interim or Full-Time CEO

Summer Research LLC can provide the leadership to help your company grow, turnaround, and/or transform.

Summer Research LLC can bundle all of the above services into one complete package...