Your company doesn't have to depend on you alone.
Company sales, strategic consulting and sales management.
We sell your company in confidence, put an adviser by your side every month and build the team that looks after your customers.
It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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From outside, nobody knows.
Company sales, in confidence. We only get paid when the deal closes.
An adviser, every month.
Strategic consulting: a fixed day to think about the company with someone from outside.
We handle the customers.
Sales management: we build the team that answers and closes.
It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Three services, one firm.
Sell the company, make decisions with an adviser by your side, or hand your customer service over to us. Each of the three starts with a conversation that costs nothing.
Company sales
Sell your life's work without selling in a hurry.
- Valuation, buyer search and negotiation through to closing
- The market sees the business, not your name
- Six to twelve months, with no endless exclusivity
Strategic consulting
An adviser by your side, every month.
- A meeting on a fixed day, set from the start
- Phone support at any time
- An exclusive service, limited to five clients
Sales management
Your company makes and delivers. We take care of the customers.
- Customer service, quotes, closing and after-sales
- A team built and managed by us, on behalf of your company
- Production and logistics stay with you
And six more areas of work.
Find out what the company is worth, test a new venture, tidy up processes, open a market abroad, protect the brand and train the team.
Business valuation
What it is worth, as a range and with the numbers behind it. A figure you can defend in front of a buyer.
Learn more 05New ventures and startups
A feasibility study before the first euro. Then the plan set in motion and followed through.
Learn more 06Process management
We look for where money leaks inside the company. Then it gets fixed, and it shows in the bank account.
Learn more 07Internationalisation
Opening markets abroad, with China as the firm's specialty and the Canton Fair as the way in.
Learn more 08Trademark registration
Register the name before someone else does it for you and keeps it.
Learn more 09Training
Customer service and sales, for the team that keeps working when the owner leaves.
Learn moreFour steps, whatever the service.
The first one costs nothing. The rest only happen if they make sense for you.
We sit down
A private conversation. We listen to the business, what keeps you awake at night and what you want done a year from now. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
We choose the route
The conversation shows which service fits you: selling the company, a consulting plan or a sales team. Or the answer that none of them does.
We agree the terms
The scope of the work, the price and the timings are agreed before we start. No surprises halfway through.
We get to work
In a sale, you always know what exists, who has seen it and what is missing. In consulting, every meeting ends with decisions, an owner and a deadline. In sales management, the team answers and closes while your company makes and delivers.
A company is sold once. The big decisions end up being made alone, at the wheel. And every enquiry left unanswered is a sale that went to someone else. For each of these three moments there is someone to sit on your side of the table.
It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Four time zones, one team.
The right buyer, the right supplier or the next customer are sometimes two kilometres away. Other times they are eight thousand away. As one window goes dark, another lights up.
Local time, right now. The lit ones are in working hours.
Go to the world's factory, not to the catalogue.
Twice a year, Chinese industry gathers in one venue, in Guangzhou. We take business owners there: flight, hotel, transfers, accreditation and payment apps all arranged. You choose the suppliers yourself, face to face.
The ones we are always asked.
Do I pay anything upfront?
No. The first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing, whatever the service. In a company sale we only get paid when the deal is completed. In consulting and sales management you know the price before we start.
Will my employees find out the company is for sale?
Not from us. What goes to the market is a blind summary: sector, size and figures, with no name, no address, nothing that identifies the company. Your name only appears after the interested party signs a confidentiality agreement.
How long does it take to sell a company?
Between six and twelve months, from the first figure to closing. Some deals are quicker and some years are bad. We tell you in the first conversation which case yours is.
How much does strategic consulting cost?
Essential €600, On-site €1,200 or Permanent €2,000 + VAT per month, with an annual contract. What changes is how present we are: one online meeting a month, one meeting plus one visit to your company, or twice that. It is an exclusive service, limited to five clients.
Why an annual contract for consulting?
Because advice only works with continuity. In the first month we are still getting to know the company from the inside, and a major decision takes months to show results. A year is the time it takes to make it, follow it through and see the effect in the accounts.
In sales management, who manages the team?
We do. We build the team, teach it your product and manage it day to day. It answers on behalf of your company. Prices and discounts are still decided by you.
Does the sales team also look for new customers?
No. This service handles the people who contact your company: answering, quoting, closing and following up after the sale. Production and deliveries stay with you.
Where would you like to start?
Tell us whether you want to sell the company, have an adviser every month or hand your customer service over to us. We reply within 48 hours, and the first conversation costs nothing.
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Who is on your sideVinicius BarbosaCEO of Smart's Business Consulting