Sides & Associates Information

Sides & Associates (S&A) was founded in 2001 to help high-potential businesses drive and manage growth. We help executives at promising start-ups, rapidly-growing companies, and mature firms launching new businesses, to identify the right opportunities, plan their next stage of growth, and manage the consequences of growth on their organizations. At S&A, our senior people lead and execute all of the work. We hold MBA and engineering degrees from leading institutions and bring extensive operational management and consulting experience with top-tier firms. We have worked with growing businesses such as Touch Revolution, eHow, and Responsys, and industry leaders such as Genentech, Disney Interactive, Vodafone, SGI, and Barclay’s Global Investors and have received 100% "exceeds expectations" ratings. We’re highly flexible in our delivery, and can accommodate small projects as well as major, multi-year initiatives, while working within our client’s budgets. S&A offers the following Services: Setting the direction for growth •Identify and assess new market opportunities •Prioritize product and project portfolios •Develop strategies and plans to pursue growth and new businesses •Conduct customer, competitive, and product value research and analysis •Define go-to-market strategy and positioning •Perform due-diligence on investment opportunities Managing growth •Increase effectiveness and efficiency of governance, decision-making, and planning/budgeting systems •Design scalable organization and team structures •Improve performance of critical or problematic functions and processes •Create infrastructure for attracting and developing a strong talent and leadership pipeline S&A works primarily in these high-growth Industries: •Biotechnology / life sciences •Technology / software •Green tech / clean energy •Internet, media & interactive entertainment •Financial services including venture capital