Find the Perfect Business Partner

If you are looking for a business partner for your nascent technology, 4440 Consulting, LLC is happy to help. We research the landscape to supplement the limited data typically available for novel innovations, and identify variables that may pose a challenge to you in moving forward. This may include better positioning the "how" your technology works, intellectual property issues, competitive threats, and much more to reach that first, second and third deal. The first deal is often your hardest and these deals are our specialty.

What Problem Does Your Biotech Solve?

Before pursuing a partner, it's important to understand how complete your product/platform/service is. You'll have to be honest to yourself and others throughout this step to make progress. If your assest is "half-baked," that's OK: your half solution is bound to be someone's full answer. Setbacks are inevitable and this takes time and patience. This includes:

Determining What You Have and Where It's Needed

Communicating How You're Bigger/Better/Faster

Understanding What Problem You Solve

Crafting an Effective Message & Solution

4440 isn't just about making deals all the time. We offer a multitude of solutions to target your expected market and determine if they're ready to use your innovation. We research, network, and find the right partner who understands and supports your aims. This process covers:

Creating business development strategies for your current stage
Market & competitor research
Finding holes in existing research
New market entry & positioning
What to expect on your first term sheet & partnering agreement

How much value will be created & how much you should capture
Determining if your current deal is fair
Entering other or new market segments for your technology

Closing the Deal

4440 looks for opportunities and organizes those first critical meetings. We work together on this, as you know your product/service better than anyone. Our job is to make sure the customer gets it. No two deals are alike, and every party has their own wants, needs, and sensitivities in certain areas. Once we've found a potential partner, the path forward depends on a number of factors:

What the Deal Means to You

What the Deal Means to Them

What Your Next Deal Might Be

What You Actually Get

We work to find a deal that makes sense for everyone involved. Your client, contrary to popular belief, is not (entirely) made of money, so we will consider other ways in which you could benefit from what the client has to offer. After a plan is developed and an agreement is built around it, let the fun begin.