"Business is a combination of love, war and sport" Lorraine M. Yarde, Partner

ABOUT US

About Us

At Axius, we lend our own personal experiences to your business, giving you a head start and the necessary tools to succeed. We provide small business startup consulting, planning and executive search services because we believe that a well thought out start-up strategy and the right team, will jumpstart a great idea and convert that idea into a successful business. In addition, we have experience in entertainment and sports management, typically working with up and coming entertainers, production companies, animation groups, actors, artists and athletes, focusing on contract negotiation, business management, personality marketing, endorsements, brand building and financial advice.If you or your company is looking for consultants, executives or analysts that can assist you with planning, research, analysis and execution in areas such as professional business plans, feasibility studies, product development, go-to-market strategies, business development, recruiting or financial modeling for accessing venture capital, then we are the executive strategy experts for you.It's our experience that the most successful entrepreneurs are the ones that recognize their limitations and seek assistance from those experienced in those certain fields such as product design, manufacturing, networking, marketing, legal and accounting. The same applies to professional athletes and entertainers. They need to focus on their craft and allow seasoned business professionals to manage their careers...no different to operating a small business - the individual must maximize their income, realize their professional and financial goals and minimize their liabilities.We have over 60 years of combined entrepreneurial start-up experience from idea to going public. Our partners have been CEO's, CFO's and COO's of both private and public companies as well as being HNW angel investors. We have collectively raised over $80 million dollars for start-ups and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries, including consumer electronics, internet, automotive, healthcare, shipping and distribution and IT. We are the "go to" team for entrepreneurs because we have "been there - done that".The approriate start-up/management strategy for each client is typically very individual, so we encourage interested entrepreneurs to contact us to discuss how we can meet your specific needs.
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Lorraine M. Yarde, Partner

Mark R. Basile, JD, Partner

J. Richard Iler, CFA, Partner

SERVICES

SERVICES

SMALL BUSINESS FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS80% of businesses fail and on average successful entrepreneurs fail three times before they succeed. How do entrepreneurs reach success without going broke? How do you manage the risk of failure? Successful entrepreneurs explore the feasibility of multiple ideas and then choose the most promising opportunity. A feasibility analysis provides a complete industry and market assessement, collecting necessary background for a new venture. Business Economics are reviewed with a custom built model for financial projections and analysis and ideas are assessed for strategic differentiation. A competitive analysis provides crucial information on relevent threats to a new business startup, as well as best practices and opportunities. Finally, a startup's management team is reviewed to assess strengths or gaps in necessary knowledge.ANALYZE YOUR BUSINESSAll business planning starts with a review of the industry, the company and its offering, considering where an opportunity fits within the larger context. From an initial assessment, target market research and analysis is conducted and the economics of the business model are reviewed. Once a robust opportunity has been outlined, a complete marketing, sales, management and operations plan is developed. Business planning is an instrumental step in pursuing financing and communicating a business vision to constituents such as partners, board members and clients. FINANCIAL MODELINGOne of the biggest barriers in accessing early stage venture funding is professional and scalable financial projections and analysis. A quality cash flow projection is needed to refine a business plan and startup strategy and to justify the investment of financial and human resources in a new business. Without reliable financial forecasting models, entrepreneurs are operating blind, and lose the ability to speak about a new venture's feasibility or valuation in hard figures to banks, investors, foundations, donors or early stage customers. EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SERVICESUnlike other consulting groups, our partners have held just about every executive office and understand that effective management is the key to any small business success. We provide direct executive consultation for entrepreneurs as well as being capable of offering a full service management team whose successful track record spans initial product design, financing and worldwide distribution. Most entrepreneurs find out early that they lack the experience to do everything, so they turn to us to assist them and fill in those gaps.LEGAL, ACCOUNTING and MARKETING SERVICESSmall business startups will have a unique advantage with Axius, as our partners are also lawyers, accountants and marketing and business development professionals. Axius can be used as an in-house professional services company that not only negotiates contracts, but can prepare them as well, assist with regulatory compliance and filings, institute practices and procedures and can set up and maintain all accounting, inventory and payroll functions for your business. ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICESWe represent many talented entertainers who regularly appear in commercials, reality shows and broadway. As a full service management group, we provide an array of management services including legal, accounting and PR..
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URBANTARZANWhen John Brennan wanted to make his dream of becoming a reality TV personality, he came to Axius. Today, John will be starring in his own TV series called, UrbanTarzan.www.urbantarzan.comONE STEP GPSFounder Gary Severson came up with the concept that every person and business can have their own unique GPS code to simplify the GPS navigation process. Mr. Severson hired Axius to develop its business plan and to guide the company's growth from start-up to market entry. As trusted consultants, we are working with Intellectual Property counsel as well as future stakeholders to expand the scope of its patents and to secure licensing agreements from some of the largest cell, mobile and internet service providers and search engines.www.onestepgps.comZEROTRUCK CORPORATION ZEROTRUCK developed from a novel concept by its founder and entrepreneur, Tedd Abramson, that medium duty trucks can be converted from gas/deisel power to all electric, thereby lowering costs of operation and maintenance while providing an environmentally friendly hauling solution. Axius developed ZeroTruck's business plan, prepared 5 year pro forma projections, put together a $5 million dollar PPM, designed and presented powerpoint presentations and assisted with ZeroTruck's website design and outreach. Axius also identified, evaluated and secured various key business partner's on behalf of client. These included negotiating and contracting an exclusive agreement with Leyden Energy for its revolutionary, patented li-ion battery, electric drive motor and rolling chassis agreements with UQM and ISUZU and an exclusive service agreement with AutomtiveTechnology Group (ATG), a leader in the field of electric vehicle design.www.zerotruck.comCHUMBOLT, INC.Founder Aaron Kapner had been toying with the idea of making an odorless,mess free chumming system for both recreational and commercial fishing. Axius worked with Chumbolt in the establishment of its business, performing a feasibility assessment, competitive market analysis and intellectual property review, to determine the business' chances for long term success. From this study, Axius developed a business plan, investor presentation and 3 year pro formas, assisting Chumbolt in securing startup capital to move its business forward. Axius provided design, patent and operational consulting services that culminated in a manufacturing contract to produce several million units of the company's product, as well as provided marketing, accounting and legal services with regard to those transactions. Today, Axius continues to assist Chumbolt in moving its business forward, including establishing distribution for its Chumball product at national sportsman retailers.www.chumbolt.comULTIMATE COOKWARE, CORPFounder Dion has always had an eye for the creatively obvious, and tired with inneffective cookware, invented a unique cooking pot that will revolutionize both commercial and in home cooking. UCC sought the expert services of the partners at Axius to provide general business consulting and mores specifically to research the cooking appliance industry, write a business plan and prepare 5 year pro-forma financial projections. Our partners have also advised UCC on the correct corporate structure and targeted market and distribution channel opportunities. We continue to support the project and are now focusing on establishing the appropriate go to market strategy and partnerships to provide UCC with a competitive advantage over other well known cookware companies.RXSAFES, INC.Rx Safes deisgns, manufactures and markets a line of home and professional medications safes. Axius Group provided necessary seed capital, patent design, business planning and financial modeling, as well as establishing key vendor relationships to support the client's supply and distribution efforts. Axius supports Rx Safes with its PR and marketing strategies, has designed the company's blueprint for online retailing and merchandising and has planned, scripted, supervised and edited media marketing materials including informercials, TV advertisments and product demonstration videos. Axius has also secured Rx safes national distribution for its products through McKesson, Cardinal Health. Axius partners have assisted the company in raising over $500K to date and have initiated a $5M PPM on behalf of the company.www.rxdrugsafe.comBIOMETRIC SOLUTIONSAxius Group provided strategic planning and operational support to Biometric Solutions and acted as an outside management company to support its key client, Sentry Safe, securing over $2 million in new product orders in a three month period. Axius provided 24/7 contract manufacturing support with client's chinese contract manufacturer, ordering necessary components to support manufacturing, ensuring quality standards were adhered to and managing the import and on time delivery of product to the customer to meet its demands. Axius also handled the clients accounts receivables for Sentry Safe, negotiating terms, invoicing and working with its factoring partner and customer to ensure timely advance of funds. Axius also worked with management to design additional products for its SentrySafe account.SUCCESSIMOAs one of the newest online self-help community portals, Successimo needed expert advice from entrepreneurs who have developed online marketplaces and consulted with Axius on market targets, initiative programs and community building strategies. Axius provided expert guidance by reviewing its business plan and making recommendations to improve customer capture and conversion.www.successimo.comSICKBAY HEALTH MEDIA, INC.As the No. 1 healthcare community portal in 2000, Sickbay was the centerpiece of internet healthcare content surpassing both Dr Koop.com and WebMD.com combined in visitors to the site, time visitors spent at the site, and number of overall pageviews. Axius partners were directly responsibile for the company's online success as well as assiting Sickbay in raising more than $20M for expansion into various online professional health services. Axius partners also developed a bricks and mortar strategy culminating in Sickbay's purchase of three print medical publications and a graphic design firm.INCREDIBLE CARD CORPORATIONICC started by its founding entrepreneur when his 1 year old son was having medical issues and wanted to create a system that allowed families and physicians a way to access electronic medical records securely. The partners at Axius designed from scratch, a fingerprint recognition security and retreival system for electronic medical records that its entrepreneur received a patent on in 2000. The entire business was developed and managed by Axius partners for the entrepreneur until the company was sold in 2001. Axius partners assisted in raising $10M for ICC.E-HEALTH ENGINESAxius partners were brought in to provide financial and accounting support for E-Health Engines, an online web portal for the healthcare industry focusing on provider based networking services. Axius partners directly assisted company in preparing all financial statements, filing quartely reports with the SEC and acted as in-house comptrollers. Axius partners helped to coordinate all audit's between both in house accountants as well as outside public accountants. Axius partners prepared all financials and assited company in raising $5M through a PPM.SIRICOMMAxius partners were brought into this public company to assist it with financial and accounting support while it successfully raised $5M in a private placement of its securties. We assisted in the prepartion of all financial information, preparation of quartely reports as well as all in house accounting. We worked closely with the company's CEO on finance based corporate strategy.
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IDEALAB

IDEALAB

Our partners have originated and designed some of the most innovative products in todays markets as well as assited entrepreneurs in bringing their products to market.IDEA ORIGINATIONAll entrpreneurs start with an idea, a concept, an image in their minds, and one of the hardest hurdles to cross is making that idea a reality. Most entrepreneurs spend a lot of time developing their concept without the benefit of cost creation and market analysis. And most of these great ideas never come to fruition because the entrepreneur lacks the experience or know how in order to make their idea a reality.DESIGNED TO BUILD - DESIGNED TO SELLAs entrepreneurs ourselves, we have helped ourselves, as well as many other entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. Our partners have specialized developmental knowledge in designing products with an eye to low cost manufacturing which can save an entrepreneur valuable time and money. We have a proven track record of designing products with low cost manufacturing, sometimes saving years in bringing the product to market. We approach design with cost reduction in mind. Sure, you can build just about anything, but the cost of manufacturing such product determines whether you will attract money from investors and be able to be competitive in the marketplace.RAPID PROTOTYPING AND TESTING Before an idea can be brought to market, you must consider prototyping and testing. Each aspect has a cost associated with it, and there are many factors that will make your project either succsessful, or a failure. Careful planning, experience and hands on knowledge will reduce the risk of failure, and increase your chances of success.
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OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

Realtionship building will be the key to your success, and nobody knows that better than we do. Our goal is to build a strong relationship with you, to help you achieve your goals, and to make your business a success.As entrepreneurs ourselves, we have experienced first hand, consultants who promise the world, and rarely, if ever, deliver. We understand the expectations of the entrepreneurs and we work closely with them to provide them with consultation as well as help them develop the tools to be an effective leader.We can guarantee you that our fee's will be at least 50% less than those claiming to be experts, and money isn't always everything. We work with all of our clients, within their means, to be able to provide valuable services to them. Every new company has challenges, paying exorbitant fee's to consultants shouldn't be one of them. This is why we will work within your means while providing you with expert advice, guidance and quality work.Axius offers entrepreneurs many fee options because we don't want our fee's to be the cause of your company being unable to grow. Try us. Call us. We are a dynamic group of people who share the same desire to develop and grow a business. This time it will be yours.
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PROFESSIONALS

SMART PEOPLE, SMART JOBS

As executives and entrepreneurs, we have established numerous relationships with business owners, executives and personnel directors in many different industries. In fact, we come across bright and motivated people everyday, so we decided to use our contacts to assist businesses in their search for the right executive level candidate to suport their particular business goals and objectives. We work with a variety of professionals to make sure the fit is right. We are uniquely qualified to understand the needs of a particular business, as well as understanding the requirements of the candidate.We guarantee every position and only charge for our services if we are able to match a candidate to your particular business needs! Our placement fees are far less than those claiming to be expert headhunters. As our client, we will work within your means, to ensure we can provide you with the best and brightest people who will contribute to the success of your business. If you are a professional exploring new executive or middle mangement positions or a business enjoying growth, looking to expand your core team and enhance your human capital, please contact the business experts at Axius. We will listen to your needs and work with you on a plan to meet your goals.
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Axius Consulting Group, Inc.Suite A, 736 Carlisle Road,Jericho, NY 11753tel:+ 1-516-983-9144fax:+ 1800 23 23 23email:info_axiusinc.com