Help for Sustainable Food and Agriculture Entrepreneurs

A simple monthly fee gets you ongoing guidance for your day-to-day business management or fundraising readiness needs. It's like having an experienced partner, who's on your side, available on-call. We'll create a work-plan, do regular check-ins, review materials, take calls and emails, and provide quality advice.

Funding Readiness

Raising capital is daunting.

Our proven process will prepare you to confidently approach investors with your good business, good plan, and fair deal.
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Virtual Biz Partner

Running a business is difficult.

Our fractional mentors and experts give you the benefit of a business partner, without the long-term commitment or cost.

For Producers

Farming is tough.

We help producers focus on ​profitability and sales through better business and financial management.
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Innovation CenterS

Creating jobs is expensive.

Local governments can outsource entrepreneurial enablement and local job creation to FI for a fraction of the cost.
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FAQ

All Advisory FAQ Entries

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Case Studies

Fit

• What Industries Does FI Target?
• What Types of Firms Qualify to Work with FI?

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​Process & Approach

• What are FI's Guiding Principles and Values?
• What is FI's Approach to Client Engagement?
• Does FI Run Cohorts?​
• What is the Process to Become "Funding Ready"?
• What are FI's Client-Facing Tools?
• ​What is Excluded from an Advisory Engagement?
• Will FI Sign My NDA?​

Deals

• What Does it Mean to be "Funding Ready"?
• What is a "Custom Capital Stack"?
• What is "Bootstrap Plus"?

Fees

• What does FI charge for Advisory Services?​

​Musings

• What is an "Impact" Company?​
• "Scaling" vs. Growing